MEDIA INFORMATION CREDENTIALS: All requests for press, photo and broadcasting credentials for North Alabama’s home football games should be made in advance (not on game day) by contacting the UNA Sports Information Office at (256) 765-4595. Passes will be mailed in advance if time permits, otherwise they will be left at gate B at Braly Municipal Stadium on the day of the game. Press parking credentials are also available upon request on a limited basis. Credentials are issued for authorized press and workers only and do not include family members or other non-working personnel. Any violation will result in forfeiture of the issued credentials and restrictions on any future credentials. PRESS BOX: The Braly Municpial Stadium press box is a modern facility providing comfortable viewing space for all areas of the media. The press box is to be occupied by certified working press, coaches, scouts, photographers, statisticians, support personnel, Gulf South Conference and University of North Alabama personnel working in an official capacity. Working press is defined as official representatives of daily or weekly newspapers which publish on a regular basis, official representatives of licensed television and radio stations which broadcast to the general public on a regular schedule and official representatives of magazines or periodicals who are covering the game for inclusion in a published article. Members of the working press are those persons
described above who are on assignment to cover the game in whole or in part. Press credentials must be shown before anyone will gain admittance to the press box or press box elevator. Press Box levels: 1) Main press area for writers 2) Radio booths, Coaches booths, clock and scoreboard operation and public address. Sky Boxes 3) All television and filmers Press Box phones: (256) 760-6372 or (256) 760-6373 GAME SERVICES: Wireless internet is available in the press box as well as hard wires. Courtesy phone lines are provided for visiting radio. Media representatives covering a University of North Alabama home football game will receive game programs, pregame notes and complete half-time and final statistics. A complete play-by-play of each game will also be distributed. Refreshments will be provided beginning approximately one hour prior to kickoff.
RADIO: UNA football broadcasts will be carried over THE FIX - 91.3 FM, a 100,000-watt station in Florence. Phil Stevenson will be handling the playby-play and Ikey Fowler will provide color commentary. Audio streamming of the broadcasts is also available.
INTERVIEWS: All requests for interviews with UNA student-athletes should be made through the Sports Information Office by calling (256) 7654595. UNA athletes are also routinely available for interviews following practice sessions and the UNA locker room will be open at all games, following a mandatory 10-minute cooling-off period.
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CREDITS: The 2014 University of North Alabama football media guide was compiled and edited by UNA Sports Information Director Jeff Hodges and student assistant Rebekah Benson. Individual player photos and some action photos are by Shannon Wells (university photographer). Other photos courtesy of Mason Matthews, Joe Romans, Jeff Whitten, the Dallas Cowboys, the Baltimore Ravens and Jim Hannon. The University of North Alabama football guide has received national awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America 16 times since 1984, including "Best in the Nation" awards in 1995 and 1999.
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STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION
It is the policy of the University of North Alabama to afford equal opportunities in education and in employment to qualified persons regardless of age, color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sex in accordance with all applicable federal and state constitutions, laws, and valid regulations. The coordinators for nondiscrimination policies are: for students, the Vice President for Student Affairs and University Counsel, Bibb Graves Hall or telephone 256-765-4235; for employees, the Director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action, Bibb Graves Hall or telephone 256-765-4291.
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