posted on September 09, 2014 11:36
Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sept. 9 – Mother Nature was just that last Friday (Sept. 5) night, as thunderstorms wiped out many of the football games scheduled for the evening – including the six contests to be covered by FOX Sports Detroit for that evening’s MHSAA Football Friday Overtime show.
To the rescue came two contests produced by MHSAA members participating in its School Broadcast Program – Escanaba, which was hosting Traverse City Central; and Calumet, in a home showdown with Mid Peninsula Conference power Negaunee – as FOX picked up the live video streams of those games. FOX had covered an afternoon game in the Detroit Public School League before the rains hit.
“Generally, the School Broadcast Program content supplements the games covered by FOX to provide some geographic balance to the show,” said John Johnson, Communications Director. “So our student-produced video probably got a little more play than normal last week as FOX scrambled to fill a 30-minute program.”
The School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events; with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics. 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 sixth year.
Here’s the schedule of School Broadcast Program members planning to cover varsity competition this week for broadcast at MHSAA.tv (As of Sept. 8):
- Lansing Eastern at East Lansing – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Video on Demand available following game
- Jackson at East Lansing – Girls Swimming & Diving – Thursday, 6 p.m. - Video on Demand available following event
- AuGres-Sims at Hillman – Football – LIVE – Friday, 7 p.m. – Subscription
- Bark River-Harris at Newberry – Football – LIVE - Friday, 7 p.m. – Subscription
- Belding at Cedar Springs – Football – LIVE - Friday, 7 p.m. – Subscription
- Gladstone at Negaunee – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. - Video on Demand available following game
- Muskegon Mona Shores at Rockford – Football – LIVE – Friday, 7 p.m. – Subscription
- St. Johns at Haslett – Football – LIVE – Friday, 7 p.m. - Subscription
- Coloma at Plainwell – Football – LIVE – Friday, 7 p.m. - Subscription
- Allendale at Comstock Park – Girls Volleyball – LIVE – Oct. 16, 6 p.m. – Subscription
- Escanaba at Negaunee – Girls Volleyball – Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. - Video on Demand available following game
- L’Anse and Hancock at Calumet – Girls Volleyball – Oct. 16, 7 p.m. - Video on Demand available following game
Subscriptions support individual school programs; and many schools are now offering discounted annual passes through their portal pages, which will also allow for live viewing of nearly 300 live MHSAA post-season tournament events throughout the school year.
Weekly highlights from School Broadcast Program productions have returned for the new school year, and can be viewed on the home pages of MHSAA.com, MHSAA.tv, MHSAANetwork.com and the MHSAA Sports page on YouTube. Here are the games in this week's highlights package (Link is to the entire game on MHSAA.TV):
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
In its fourth season each Friday and running for 13 weeks at Midnight is MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit. Mickey York and Rob Rubick host this 30-minute highlights show. The show will reair Saturdays at 11 a.m., and Sunday mornings – check your local listings. (This week at 7 a.m.)
The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:
- Detroit Cody at Detroit Central
- Dearborn Heights Crestwood at Dearborn Fordson
- Brownstown Woodhaven at Allen Park
- Warren Lincoln at New Haven
- Croswell-Lexington at Richmond
- Mount Clemens at Clawson
- Ferndale at Berkley
- Muskegon Mona Shores at Rockford – SBP Produced Video
- St. Johns at Haslett – SBP Produced Video
Now in its tenth season is the radio commentary MHSAA Perspective – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard, which airs on over 80 radio stations and audio outlets 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.
This week's Perspective: Exposing Specialization (Left click to listen, right click to save) In this edition of Perspective, John Johnson talks about how specialization contributes to decreased participation, injuries and parental pressure.
Stations committed to carry MHSAA Perspective as of Sept. 5 are:
Adrian - WABJ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 8:50 a.m.
Alma - WQBX-FM (104.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena – WZTK-FM (105.7) – Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena – WHSB-FM (107.7) – Intermissions of football, basketball and ice hockey game broadcasts
Battle Creek – WBCK-FM (95.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Bay City – Great Lakes Sports Network.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
Cadillac - WATT-AM (1240) – Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Cadillac - WKAD-FM (93.7) – Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Cheboygan - WCBY-AM (1240) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Cheboygan - WCBY-FM (100.7) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Coldwater – WTVB-AM (1590) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Coldwater – WTVB-FM (95.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Deckerville - ThumbTailgater.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
East Lansing - WVFN-AM (730) – During pregame and postgame of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WCHT-AM (600) – Halftime of football and basketball game broadcasts; intermission of hockey game broadcasts
Escanaba – WYKX-FM (104.7) – Fridays, 5:15 p.m.
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) – Mondays, 7:05 p.m.
Grand Haven – WGHN-FM (92.1) - 6:45 p.m. on Football Fridays
Grand Haven – WGHN-AM (1370) - 6:45 p.m. on Football Fridays
Grand Haven – WAWL-FM (103.5)
Grand Rapids – WMAX-FM (96.1) – Either halftime of 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 – WQON-FM (100.3) – Pregame show of all broadcasts
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
Houghton – WOLV-FM (97.7) - Following each game broadcast
Indian River – WWSS-FM (95.3) – Tuesdays, 7:05 p.m.
Ironwood – WJMS-AM (590) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Ishpeming – WZAM (970) – Tuesdays between 4 and 5 p.m. on the Sports Pen
Kalamazoo – WQLR-AM (1660) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington – WKLA-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington – WKLA-FM (106.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Manistique - WTIQ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette – WUPZ-FM (94.9) – Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Marquette – WFXD-FM (103.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Midland – WMPX-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Monroe – WERW-FM (94.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Monroe - MonroeCountryRadio.com - 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, 6 p.m.
Muskegon - WVIB-FM (100.1) - Pregame of game broadcasts, 6 p.m.
Muskegon – WMRR-FM (101.7) - Halftime or postgame of game broadcasts
Negaunee - WKQS-FM (101.9) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Newberry – WNBY-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Newberry - WMJT-FM (96.7) – Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Newberry – WNGE-FM (99.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Niles - Southwest Michigan Sports.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ontonagon – WUPY-FM (101.1) – Pregame 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) – Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Petoskey – WMBN-AM (1340) – Saturdays, 10 a.m.
Pinconning - WLUN-FM (100.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Plymouth - WSDP-FM (88.1) - Halftime of game Broadcasts
Pontiac - The Oakland Press - MIPrepZone.com/Oakland – 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) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sault Ste. Marie – WSOO-AM (1230) – Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.
Sault Ste. Marie – WUPN-FM (95.1) – Halftime of Friday game broadcasts; Second intermission of Hockey broadcasts
South Haven – WCSY-FM (103.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Ignace - WCHY-FM (97.7) - 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 Friday game broadcasts
Sturgis - WBET-FM (99.3) – Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
Tawas City - WKJC-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Tawas City – WQLB-FM (103.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
Zeeland - WPNW-AM (1260) – Halftime of football, pregame of basketball game broadcasts; Saturdays, 7:30 a.m.
The MHSAA Internet Broadcast Network Website – MHSAANetwork.com – features audio broadcasts produced by local EZStream.com affiliates throughout the school year. Games which can be heard this week are (as of Sept. 8):
- Niles at Benton Harbor – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Niles Brandywine at Centreville – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Edwardsburg at Vicksburg – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Buchanan at Wyoming Kelloggsville – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
All games are archived on the MHSAANetwork.com website. Outlets interested in getting their games on MHSAANetwork.com should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
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