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CTSN Affiliates “THE NICK SABAN SHOW” AND “HEY, COACH” Alabama fans again will have an opportunity to talk with Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban each Thursday night on his weekly radio show. Eli Gold hosts the 60-minute coach’s call-in show following “Hey, Coach” each Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. The first broadcast is set for August 20. Fans can join the program by calling toll-free 877-202-BAMA (2262) or by going to Bob’s Victory Grille at Midtown Village in Tuscaloosa. The “Nick Saban Show” begins on September 3. “CRIMSON TIDE TODAY” Alabama fans keep up with all of the Tide’s players and coaches each weekday on “Crimson Tide Today,” a daily update on all University of Alabama athletic teams with Chris Stewart.

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“THE NICK SABAN TV SHOW” The Crimson Tide’s head coach will guide Alabama fans through the football season on his weekly television show, which is broadcast on stations in Alabama and the Southeast. The 30-minute TV show, hosted by Chris Stewart, features highlights, interviews and features with Alabama players. Check local listings for the time and station in your area. Veteran videographer Keith Dobbins will be at every game to shoot all of the action for the coach’s TV show.

From opening day on September 5 through the bowl game, Alabama fans will hear all the action of Alabama football on the Crimson Tide Sports Network (CTSN). More than 60 radio stations in Alabama and around the south will broadcast Alabama football games in 2015.

“TIDE TV THIS WEEK” From the start of fall practice through the end of the spring sports season, Alabama fans keep up with all sports on “Tide TV This Week,” a fast-paced 30-minute weekly TV show hosted by Chris Stewart. Reporter Christopher England and Hannah Chalker complete the crew for the weekly show. Check local listings for the time and station in your area.

Eli Gold is in his third decade as the voice of the Tide and has called the action of every Crimson Tide game since 1989. A nationally known sportscaster, Gold is also the host of “NASCAR Live,” a weekly, nationally-syndicated radio call-in show. His broadcasting career includes play-by-play for NFL, Arena Football League and NHL games on radio and television.

Anniston Arab Ashland Birmingham Brewton Blackshear, Ga. Brunswick, Ga. Centre Chattanooga, Tenn. Cookeville, Tenn. Cookeville, Tenn. Corinth, Miss. Cowan, Tenn. Cullman Decatur Dothan Eufaula Fayette Florence Ft. Payne Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Gadsden Greenville Grove Hill Haleyville Haleyville Hattiesburg, Miss. Hiland, FL Huntsville Huntsville Huntsville Jasper

WHMA-FM WAFN-FM WCKF-FM WJOX-AM/FM WKNU-FM WFNS-AM WSFN-AM WEIS-AM WUUQ-FM WATX-AM WATX-FM WADI-FM WZYX-AM WFMH-AM WWTM-AM WBBK-FM WNRA-AM WLDX-AM WYTK-FM WFPA-AM WTKE-FM WAAX-AM WFXX-FM WBHM-FM WWWH-FM WWWH-AM WHSY-AM W292DM-FM WUMP-AM WVNN-AM WVNN-FM WJLX-AM

Linden/Demopolis Maplesville/Pelham Meridian Meridian Mobile Mobile Monroeville Montgomery Montgomery Nashville, Tenn (Pegram) Oneonta Opelika/Auburn Opp Panama City Beach, Fla. Port St. Joe / Apalachicola, Fla. Pensacola, Fla. Rome, Ga. Russellville Savannah, Ga. Scottsboro Scottsboro Selma Spartanburg, S.C. Sylacauga Tallassee Tallassee Tullahoma, Tenn. Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Vernon West Point, Ga. Winfield

WINL-FM WLGD-FM WALT-AM WALT-FM WNSP-FM WZEW-FM WMFC-FM WLWI-AM WXFX-FM WPRT-FM WCRL-AM WMXA-FM WAMI-FM WBPC-FM WFCT-FM WBSR-AM WLAQ-AM WGOL-AM WSEG-AM WKEA-FM WWIC-AM WDXX-FM WASC-AM WFEB-AM WTLS-AM WTLS-FM WJIG-AM WFFN-FM WDGM-FM WJEC-FM WCJM-FM WKXM-FM

Chris Stewart will patrol the sidelines during the games to keep fans up-to-date and then will head to the locker room for postgame interviews with coach Saban and Alabama players. A member of the crew since 1999, Stewart also is the voice of Alabama men’s basketball and baseball.

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Providing the color analysis is former Crimson Tide assistant coach Phil Savage, who’s been on the crew since 2008. A Mobile native and currently executive director of the Senior Bowl, Savage has extensive NFL experience as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns (under then-defensive coordinator Nick Saban), director of player personnel for the Baltimore Ravens and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Browns.

Starting in 1984, Tom Stipe has produced the CTSN football broadcasts and he also serves as president of the Southeastern Conference Broadcasters Association. Butch Owens has stood behind Gold every week as the spotter since 1989 and Brian Roberts has been keeping up with all the numbers as the statistician for the broadcast since 1998. Jim Carabin oversees the Alabama broadcasts in his role as general manager of Crimson Tide Sports Marketing.

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