East Carolina To Broadcast Entire 2005 Baseball Schedule
January 26, 2005 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. - For the first time in school history, East Carolina will broadcast the Pirates' 56-game regular season baseball schedule in its entirety and all post-season contests, according to an announcement from ECU Director of Electronic Media Jeff Charles Wednesday.
The Pirate Sports Radio Network, in conjunction with Pirate Radio AM 1250 WGHB and talk-giant 1070 AM WNCT, have agreed to a partnership which will air all East Carolina baseball action this spring.
Coverage for each broadcast will begin with a 15-minute pre-game show and conclude with an in-depth post-game segment which will include interviews with selected players and coaches.
Josh Spence will return for his second year as the Pirates' primary baseball play-by-play announcer and will be joined in the booth by East Carolina's all-time winningest coach, Gary Overton, who will add expert analysis on most broadcasts.
"We are pleased to provide play-by-play coverage of each and every game this season," Charles said. "All of our great Pirate fans deserve this, a first in the history of our baseball program."
The 2005 broadcast schedule will begin Friday, February 11 when the Pirates open their season at The College of Charleston. Air-time is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. for the 5:00 p.m. contest, which also will open a three-game weekend series.
Charles indicated that discussions to provide ancillary coverage with additional Pirate Sports Network affiliates are on-going.
