V I R G I N I A T E C H B A S K E T B A L L 2009-2010
isp radio network Bill Roth and Mike Burnop
“From the blue waters of the Chesapeake Bay to the hills of Tennessee, the Virginia Tech Hokies are on the air!” Sunday on a number of TV stations and cable networks throughout Virginia and the southeastern United States. The show includes weekly highlights and previews, focusing on Tech basketball. Roth — who has been named Virginia’s Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association a record eight times — is in his 22nd season as the Voice of Virginia Tech’s football and basketball teams. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Roth graduated from Syracuse University in 1987, earning a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to his duties with the Hokies, Roth has worked for ESPN in that network’s coverage of NCAA baseball, basketball and lacrosse, among other sports. Roth, who was inducted into Virginia Tech’s Monogram Club in 2000, is on the Board of Directors of the Montgomery County United Way and is a frequent public speaker at Virginia Tech events. Virginia Tech Hall of Famer Mike Burnop is in his 14th season as the analyst on Tech men’s basketball broadcasts. The colorful Burnop owns and operates New River Office Supply stores throughout the region. Burnop, a native of Salem, Va., has served as color announcer on the Tech football network for the past 26 seasons. He was a starting tight end for the Hokies in the early 1970s and was inducted into Virginia Tech’s Hall of Fame in 2000. Together, Roth and Burnop comprise one of college athletics’ longest-running broadcasting teams, having described the action of Tech games dating back to the 1988 season. Adam Witten is in his fifth year as scoreboard host for Tech men’s basketball broadcasts.
Abingdon, Va. WFHG Blacksburg, Va. WBRW Blackstone, Va. WBBC Bluefield, W.Va. WKOY Bristol, Va. WFHG Charlottesville, Va. WKAV Clifton Forge, Va. WXCF Clifton Forge, Va. WXCF Clintwood, Va. WDIC Galax, Va. WWWJ Gate City, Va. WGAT Harrisonburg, Va. WMXH Lynchburg, Va. WLNI Marion, Va. WOLD Martinsville, Va. WMVA Norfolk, Va. WNIS Onley, Va WESR Onley,Va.. WESR Prince Frederick, Md. WWXT Richmond, Va. WRNL Richmond, Va WRVA Roanoke, Va. WJJS Staunton, Va. WTON Tazewell, Va. WKQY Warranton, Va WWXX Warsaw, Va. WNNT Warsaw, Va. WNNT Washington, D.C. WTEM Winchester, Va. WINC Wytheville, Va. WXBX
92.7 FM 105.3 FM 93.5 FM 100.9 FM 980 AM 1400 AM 103.9 FM 1230 AM 92.1 FM 1360 AM 1050 AM 105.7 FM 105.9 FM 102.5 FM 1450 AM 790 AM 1330 AM 103.3 FM 92.7 FM 910 AM 1140 AM* 106.1 FM 1240 AM 100.1 FM 94.3 FM 690 AM 100.9 FM 980 AM 1400 AM 95.3 FM
* Station will carry night games only. XM Radio: Follow ACC Basketball on Channels 190192. On the Internet: ISP radio broadcasts and weekly television programs are available exclusively on-line via Hokies All-Access on hokiesports.com. Fans can hear live game broadcasts and the Monday night Tech Talk Live! program each week. In addition, Hokies AllAccess provides excellent video content including the weekly Hokie Playback and Virginia Tech Sports Today television show. On the Phone: TeamLine provides coverage on a payto-listen service. Call 800-846-4700, team code 5453.
Witten’s responsibilities include anchoring the pre-game, halftime and post-game shows during Tech radio broadcasts. Additionally, he filled in to bring fans the play by play of Tech basketball back in December of 2008 when the Hokies Adam Witten beat Navy in the BB&T Classic played in Washington, D.C. A native of Sarasota, Fla., Witten graduated magna cum laude from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., in 2004 with a degree in Electronic Media/Broadcasting
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That familiar refrain — delivered by Bill Roth, the Voice of Virginia Tech basketball — opens every Tech sports broadcast and reflects the network’s goal of reaching Hokie fans across the region. So, whether they’re sailing off Virginia’s eastern shore, hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains, or sitting in their homes anywhere in the Commonwealth, Tech fans know they’re always within range of a Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network radio station. Again during the 2009-2010 season, the Tech network includes an impressive list of both AM and FM radio stations that blanket the region, giving Tech basketball tremendous exposure throughout Virginia and surrounding states. Many of the mid-Atlantic region’s most popular and powerful radio stations carry Tech basketball broadcasts, including WTEM, ESPN980 in Washington, D.C., Newsradio 790 WNIS in Norfolk, WRNL and WRVA in Richmond, powerful WSFF-FM in Roanoke and more than thirty other strong affiliates that blast Tech basketball broadcasts to fans throughout the region both day and night. In addition, Tech basketball broadcasts can be heard on XM Satellite Radio and on-line through the Hokies’ All-Access package. ISP Sports also produces Tech Talk LIVE!, a weekly radio talk show which airs on stations throughout the region, featuring Roth and Tech coach Seth Greenberg every Monday night from 7-8 p.m. Tech Talk LIVE! originates from Bull & Bones Brewhaus and Grill In Blacksburg. Fans are welcome to attend in person every Monday night. The network’s weekly television magazine show, Virginia Tech Sports Today, airs every
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