OHSAA RADIO RELEASE
For Immediate Release – March 14, 2018
State Tournament Broadcast Information and OHSAA “Tournament Tipoff” Pregame Show #6
The OHSAA girls basketball state tournament tips off Thursday afternoon at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus and the OHSAA Radio Network will have all 12 games. Thirty-two affiliates are set to air network broadcasts and every game is available at:
http://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio
Spectrum will televise all 12 games on Channel 311 (and 510 in former Insight areas) and streaming at MySpectrumSports.com.
Broadcast Highlights Available from SoundCloud
After each game, broadcast highlight clips will be posted for download on the OHSAA Radio Network’s SoundCloud page. The clips will be posted at:
https://soundcloud.com/ohsaaradio
Weekly “Tournament Tipoff” Show #6
This week’s “OHSAA Tournament Tipoff” basketball pregame show is posted at the link below. In this show, host Marty Bannister from EBSN, Spectrum and the OHSAA Radio Network interviews girls basketball analyst Jim Dabbelt.
This week’s show also includes regional reports from Scott Ward of Greenville WTIG, Garrett Searight of Lima WWSR, David Wilson of the OHSAA Radio Network, and Aaron Cassady from Gameday Broadcasting and the OHSAA Radio Network.
Stations are encouraged to use the tipoff shows prior to their own pregame show of basketball broadcast. The show includes one local break (2:00 plus :10 joiner) so stations can insert their own spots (see format below).
All 12 games of the girls and boys basketball state tournament will be broadcast by the OHSAA Radio Network. Please see below for details.
OHSAA Radio “Tournament Tipoff” Pregame Show #6 – 30:19
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Opening
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Network break
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Segment 1, interview with Jim Dabbelt
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Local Break (2:00 and :10 joiner)
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Segment 2, reports from Scott Ward (Greenville WTIG), Garrett Searight (Lima WWSR), David Wilson (OHSAA Radio Network) and Aaron Cassady (Gameday Broadcasting and the OHSAA Radio Network); this week’s Spectrum TV and stream schedule
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Network break
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Closing
2018 Basketball State Tournaments on the OHSAA Radio Network
Stations can have regional and state tournament rights fees waived by carrying OHSAA Radio Network programming
2018 Girls Basketball State Tournament, March 15-17
Thursday, Div. IV State Semifinals (1:00 DH) – Todd Bell, Kristin Ronai and Jacki Windon (producer Brent Ford)
Thursday, Div. III State Semifinals (6:00 DH) – Scott Leo, Lori Bodnar (1st game), Tony Roesch (2nd game) and Michelle Mimna (producer Brent Ford)
Friday, Div. II State Semifinals (1:00 DH) – Marty Bannister, Toni Roesch and Ashley Collins (producer Ryan Baker)
Friday, Div. I State Semifinals (6:00 DH) – David Wilson, Lori Bodnar and Michelle Mimna (producer Ryan Baker)
Saturday
Div. IV State Championship (10:45) – RADIO: Marty Bannister, Kristin Ronai and Dave Maetzold (producer Brent Ford) … TV: Todd Bell, Toni Roesch and Ashley Collins
Div. III State Championship (2:04) – RADIO: David Wilson, Lori Bodnar and Dave Maetzold (producer Brent Ford) … TV: Scott Leo, Michelle Mimna and Ashley Collins
Div. II State Championship (5:15) – RADIO: Scott Leo, Kristin Ronai and Ashley Collins (producer Ryan Baker) … TV: Marty Bannister, Toni Roesch and Michelle Mimna
Div. I State Championship (8:30) – RADIO: David Wilson, Lori Bodnar and Ashley Collins (producer Ryan Baker) … TV: David Bacon, Jacki Windon and Michelle Mimna
2018 Boys Basketball State Tournament, March 22-24
Thursday, Div. IV State Semifinals (10:45 and 2:00) – Todd Bell, Dave Cecutti and Dave Maetzold (producer Ryan Baker)
Thursday, Div. III State Semifinals (5:15 and 8:30) – Scott Leo, Scott Reeves and Michelle Mimna (producer Ryan Baker)
Friday, Div. II State Semifinals (10:45 and 2:00) – Marty Bannister, Toni Roesch and Dave Maetzold (producer Brent Ford)
Friday, Div. I State Semifinals (5:15 and 8:30) – David Wilson, Jacki Windon and Ashley Collins (producer Brent Ford)
Saturday
Div. IV State Championship (10:45) – RADIO: David Wilson, Dave Cecutti and Dave Maetzold (producer Ryan Baker) … TV: Todd Bell, Josh Postorino and Michelle Mimna
Div. III State Championship (2:04) – RADIO: Scott Leo, Scott Reeves and Michelle Mimna (producer Ryan Baker) … TV: David Bacon, Pat Vuyancih and Marissa Contipelli
Div. II State Championship (5:15) – RADIO: Marty Bannister, Toni Roesch and Ashley Collins (producer Brent Ford) … TV: Tim Bray, Tony White and Michelle Mimna
Div. I State Championship (8:30) – RADIO: David Wilson, Jacki Windon and Ashley Collins (producer Brent Ford) … TV: Michael Reghi, Dave Cecutti and Marissa Contipelli
Engineer (all games): Aaron Cassady
2018 Basketball State Tournaments
OHSAA Radio Network Programming
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Play-by-Play Broadcasts: The network broadcasts the football state championship games, the girls and boys basketball state tournaments, the softball state tournament and the baseball state tournament. Network broadcasts include program logs, local avails and sub-audible tones. Stations that carry network broadcasts can see a reduction or elimination of their regional and state tournament rights fees.
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Basketball Pregame Shows: The network produces a series of weekly basketball pregame shows that include statewide interviews and updates, state tournament previews and audio highlights. The pregame shows are 25 minutes long and include a 2-minute local break. Stations are encouraged to utilize the pregame shows before their own pregame shows of their tournament broadcasts.
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Football Playoff Preview Show: The network produces a football playoff preview show in early November, the day after the final computer points are announced. The show explains the playoff format and schedule and goes around the state to break down the playoff field.
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