Contact:  John Johnson
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Aug. 24  –  The MHSAA Network’s weekly radio show/podcast This Week In High School Sports, makes its debut this week for its second season on over 70 radio stations and audio webcast outlets as part of their weekly prep coverage.

The five-minute program, presented by MI Student Aid, leads off each week with feature stories from around the state from the MHSAA’s Second Half, or from network affiliated stories and interviews.  Be The Referee, a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating, comes in the middle of the show; and is followed by a closing MHSAA Perspective.  The opening show will feature the Haslett High School football team, address rules changes in the Free Blocking Zone in Football on Be The Referee, and a Perspective about multiple-sport participation and sportsmanship.

This Week In High School Sports is posted on Tuesday each week, and can be found on the home page of the MHSAA Website.  You can listen to this week’s show by Clicking Here. 

Here is a list of radio stations and web audio outlets carrying This Week In High School Sports (as of Aug. 23):  

Adrian - WABJ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts, Fridays at 8:50 a.m.
Alma - WQBX-FM (104.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena – WHSB-FM (107.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WKJZ-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WZTK-FM (105.7) - Football Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; Halftime of basketball game broadcasts
Battle Creek – WBCK-FM (95.3) – Following game broadcasts
Battle Creek – WBXX-FM (104.9) – Following game broadcasts
Bay City – Great Lakes Sports Network.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
Beaverton – WMRX-FM (97.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Sundays, 8:45 a.m.
Bridgman – WYTZ-FM (97.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Cadillac - WKAD-FM (93.7) – Following game broadcasts
Canton - WSDP-FM (88.1) - Halftime of football game broadcasts
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
Detroit - WDTK-FM (92.7) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Detroit - WDTK-AM (1400) - Pregame of game broadcasts
East Lansing - WVFN-AM (730) – During pregame and postgame of game broadcasts
Escanaba - WCHT (600) - Intermission of basketball, football, ice hockey game broadcasts
Escanaba - WDBC (680) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WYKX-FM (104.7) – Football Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; Halftime of basketball game broadcasts
Escanaba – WUPF-FM (107.3) – Pregame of football and basketball, first intermission of hockey broadcasts
Ferrysburg - WMPA-FM (93.1) - Friday, 5:45 p.m.
Frankenmuth - Frankenmuth Sports Network - www.ustream.tv/channel/frankenmuth-sports-network - Halftime of game broadcasts
Gaylord - WMJZ-FM (101.5) – Mondays, 7 p.m.
Grand Haven - WAWL-FM (103.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Haven – MichiganGameNight.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Haven - WGHN-AM (1370) - Fridays, 5:45 p.m.
Grand Rapids - WMAX-FM (96.1) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids – PrepsMI.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids – MichiganSportsRadio.com – Pregame of game broadcasts; additional direct link on website
Grayling - WQON-FM (100.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Gwinn – WFXD-FM (99.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Hancock – WMPL-AM (920) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Hancock – WKMJ-FM (93.5) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Holland - WHTC-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Houghton - WHKB-FM (102.3) - Postgame of game broadcasts
Howell - LivingstonPost.com - Halftime of game broadcasts; additional direct link on website
Indian River – WWSS-FM (95.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Ironwood – WJMS-AM (590) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Ishpeming – WFXD-FM (97.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson – WIBM-AM (1450) - TBA
Jackson – WIBM-FM (101.9) - TBA
Jackson - WKHM-FM (105.3) - TBA
Lansing - WQTX-FM (92.1) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Manistique - WTIQ-AM (1490) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette – WFXD-HD (103.3 & 105.1) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Marquette - WZAM-AM (970) - Tuesdays between 4-5 p.m.
Marquette - WZAM-FM (93.3) - Tuesdays between 4-5 p.m.
Midland – WMPX-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Sundays, 8:45 a.m.
Monroe - MonroeCountyRadio.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant - WMMI-AM (830) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Mt. Pleasant - WCZY-FM (104.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Munising – WRUP-FM (98.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Muskegon - WLCS-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Muskegon – WMRR-FM (101.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Negaunee - WKQS-FM (101.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Negaunee – WNGE-FM (99.5) – During game broadcasts
Newberry - WNBY-AM (1460) - During game broadcasts
Newberry - WMJT-FM (96.7) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Niles – RCSportscasting.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ontonagon – WUPY-FM (101.1) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Oscoda – WWTH-FM (100.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Petoskey - WMBN-AM (1340) – Following game broadcasts
Pickford - WMKD-FM (105.5) - During game broadcasts
Pinconning - WLUN-FM (100.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Rogers City – WHAK-FM – (99.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Saugatuck - WVYN-FM (92.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sault Ste. Marie - WSOO-AM (1230) – Saturday mornings during Coaches Corner, 11 a.m.
Sault Ste. Marie – WUPN-FM (95.1) - Pregame of football and basketball, first 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 game broadcasts
Sturgis – WBET-FM (99.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Tawas City - WKJC-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Tawas City – WQLB-FM (103.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Zeeland - WPNW-AM (1260) - Halftime of football game broadcasts; pregame of basketball game broadcasts
Zeeland - WPNW-FM (96.5) - Halftime of football game broadcasts; pregame of basketball game broadcasts
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Additional stations will be announced in the coming weeks. Many of these same stations will be carrying games from the MHSAA Basketball Finals in March. 

Be The Referee is also available each week as a separate podcast.  These 60-second messages take a look at rules in different sports, challenges your rules knowledge with some You Make The Call questions, and passes on other information about the world of officiating.

Be The Referee is posted online Tuesday each week, and can be found on the home page of the MHSAA Website.  You can listen to this week’s message by Clicking Here.

The MHSAA Website also has available fresh public service announcement scripts for broadcasters for the upcoming 2016-17 fall sports season.  They can be found by Clicking Here.  A series of prerecorded audio and video PSA’s will also be available shortly.

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