Contact:  John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Aug. 27 –  The new school year brings with a return to weekly packages of highlights produced by schools in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program.

The School Broadcast Program gives member schools an opportunity to create video programming, with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, and graphics; using the software provided by PlayOn! Sports.  The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.   As many as 60 MHSAA member schools annually participate in the program, which is in its fifth year.

This week’s package of School Broadcast Program Highlights from the week of Aug. 26 includes the following football games:
Haslett at East Lansing  
AuGres-Sims/Arenac Eastern at Rogers City  
Charlevoix at St. Ignace

Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover Week Two football games, some of which will be available at MHSAA.tv shortly after each game’s conclusion (all games Friday unless noted):

AuGres-Sims/Arena Eastern at Lincoln Alcona
Maple City Glen Lake/Leland at Charlevoix – Highlights on MHSAA Football Friday Overtime
Kingsley at Elk Rapids 
Johannesburg-Lewiston at Indian River Inland Lakes/Wolverine  
Felch North Dickinson at Newberry– Highlights on MHSAA Football Friday Overtime
Rogers City at Onaway 
Whittemore-Prescott at Oscoda 
Atlanta at Central Lake/Ellsworth 
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Montrose 
Three Rivers at Plainwell – Highlights on MHSAA Football Friday Overtime

In the coming days, the following soccer and girls volleyball games will be covered:
Boys Soccer – Detroit Country Day at East Lansing (Saturday)
Boys Soccer – Holt at East Lansing (Sept. 11)
Girls Volleyball – Chassell at Calumet (Sept. 12)

Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.

It’s Week Two for MHSAA Football Friday Overtime at Midnight on FOX Sports Detroit.  Mickey York and Rob Rubick return to host the weekly 30-minute highlights show.  The program reairs on Saturday (Sept. 7) at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday (Sept. 8) at 9 a.m.

In addition to the three games being covered at Charlevoix, Newberry and Plainwell by School Broadcast Program members, the following games are also scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:
Detroit Cody vs. Detroit Henry Ford
Mevlindale at Taylor Kennedy
Gibraltar Carlson at Taylor Truman
Warren DeLaSalle at Madison Heights Bishop Foley
Center Line at Clawson or Ferndale at Royal Oak
White Lake Lakeland at Novi
Rochester Adams at Farmington Hills Harrison

The network for the weekly radio commentary MHSAA Perspective – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard – has now grown to a total of 81 radio stations (77) and audio webcast sites (5) across the state, generally during the local broadcasts of high school games.  The program runs for 30 weeks through the end of the winter sports season.  MHSAA Perspective can also be accessed from the home page of the MHSAA Website.  Stations committed to carry MHSAA Perspective as of Sept. 4 are:

Adrian - WABJ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 7:45 a.m.
Alma - WQBX-FM (104.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WATZ-AM (1450) – Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena – WHSB-FM (107.7) – Intermissions of football, basketball and ice hockey game broadcasts
Alpena – WKJZ-FM (94.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 4 p.m.
Battle Creek – WBCK-FM (95.3)  – Following each high school game broadcast
Bay City – Great Lakes Sports Network.com -  Halftime of game broadcasts
Cadillac - WATT-AM (1240) – Following each game broadcast
Cadillac - WKAD-FM (93.7) – Following each game broadcast
Coldwater – WTVB-AM (1590) – Halftime of game broadcasts; 9:40 a.m. Saturday weeks of no games
Deckerville - ThumbTailgater.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
East Lansing - WVFN-AM (730) – 6:30 p.m. on Football Fridays (beginning Oct. 18); 10 a.m. during basketball season
Escanaba – WCHT-AM (600) – Halftime of football and basketball game broadcasts; second intermission of hockey game broadcasts
Escanaba – WDBC-AM (680) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WYKX-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WUPF-FM (107.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ferrysburg – WMPA-FM (93.1) - 6:40 p.m. on Football Fridays
Gaylord - WMJZ-FM (101.5) – Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Grand Haven – WGHN-FM (92.1) - 6:40 p.m. on Football Fridays
Grand Haven – WGHN-AM (1370) - 6:40 p.m. on Football Fridays
Grand Rapids – WMAX-FM (96.1) – Either halftime of postgame of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids – WOOD-FM (105.1) – Either halftime or postgame of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids – MichiganSportsRadio.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids - WBBL-FM (107.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids - WJRW-AM (1340) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grayling – WGRY-AM (1230) – Saturdays at 8 a.m.
Grayling - WGRY-FM (100.3) – Saturdays at 8 a.m.
Hancock – WMPL-AM (920) – Pregame show of all broadcasts
Hancock – WKMJ-FM (93.5) – Pregame show of all broadcasts
Holland - WHTC-AM (1450) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Holland - WYVN-FM (92.7) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Houghton – WHKB-FM (102.3) – Following each game broadcast
Houghton – WCCY-AM (1400) - Following each game broadcast
Indian River – WWSS-FM (95.3) – Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Iron Mountain – WMIQ-AM (1450)
Ironwood -- WJMS-AM (590) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ishpeming – WIAN-AM (1240)
Jackson – WIBM-AM (1450) - 8:35 a.m. Saturday mornings; Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson – WKHM-AM (970) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Kalamazoo – WQLR-AM (1660) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Kalamazoo – WKZO-AM (590) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Lansing – WJIM-AM (1240) - 6:30 p.m. on Football Fridays (Aug. 29-Oct. 11)
Ludington – WKLA-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington – WKLA-FM (106.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Manistee – WMTE-FM (101.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Manistique - WTIQ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette – WJPD-FM (92.3)
Marquette – WNGE-FM (99.5)
Marquette – WDMJ-AM (1320)
Marquette – WUPZ-FM (94.9) – Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Marquette – WNGE-FM (99.5)
Midland – WMPX-AM (1490) – Friday mornings and halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant – WCZY-FM (104.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant – WMMI-AM (830) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Munising – WRUP-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Munising – WQXO-AM (1400) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon - WLCS-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon - WVIB-FM (100.1) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Negaunee - WKQS-FM (101.9) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Newberry – WNBY-AM (1450)
Newberry - WMJT-FM (96.7) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Niles - Southwest Michigan Sports.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Oscoda – WWTH-FM (100.7) – Intermissions of football, basketball and ice hockey game broadcasts
Pentwater – WLDN-FM (98.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Petoskey – WMKT-AM (1270) – Following each game broadcast
Petoskey – WMBN-AM (1340) – Following each game broadcast
Pinconning - WLUN-FM (100.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Pontiac - The Oakland Press - MIPrepZone.com/Oakland – Halftime of game broadcasts
Portage – WNWN-AM (1650) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Rogers City – WHAK-FM – (99.9) – Intermissions of football, basketball and ice hockey game broadcasts
Sault Ste. Marie – WMKD-FM  – (105.5) – Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
Sault Ste. Marie – WSOO-AM (1230) – Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
Scottville – WKCZ-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
South Haven – WCSY-FM (103.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Joseph – WSJM-AM (1400) – Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Joseph – WSJM-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sturgis - WBET-AM (1230)  – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sturgis - WBET-FM (99.3)  – Halftime of game broadcasts
Tawas City - WKJC-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 4 p.m.
Tawas City – WQLB-FM (103.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 4 p.m.
Zeeland - WPNW-AM (1260) – Halftime of football, pregame of basketball game broadcasts, Saturdays at 7:30 a.m.

This week’s MHSAA Perspective is titled Officials Have Their Days, talking about the MHSAA’s annual Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet each Spring, where individuals are recognized for their service to the games; and the recent Officiate Michigan Day in Grand Rapids.

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