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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Aug. 21  –  High school sports strong presence on the radio gains more steam with the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, with the MHSAA Network and the State Champs! Sports Network teaming up to provide more statewide content than ever before. 

The MHSAA Network’s weekly radio show/podcast This Week In High School Sports, makes its debut this week for its third season on over 75 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 findings of the MHSAA’s 2016-17 Concussion report, address a rules change to blind side blocking in Football, and conclude with an MHSAA Perspective about referee Steve Johnson, who returns to the games after a bout with cancer. 

This Week In High School Sports is posted to the home page of the MHSAA Website by Noon on Tuesday each week; and is also available on the MHSAA Network 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. 20):  

Adrian - WABJ-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alma - WQBX-FM (104.9) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Alma – WFYC-AM (1280) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena – WHSB-FM (107.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Alpena - WZTK-FM (105.7) - Football Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; Halftime of basketball game broadcasts
Ashley - WJSZ-FM (92.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts; Sports Forum following football games
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, 8:05 a.m.
Bridgman – WYTZ-FM (97.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Cheboygan - WCBY-AM (1240) - Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
Cheboygan - WCBY-FM (100.7) - Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
Deckerville - ThumbTailgater.com - Halftime of game broadcasts
Detroit - WDTK-FM (101.5) - Pregame or halftime of game broadcasts
Detroit - WDTK-AM (1400) - Pregame or halftime of game broadcasts
East Lansing - WVFN-AM (730) – Fridays at 6 p.m. during football season; Saturdays at 11 a.m. during basketball season
Escanaba - WCHT (600) - Halftime of football and basketball, first intermission of hockey broadcasts
Escanaba - WDBC (680) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WYKX-FM (104.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Escanaba – WUPF-FM (107.3) – Halftime of football and basketball, first intermission of hockey broadcasts
Frankenmuth - Frankenmuth Sports Network - Halftime of game broadcasts
Gaylord - WMJZ-FM (101.5) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Haven - WAWL-FM (103.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Haven – MichiganGameNight.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids - WMAX-FM (96.1) - Halftime of game broadcasts; following post-game show
Grand Rapids – WTKG (1230) – Halftime of game broadcasts; following post-game show
Grand Rapids – MichiganSportsRadio.com – Pregame or halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids - PrepsMI.com – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids - WBBL-FM (107.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Grand Rapids – WJRW (1340) – Halftime of football game broadcasts
Grayling – WGRY-FM (101.1) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Grayling - WQON-FM (100.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts (32)
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
Holland - WHTC-FM (99.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Indian River – WWSS-FM (95.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Ironwood – WJMS-AM (590) – Pregame of game broadcasts
Jackson – WKHM-AM (970) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson – WKHM-FM (101.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Jackson - WKHM-FM (105.3) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Lansing – WJIM-AM (1240) – Fridays at 6 p.m. during football season
Kalamazoo – WQLR (1600) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington – WKLA-AM (1450) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington – WKLA-FM (96.3) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Ludington - WLDN-FM (98.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Manistique - WTIQ-AM (1490) - Halftime of football and basketball, first intermission of hockey broadcasts
Marquette - WZAM-AM (970) - Tuesdays between 4-5 p.m.
Marquette - WZAM-FM (93.3) - Tuesdays between 4-5 p.m.
Menominee – WHYB-FM (103.7) – Halftime of Menominee game broadcasts
Midland – WMPX-AM (1490) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Sundays, 8:05 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
Muskegon - WLCS-FM (98.3) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Negaunee – WNGE-FM (99.5) – During game broadcasts
Newberry - WNBY-AM (1450) - During game broadcasts
Newberry - WMJT-FM (96.7) - Pregame of game broadcasts
Niles - Southwest Michigan Sports.net - Halftime 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
Pickford - WMKD-FM (105.5) - Halftime of game broadcasts
Pinconning - WLUN-FM (100.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Rogers City – WHAK-FM (99.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts (33)
Saugatuck - WVYN-FM (92.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sault Ste. Marie - WSOO-AM (1230) – Halftime of game broadcasts
Sault Ste. Marie – WUPN-FM (95.1) – Halftime of game broadcasts 
Scottville – WLDN-FM (98.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
South Haven – WCSY-FM (103.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Ignace - WCHY-FM (97.7) - Halftime of Friday game broadcasts
St. Joseph – WSJM-AM (1400) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Wednesday/Friday @ 7:50 a.m.
St. Joseph – WSJM-FM (94.9) – Halftime of game broadcasts
St. Joseph – WSJM-FM (95.7) – Halftime of game broadcasts; Wednesday/Friday @ 7:50 a.m.
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 by Noon Tuesday each week, and can be found on the home pages of the MHSAA Website and the MHSAA Network Website.  You can listen to this week’s message by Clicking Here. 

The MHSAA will also be regularly featured on the State Champs! Sports Network Scoreboard show on Fridays from 10:30 p.m, to Midnight; which expands this year to run weekly during the Football and Basketball seasons, extending its radio station network from WXYT-FM (97.1) to a statewide group of affiliates, and is also available on social media with a live video stream on the WXYT  Facebook page. 

Here is a list of radio stations carrying the State Champs! Scoreboard Show (as of Aug. 20): 

Alpena/Rogers City – WRGZ-FM (96.7)
Caro – WKYO-AM  (1360)
Cheboygan – WCHYFM (97.7) or WCBY-AM (1240)
Detroit/Southfield – WXYT-FM (97.1)
Grand Rapids -  WTKG-AM (1230)
Grand Rapids/Muskegon/Holland -  WMAX-FM (96.1)
Grayling -  WGRY-FM (101.1)
Jackson – WKHM-AM (970)
Newberry – WNBY-AM (1450)
Port Huron – WPHM-AM (1380) 

This Week In High School Sports and Be The Referee will be a regular feature on the Scoreboard Show, which kicks off a weekend of MHSAA/State Champs programming.  Every Saturday during the Football season, statewide Friday night football highlights return to cable television viewers on the MHSAA Extra Point at 10 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit.  The State Champs! Produced show will also reair on multiple occasions each weekend.  The MHSAA Minute makes its weekly debut on the award-winning State Champs! High School Sports Show on Sundays at 9 a.m. on FOX Sports Detroit, with reairs through the week.  Both shows will be archived for on-demand viewing on the State Champs Channel on YouTube. 

The MHSAA Website also has available fresh public service announcement scripts and pre-recorded audio spots for broadcasters for the upcoming 2017-18 fall sports season.  They can be found by Clicking Here. 

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