posted on September 30, 2014 16:22
Contact: John Johnson
517.332.5046 or [email protected]
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sept. 30 – Six schools taking part in the MHSAA’s School Broadcast Program are among nine student broadcast programs across the state receiving grants from the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Grant Fund and Scholarship Program.
The grants will be used by the schools to purchase equipment for their ongoing video production work. SBP schools receiving the grants are: Escanaba High School, Haslett High School, Hillman High School, Mason High School, Montrose High School and Whittemore-Prescott High School.
“The Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association has a rich tradition of supporting young men and women pursuing sports and news broadcasting careers,” said George Eichorn, Executive Director of the DSBA. “We are very proud to recognize students and programs from Detroit to Escanaba.”
Added Vicki Foley, DSBA President: “We are extremely happy to give back to our communities as part of our mission to support education in this unique and powerful way. We are also very grateful for the continued support of our members, sponsors, and donors who recognize the importance of providing guidance and funding to our future sportscasters, writers, and reporters through their dedication and generous contributions.”
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. A year-high 73 events were streamed by schools last week, with activities ranging from daily announcements to school board meetings, live sporting events and National Honor Society inductions. 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. 30). The following events will be shown live on a subscription basis:
- Menominee at Escanaba – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
- Dowagiac at Plainwell – Boys Soccer – Thursday, 7 p.m.
- Atlanta at Hillman – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Allegan at Plainwell – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Boys Soccer – Monday, 5 p.m.
The following events will be available following their completion via Video on Demand:
- Sault Ste. Marie at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – Tuesday, 7 p.m.
- West Iron County at Calumet – Football – Friday, 7 p.m.
- Hale at Rogers City – Girls Volleyball – Thursday, 7 p.m.
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):
To view all of last week's School Broadcast Program productions, go to MHSAA.TV, click On Demand on the nav bar of the left side of the page, and on the Filters tab at the top of next page, click on All States and then select Michigan.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Weekly highlights, features and analysis of high school football games across the state on MHSAA Football Friday Overtime are now available for On Demand viewing on the Prep Zone page of the FOX Sports Detroit Website - http://www.foxsports.com/detroit/high-school
The Prep Zone page will also be where fans can watch four live MHSAA Football Playoff games each week of the tournament.
Football Friday Overtime is in its fourth season on FOX Sports Detroit, airing at Midnight each Friday and running for 13 weeks. Mickey York and Rob Rubick host this 30-minute highlights show. The show reairs 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:
- Livonia Churchill at Canton
- Westland John Glenn at Plymouth
- Monroe at Saline
- Chelsea at Ypsilanti Lincoln
- DeWitt at St. Johns
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 Record Holders (Left click to listen, right click to save) In this edition of Perspective, John Johnson highlights former Michigan high school athletes with multiple records in the NFHS High School Record Book.
Visit the MHSAA Perspective page of the MHSAA Website for a complete list of affiliates and air times.
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. 30):
- Portage Northern at Stevensville Lakeshore – Football – Friday – 6 p.m. – Broadcast by WSJM-FM, St. Joseph
- St. Joseph at Benton Harbor – Football – Friday – 6 p.m. – Broadcast by WSJM-AM, St. Joseph
- Niles Brandywine at Bronson – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Buchanan at Mendon – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Edwardsburg at South Haven – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Niles at Portage Central – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by Southwest Michigan Sports, Niles
- Cheboygan at Alpena – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by WHSB-FM, Alpena
- Oscoda at Lincoln Alcona – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by WWTH-FM, Oscoda
- Rogers City at Mio – Football – Friday, 7 p.m. – Broadcast by WHAK-FM, Rogers City
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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