UD Home | UDaily | UDaily-Alumni | UDaily-Parents


HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware's Howard is selected All-Colonial

Elena DelleDonne joins UD volleyball team

Three Blue Hens named football All-Americans

Blue Hen wins bronze in Olympic baseball

Delaware football sets season ticket record

UD men's ice hockey offers season tickets

UD men's basketball sets non-conference schedule

WVUD announces fall football broadcasts

Hitchens Classic benefits UD women's athletics

Flacco selected by Baltimore in NFL draft

More news on UDaily

Subscribe to UDaily's e-mail services


UDaily is produced by the Office of Public Relations
150 South College Ave.
Newark, DE 19716-2701
(302) 831-2791

UD, Clear Channel sign five-year deal to broadcast Blue Hen athletics

3:30 p.m., April 12, 2004--The University of Delaware and Clear Channel Communications, which locally operates radio stations WRDX-FM and WTTX-AM, have agreed to a deal valued at more than $2 million to broadcast and promote Fightin’ Blue Hens athletics events for the next five years.

The comprehensive, multimedia rights package begins this fall and extends to spring 2009.

Clear Channel has broadcast rights for University of Delaware football, men's basketball and women's basketball, as well as programs by coaches for those three sports, special events and promotional considerations.

The company was awarded the UD athletics broadcast contract for the first time in April 1999 and is wrapping up the original five-year deal later this month.

"It has certainly been a privilege to have been the University's broadcast partner for the past five years," Joe Puglise, vice president and market manager for Clear Channel Delaware, said. "All of us at Clear Channel in Delaware look forward to continuing that relationship and building upon the broadcast excellence that our community has come to know and trust."

When the first contract with Clear Channel was signed, it marked the first time in UD history that all football games were to be broadcast on a commercial FM station.

In the new contract, UD football and also men’s basketball games will air on the 50,000-watt WRDX (94.7 FM), which is marketed as The River.

In addition, UD women's basketball games will be broadcast on a commercial station for the first time in school history. Games will air on WTTX (1290 AM), which is known as The Ticket.

"We are extremely pleased to continue our relationship with Clear Channel Communications as the Blue Hen Radio Network," UD Director of Athletics Edgar N. Johnson said. "We have enjoyed a great partnership over the last five years and we are confident that will continue to grow stronger throughout the next five years.”

“The River and The Ticket have become synonymous with University of Delaware athletics, and the service that they provide allows thousands of Blue Hen fans to follow our teams more closely,” Johnson said. “They brought a new level of excitement to our programs over the past five years, and we're anxious to see that continue. We are fortunate to be one of the few athletics departments in the country that have both their football and men's basketball games broadcast on a commercial FM station."

In addition to covering all home and away games for football, men's basketball and women's basketball, the network also will broadcast some contests in other sports, such as baseball.

The network will carry pre-game and postgame shows and weekly programs featuring football Head Coach K.C. Keeler, men's basketball Head Coach David Henderson and women's basketball Head Coach Tina Martin .

The River will broadcast the annual UD football Blue-White scrimmage at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 16, at Delaware Stadium.

The Ticket is scheduled to broadcast at least four more Blue Hen baseball games this spring.

  E-mail this article

To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here.