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la tECH sPORTS nETWORK LA Tech Sports Properties begins its fourth year as part of the University’s athletic family and is in charge of the LA Tech Sports Network which will cover every Lady Techster and Bulldog basketball game this season. Every regular season, conference tournament and postseason contest will air live with a 30-minute pregame show and a 30-minute postgame wrap-up. During the 2011-12 basketball season, the Bulldogs Dave Nitz will air live on KXKZ 107.5 FM (Ruston) and KJVC 92.7 (Mansfield) while the Lady Techsters will air live on ESPN 97.7 FM (Ruston) and KTKC 92.9 (Springhill) with just a few exceptions. There will also be eight Bulldog games that air on KTKC and six Lady Techster games that air on KJVC during the WAC portion of the schedule (see complete radio schedule on next page). Dave Nitz begins his 37th year as the Voice of the Bulldog basketball team and has broadcast more than 2,000 Louisiana Tech sporting events since joining
the University in 1974. He was inducted into the Louisiana Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in October of 2011. Nitz will be joined by color analyst Jack Thigpen, who won more than 500 games on the high school level in Louisiana while also serving as an assistant coach on the collegiate level, including one stint with the Bulldogs. All Bulldog and Lady Techster games can be accessed via the internet by logging onto www.latechsports.com and subscribing to LA Tech All-Access, a subscription-based web service that will provide the audio feed Jack Thigpen of every game (home and away) and the video feed of the home games. For more information on the LA Tech Sports Network, call General Manager Mason Ellenberger at 318-257-5331.
2011-12 BULLDOG BASKETBALL
Social Media Louisiana Tech fans can access the most in-depth information regarding all the University’s programs through social media opportunities available online. LA Tech All-Access – LA Tech All-Access is a subscription based platform that Tech fans can access live video/audio streams of almost every Tech home sporting event and live audio streams of road football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and selected baseball and softball games, plus conferences and other special events. For only $9.95 per month or $79.95 for the year, Bulldog and Lady Techster fans can be a part of all the action.
Twitter - Members of the Louisiana Tech media relations department will be tweeting throughout the year with the latest news and in-game score updates. To follow them, simply fine them on www.twitter.com. LATechPPongratz – men’s basketball, women’s soccer, women’s tennis LATechMButler – football, women’s basketball, softball, men’s golf LATechPWalsh – football, cross country, track and field LATechKQueliz – volleyball, baseball, bowling
Facebook – Louisiana Tech athletics has its own Facebook page that updates daily with all of the latest information on the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters. Like us at www.facebook.com/LATechAthletics.
Primary Media
Newspaper Contact Address Ruston Daily Leader O.K. “Buddy” Davis 208 West Park Ave., Ruston, LA 71270 The News-Star Ethan Conley 411 North 4th St., Monroe, LA 71210 The Shreveport Times Jimmy Watson P.O. Box 30222, Shreveport, LA 71130-0222 Alexandria Town Talk Bob Tompkins P.O. Box 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 Times-Picayune Ted Lewis 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 Morning Advocate Butch Muir 525 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge, LA 70821 El Dorado News-Times Tony Burns P.O. Box 119, El Dorado, AR 71730 Minden Press-Herald Greg Parks P.O. Box 1339, Minden, LA 71058 The Tech Talk Sports Editor Louisiana Tech University P.O. Box 10258, Ruston, LA 71272 The Morning Paper Sports Editor 111 East Mississippi Ave., Ruston, LA 71270
Phone Fax (318) 255-4353 (318) 255-4006 1-800-259-7788 (318) 362-0279 (318) 362-0267 1-800-462-6436 (318) 459-3301 (318) 487-6351 (318) 487-6315 (504) 826-3402 (504) 826-3401 1-800-960-6397 (225) 388-0318 (225) 383-1111 (870) 862-6611 (870) 862-5226 (318) 377-1866 (318) 377-1895 (318) 257-4946 (318) 257-4558
Email odavis@aol.com etconley@thenewsstar.com
(318) 255-3747
john@windsong.net
(318) 255-2840
jimwatson@gannett.com btompkins@thetowntalk.com tlewis@timespicayune.com bmuir@theadvocate.com tburns@eldoradonews.com gparks@press-herald.com ttalk@latech.edu
Television KNOE-TV (CBS) Aaron Dietrich P. O. Box 4067, Monroe, LA 71211 (318) 388-8888 (318) 325-3405 aaron.dietrich@knoe.com KTVE-TV (NBC) Gene Ponti 200 Pavilion Road, West Monroe, LA 71292 (318) 323-1972 (318) 807-0588 gponti@nbc10news.net KTAL-TV (NBC) Brandon Dunn 3150 North Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318) 629-6000 (318) 425-2488 bdunn@ktalnews.tv KSLA-TV (CBS) Colin McElroy 1812 Fairfield, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318) 222-1212 (318) 677-6705 cmcelroy@ksla.com KTBS-TV (ABC) Tim Fletcher 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318) 861-5880 (318) 862-9431 tfletcher@ktbs.com Radio KXKZ-FM Sean Fox P. O. Box 430, Ruston, LA 71273 (318) 255-5000 (318) 255-5084 seanfox@espn 977.com KLPI-FM Sports/News Dir. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272 (318) 257-3697 (318) 257-5073 “Voice of the Bulldogs” Dave Nitz 9007 Watchwood, Haughton, LA 71037 (318) 560-3389 (318) 636-5670 d_nitz@hotmail.com
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