FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Monday, October 24, 2016 Billings Sports Talk to broadcast live from MSUB Wednesday on ESPN Radio 910
Billings’ weekly Sports Talk radio program will be live at MSUB on Wednesday afternoon, featuring exclusive interviews with student-athletes and coaches from a variety of Yellowjacket teams. BILLINGS, Mont. – Billings Sports Talk, the city’s weekly sports radio program, will broadcast live from the Montana State University Billings campus inside the athletic department on Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. on ESPN Radio 910 KBLG. The weekly program hosted by Billings Gazette sports editor Jeff Welsch airs every Wednesday on ESPN Radio, and is also available on the web at www.espn910.com. Wednesday’s show will feature interviews with a variety of student-athletes and coaches from Yellowjacket teams. Listeners will hear from MSUB men’s basketball head coach Jamie Stevens and women’s basketball head coach Kevin Woodin, as the hoops season kicks off next week with exhibition games at Alterowitz Gym. Alisha Breen, a preseason All-American and reigning first-team all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference pick who is returning for her senior year with the ‘Jackets, will make an appearance on the show as well.
MSUB’s regionally-ranked men’s soccer team will be discussed, as the ‘Jackets enter the final two weeks of the regular season making a strong push to reach the NCAA Division II West Region playoffs for the first time ever. The Yellowjacket cross country team is hosting the D2 West Region Championships for the second time in three years, and head coach Dave Coppock will discuss the upcoming event on Nov. 5 at Amend Park in Billings. In addition to the live radio broadcast, the show will be simulcast via Facebook Live on the 406 Sports page available here. The program is part of MSUB’s partnership with Connoisseur Media, which is highlighted by a series of 12 men’s and women’s basketball games broadcast live on ESPN Radio throughout the 2016-17 season. For more information on Yellowjackets on the radio, visit our webpage here. --@MSUBSports | #JacketNation--