Radio/TV CRIMSON TIDE SPORTS NETWORK
2016 ALABAMA BASEBALL RADIO NETWORK AFFILIATES
On The RADIO
BIRMINGHAM
WJOX-FM 94.5 WJOX-AM 690
BREWTON
WKNU-FM 106.3
CULLMAN
WFMH-AM 1340
DECATUR
WWTM-AM 1400
FLORENCE
WYTK-FM 93.9
GADSDEN
WGAD-AM 1350
HUNTSVILLE JACKSON LINDEN
WUMP-AM 730 WBMH-FM 106.1 WINL-FM 98.5
MONROEVILLE
WMFC-FM 99.3
MONTGOMERY
WDXX-FM 100.1
PRATTVILLE
WDXX-FM 100.1
WLWI-AM 1400
WLWI-AM 1400 RUSSELLVILLE
WGOL-AM 920
SCOTTSBORO
WWIC-AM 1050
SELMA
WDXX-FM 100.1 WLWI-AM 1400
Jim Carabin
Chris Stewart
Lee Tracey
General Manager, CTSN
Play-By-Play
Play-by-Play/Color
SYLACAUGA
WFEB-AM 1340
TALLASSEE
WTLS-AM 1300 WTLSFM-106.5
RADIO/TV
All the exciting action of Alabama baseball can be heard throughout the 2016 season on the Crimson Tide Sports Network. The baseball network is a service of Crimson Tide Sports Marketing, which is a joint venture of Learfield Communications of Jefferson City, Missouri, and International Sports Properties, based in Winston Salem, N.C. Jim Carabin serves as the network’s general manager. For the 18th consecutive season, CTSM will carry the Crimson Tide baseball games on a statewide network. The games also are available on the internet and select Southeastern Conference games will be aired on XM Satellite Radio. The network’s flagship stations are in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Birmingham affiliates include WJOXFM (94.5) and WJOX-AM (690). The Tuscaloosa affiliate is WDGM-FM 99.1, with backup coverage from WFFN-FM 95.3 and WTSK-AM 790. Alabama baseball is also the topic of conversation each Monday night from 6-7 p.m. on the popular weekly call-in show “Hey, Coach!” Stewart hosts the program and chats with head coach Mitch Gaspard and Alabama players each Monday night throughout the season. The show airs live from Bob’s Victory Grill in Tuscaloosa. Fans can join the program by calling toll free (877) 202.2262. The Crimson Tide’s unique 30-minute weekly sports magazine television program, “TIDETV This Week,” shows highlights, interviews and previews on the Crimson Tide baseball team all season. Chris Stewart and Lee Tracey will call the exciting action of Alabama baseball this season on the 30-plus station network. A veteran play-by-play voice, Stewart enters his 17th season on the Tide baseball broadcasts. He is a four-time (2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009) Alabama
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Sportscaster of the Year recipient by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA). Stewart is in his 28th year in broadcasting, with the 2014-15 men’s basketball season being his 14th as the play-by-play announcer for the Crimson Tide Sports Network. In addition to his role as the voice of Crimson Tide basketball, Stewart also serves as the sideline reporter for CTSN’s radio coverage of Crimson Tide football and as the television host of “The Nick Saban Show”. Prior to taking over the Alabama basketball play-by-play job, the Fairfield, Ala., native spent eight seasons as the radio announcer for Birmingham Southern College. Stewart has done additional work for CSS, ESPN Regional, and Fox Sports South. A 1992 graduate of the University of Montevallo, Stewart was honored with the school’s 2009 Alumni Achievement Award. He is married to the former Christy Carmichael and has three children – Anne, Parker and Hudson. Lee Tracey, a veteran sports broadcaster in Alabama, returns for his sixth season calling the action for the Alabama baseball team for CTSN. Prior to the 2011 season, Tracey provided playby-play for Alabama baseball two different times in the past - once in the late 1980s and again from 1992-94. He also was the radio voice of Alabama women’s basketball from 1992-94. Tracey was the producer on Alabama football broadcasts for the Crimson Tide Sports Network from 1987-90 and was the sports anchor/director for WCFT-TV in Tuscaloosa from 1994-96. Currently, Tracey is the owner and president of TOPsports, a company he founded in 1996. TOPsports covers all Tuscaloosa area sports, including University of Alabama athletics and local high schools.
TUSCALOOSA
WDGM-FM 99.1 WFNN-FM 95.3 WTSK-AM 790
WINFIELD
WKXM-AM 1300 WKXM-FM 105.9
2016 TIDE TV THIS WEEK AFFILIATES: TUSCALOOSA
WVUA-7 SATURDAY, 10:30 AM
BIRMINGHAM
WIAT-42 SATURDAY, 11 AM
MONTGOMERY
WNCF-32 SATURDAY, NOON
HUNTSVILLE
WAMY-8 SATURDAY, 9 AM CSS FRIDAY, 2:30 PM