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· Listen to Texas Football on these radio stations / Escuhen el juego de football de Tejas en estas estaciones de radio · Listen to Texas Football online through Yahoo! Sports College Broadcast (subscription required) The 2008 season marks the 26th year of a partnership between The University of Texas and IMG College (formerly Host Communications). In addition to producing the Longhorn Sports Radio Network, IMG College is the contracted multimedia rights vendor for UT Athletics. Other IMG College partners include the NCAA and its 88 championships, NCAA Football, leading conferences, some of the most prestigious universities, and licensing for nearly 200 institutions. IMG College is a division of global sports and entertainment company IMG. The Longhorn Sports Network once again will provide complete in-depth, statewide coverage of Texas Football this season. Craig Way is in his seventh season as the play-by-play voice of the Longhorns after providing color analysis for his first 10 years in the booth. Former UT football and baseball player Keith Moreland is in his seventh season as the color analyst and Roger Wallace, sports director at KXAN-TV for more than 12 years, will serve as sideline reporter. Way, known throughout the state as an authority on Texas high school sports, joined the network 20 years ago. He serves as the sports director of Sports Radio 1300 The Zone and hosts a daily call-in show from 2-4 p.m. Way served as the studio anchor for Texas Football broadcasts from 1988-91. Moreland played both football and baseball for the Longhorns from 1973-75. A gridiron letterman in 1973, he was most successful on the diamond. A three-time first-team All-American, he helped lead the Longhorns to the 1975 National Championship and played 12 years in the Major Leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies (1978-81), Chicago Cubs (1982-87), San Diego Padres (1988), Detroit Tigers (1989) and Baltimore Orioles (1989). Wallace has been sports director at KXAN since April 1995. He began his career as weekend sports anchor at KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and was sports director at KLTV in Tyler, Texas, from June 1987 to June 1990. Prior to arriving in Austin, Wallace served as sports director at KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kan. He was also the television play-by-play voice for Wichita State basketball and baseball. Wallace is a 1985 graduate of Indiana University. Coverage on the Longhorn Sports Network begins one hour before kickoff and continues for one hour after the final gun.
Spanish-Language Radio Network Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva (play-by-play), Jesés Mendoza (color) and Raél Séenz (color) will have the call for the Spanish-language radio broadcasts of all games this season on a regional network with a flagship of Recuerdo (HITZ 107.7 FM). Dr. Pizarro has been a sports broadcaster for more than 20 years, working for the NFL, NHL, Round Rock Express (AA baseball affiliate of the Houston Astros), and Mexican College Football. For the last 11 years, he has worked as both the color analyst and play-by-play for the Longhorns' Spanish language broadcasts. He also has concentrated his efforts in the syndication of the aforementioned sports programming with his marketing company. Mr. Saenz has been the color analyst for the Longhorns the last five years. He also is the voice of the San Antonio Missions, AA baseball affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, as well as the sports anchor for Univision in San Antonio and Dallas. He has over 15 years of broadcast experience.
Road Radio
· Listen to Longhorn Sportsline with Mack Brown, presented by Great Southern Wood Longhorn Sportsline with Mack Brown, presented by Great Southern Wood, a one-hour radio show featuring Texas Longhorns head coach Mack Brown, airs each Wednesday night from 7-8 p.m. CT on the Longhorn Sports Network. The show, broadcast locally on Sports Radio 1300 The Zone (KVET-AM) and hosted by Craig Way, begins this season on August 27 and runs through November 26. Longhorn Sportsline is also broadcast nationally on XM Sports Nation (Ch. 144) at 9 p.m. CT Wednesday and 8 a.m. CT Thursday, and again on the Texas game channel (Ch. 231) on Saturday morning (time dependent on game time).
Longhorn Sports Center With Mack Brown Catch Texas Football action each week on Longhorn Sports Center with Mack Brown. The 30-minute show airs several times each week starting Aug. 31. With its off-kilter video and rapid cuts, the show is a weekly dose of non-stop, eye-catching action. The coach's show alternative is spearheaded by executive producer Mike Miller and Gray Moore of Earl Miller Productions. Entering its 12th year with the show, the local production company has fine-tuned the program while covering every aspect of Texas Longhorns football with an aggressive, hard-hitting style. The program's game plan is to set a new standard for coaches' shows. The free-spirited style does just that, while providing man-to-man coverage from the opening whistle of two-a-day practices to the final gun of the season. Along the way, the Longhorn Sports Center crew is around every corner and shadows each event. With unlimited access, the crew creatively serves as the eyes and ears of UT fans. The show features the human side of Texas Athletics with player features, game highlights and a unique look at what goes on behind the scenes. Enlighteningly different, Longhorn Sports Center with Mack Brown is blazing a trail in changing the look of the once standard college coach's shows.
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