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University of Oklahoma men’s basketball games air via Learfield Communications and the Sooner Sports Radio Network. The network consists of 33 stations in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas. OU fans may also catch the live broadcasts by subscribing to a pass on the school’s official website, SoonerSports.com. Sirius satellite radio also carries most Sooner Network games. City Ada Altus Antlers Ardmore Bartlesville Clinton Cordell Duncan Durant Elk City Enid Fort Smith, Ark. Fort Smith, Ark. Fort Smith, Ark. Frederick Hobart Hugo Idabel Idabel Lawton McAlester Miami Muskogee Norman Oklahoma City Ponca City Ponca City Shawnee Tulsa Tulsa Vinita Wichita, Kan. Woodward
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Station KADA-FM (99.3) KRKZ-FM (93.5) KDOE-FM (102.3) KVSO-AM (1240) KYFM-FM (100.1) KCLI-AM (1320) KCLI-FM (99.3) KDDQ-FM (105.3) KSEO-AM (750) KXOO-FM (94.3) KGWA-AM (960) KHGG-AM (1580) KHGG-FM (103.1) KFPW-AM (1230) KYBE-FM (95.9) KTJS-AM (1420) KITX-FM (95.5) KBEL-FM (96.7) KBEL-AM (1240) KJMZ-FM (97.9) KNED-AM (1150) KGLC-FM (100.9) KTFX-FM (101.7) KREF-AM (1400) KOKC-AM (1520) KLOR-FM (99.3) KOKB-AM (1580) KGFF-AM (1450) KMOD-FM (97.5) KTBZ-AM (1430) KITO-FM (96.1) KGSO-AM (1410) KWOX-FM (101.1)
TOBY ROWLAND
MIKE HOUCK
The new “Voice of Sooners,” Toby Rowland is no stranger to OU fans. Serving as the radio sideline reporter for Oklahoma football the 2009 and 2010 seasons, Rowland has also served as play-by-play voice for numerous OU basketball, baseball and softball games and wrestling matches over the past several years.
Responsible for coordinating publicity for the Oklahoma men’s basketball team, Mike Houck is in his 17th year at OU — all as the basketball program’s communications director. He is also in his 11th season as the team’s radio color analyst.
Play-by-Play First Season
A two-time Emmy Award winner, Rowland spent the last 12 years as a sports anchor, reporter and producer at KWTV in Oklahoma City. He won the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Award for best sportscast and the Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best Sports Reporting. Rowland became a household name in Oklahoma as host of the awardwinning “Friday Football Blitz,” taking high school football coverage to a new level in the state. Rowland’s play-by-play résumé includes serving as the “Voice of Southern Nazarene University” football, basketball and baseball, and as “Voice of the Norman Tigers.” Rowland also was a part of the Oklahoma RedHawks broadcast team for one season.
“SOONER SPORTS TALK”
For the past seven years Rowland has also hosted the “T-Row in the Morning Show” on KREF SportsTalk 1400.
Each Thursday throughout the season, “Sooner Sports Talk” provides fans across the state the opportunity to talk OU basketball with head coaches Lon Kruger and Sherri Coale. The statewide broadcast airs from 7:05-8 p.m. on the Sooner Radio Network.
A 1995 graduate of Southern Nazarene University, Toby is married to his college sweetheart, Jennifer. They have three children: Trevor (13), Payton (11) and Chloe (3).
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Color Analyst 11th Season
Houck began working with the Sooners as an intern during the 1995-96 season under former head coach Kelvin Sampson and has been promoted twice since. In addition to his role as the men’s basketball contact, Houck has worked with the football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball and men’s and women’s gymnastics teams during his OU tenure. He has served as the local media coordinator for the Women’s College World Series, played in Oklahoma City, each of the last 13 years. Houck also served as the department’s SoonerSports.com contact for four years. In 2001, he was the inaugural recipient of the Will Hancock Award, a national honor for excellence in athletics website management and direction. The award was presented by FANSonly (now CBS College Sports) in memory of late Oklahoma State men’s basketball media relations contact Will Hancock. The 39-year-old Houck, from West Bend, Wis., earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism (public relations and advertising) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994. He and his wife, Tara, became parents to a daughter, Avery, in March, 2011.