Cullowhee, N.C. – 5 radio station associates throughout eight frequencies in North Carolina and streaming audio on-line at CatamountSports.com are set to hold broadcasts of the Catamount Sports activities Community (CSN) throughout Western Carolina’s 2022 soccer season. WCU Athletics has additionally introduced the return of a weekly coaches’ present – “Catamount Soccer Weekly with head coach Kerwin Bell” – that can air Monday night time’s on Fb LIVE and originate live-on-location at Innovation-Cullowhee in Noble Corridor within the coronary heart of campus.
Broadcasts of Catamount soccer could have a powerful presence on the air throughout the mountains of Western North Carolina together with WISE Sports activities Radio 102.9 FM and 1310 AM out of Asheville; 970 AM WYSE in Canton; 105.7 FM and 540 AM WRGC “The River” in Sylva; 104.9 FM and 1050 AM WFSC, “Franklin’s First Voice” in Franklin and north Georgia; and the brand new 95.3 FM WWCU (WWCUFM.com), which originates on-campus in Cullowhee.
CSN once more companions with PrestoSports to not solely present an affiliate sign acquisition website but additionally limitless free streaming audio by way of the athletics web site, CatamountSports.com, giving WCU a worldwide attain.
Lengthy-time play-by-play voice of the Catamounts, Gary Ayers, returns to the microphone this soccer season. Ayers has been behind the microphone for 36 of the previous 37 years at WCU. He’ll once more be flanked by returning crew members in long-time voice and broadcast producer Jeff Bryson and Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations and WCU soccer contact Daniel Hooker who will be part of Ayers and Bryson within the broadcast sales space throughout video games performed away from Cullowhee for colour commentary.
Every week, the CSN Pepsi pregame tailgate present begins 60 minutes earlier than the scheduled kickoff time and contains feedback from WCU head coach Kerwin Bell, in-game scoreboard updates, in addition to different particular options together with the Catamount Calendar.
The Catamount Sports activities Community will even host a weekly coaches’ present, broadcasting on WCU’s official Fb web page every Monday starting at 6 p.m. The on-location present will originate from Innovation-Cullowhee in Noble Corridor with Catamount Nation invited to attend the present every week.
Western Carolina will once more produce tv/video streaming broadcasts for every of its 5 dwelling video games this fall that can air on ESPN’s on-line platforms, ESPN+ (subscription required) or ESPN3 (cable/satellite tv for pc subscription required).
Two of WCU’s video games – Saturday, Oct. 15 at Furman, and the Homecoming match-up with Wofford (Nov. 5) – will each air on the Nexstar linear tv community along with the net ESPN stream because the “Ingles SoCon Recreation of the Week.”
Western Carolina opens the 2022 season with consecutive highway video games, touring to Charleston Southern for a Labor Day weekend match-up with Charleston Southern on Sept. 3 and a Sept. 10 date with Georgia Tech out of the ACC in Atlanta.
The Catamounts open the house portion of their schedule on Saturday, Sept. 17, internet hosting Presbyterian at Bob Waters Discipline / E.J. Whitmire Stadium in Cullowhee. The house opener features a “White Out Whitmire,” the 2022 Freshmen Run, WCU honoring its members of the Southern Convention’s one centesimal Anniversary workforce, and the primary performances of the “Satisfaction of the Mountains” Marching Band. Followers are inspired to put on their white WCU gear to the sport because the Catamounts will match with their white Nike uniforms and can sport the classic “The Cats” emblem on their helmets. The primary 5,000 followers by way of the gates will even obtain a free “White Out” T-shirt. The Carolina Soul Band shall be performing throughout tailgating simply south of the Stadium Lot starting at 1:30. The free live performance is courtesy of Ingles.
Each season and single-game tickets, in addition to sport day parking for Western Carolina’s 2022 dwelling schedule, are on sale now by way of the WCU Athletics Ticket Workplace on the primary ground of the Ramsey Heart, by cellphone at (828) 227-2401, and on-line at www.CatamountSports.com/BuyTickets.
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2022 Catamount Sports activities Community Associates:
Asheville – WISE Sports activities Radio, 102.9 and 1310 AM
Canton – WYSE Sports activities Radio, 970 AM
Cullowhee – WWCU – 95.3 FM
Franklin – WFSC – 104.9 FM and 1050 AM – Franklin’s First Voice
Sylva – WRGC – 105.7 FM and 540 AM – The River
On-line – www.CatamountSports.com
Catamount Soccer Weekly – soccer coaches present
Monday evenings at 6 p.m. on Fb LIVE
Dwell-on-location from Innovation–Cullowhee in Noble Corridor on campus
