Network Personnel The 2008 football season marks the beginning of the Blue Raider Network's third year under the umbrella of a joint venture between MTSU athletics and Nelligan Sports Marketing. Nelligan started managing the exclusive athletics marketing rights in January 2007.
The Blue Raider Network, which actually debuted in the early 1960s, is blessed with two flagship stations for football and men's basketball. The local flagship is WGNS 1450 AM in Murfreesboro, and ESPN 106.7 The Fan serves as the flagship station in Nashville, Tennessee. The Fan recently received a signal upgrade in May 2008 which tripled its previous signal strength.
MTSU fans throughout the southeast region also can follow their favorite teams on WMOT FM 89.5, which reaches a three-state coverage area. The combination of the three stations provides coverage to MTSU sports fans in a 100-mile radius of Murfreesboro.
WGNS and WNFN 106.7 The Fan carry all Blue Raider football and men's basketball games along with the Rick Stockstill and Kermit Davis radio shows. ESPN 106.7 The Fan, a 50,000-watt station that originates all broadcasts, will carry Blue Raider football and basketball for the third year in 2008.
WGNS, which made its return to carrying Blue Raider athletics in 2005, blankets the local area by reaching to McMinnville to the east, Columbia to the west, and Gallatin to the north.
Campus station WMOT 89.5 FM will also broadcast football and men's basketball games for Middle Tennessee in 2008-09. WMOT, a 100,000-watt station, reaches beyond Bowling Green, Ky., to the north and Cookeville, Tenn., to the east.
All Blue Raider broadcasts can also be heard on the Internet at GoBlueRaiders.com.
2008 Radio Affiliates
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