Saturday, May 10, 2014

NSU Signs Radio Agreement with Max Media/Star 1310 AM

COURTESY NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
NSUSPARTANS.COM
NORFOLK, Virginia  -- The Norfolk State University Athletics Department announced Friday that it has signed a radio agreement with Max Media of Hampton Roads to broadcast the Spartans football and men's basketball games on Star 1310 AM in the 2014-15 athletics season.

Star 1310 AM (WGH) will broadcast NSU's 2014 football and men's basketball games as well as the school's weekly news and information program on Saturday mornings. All NSU programming broadcast will also be streamed on www.star1310.com. The audio streaming application is also compatible with Apple and Android mobile devices.

"This Norfolk State partnership with Star 1310 is something we've wanted for quite some time and we are very excited as to what's ahead," said John Shomby, director of operations and programming for Max Media.

"We're very excited to work with Max Media next year," said Matt Michalec, NSU's assistant athletics director for communications. "We had the opportunity to broadcast several basketball games on Star 1310 this past season and were very pleased with the outcome. Max Media runs a first-class operation and we think this gives our program added visibility and our fans a great avenue to follow NSU athletics."

Visit www.nsuspartans.com for more details on NSU programming with Star 1310 AM as the 2014-15 athletics season approaches.

ABOUT STAR 1310 AM WGH
Star 1310 is a 20,000-watt station based in Newport News which serves the entire Hampton Roads area as well as portions of northeast North Carolina. The station is an urban contemporary Christian music format but also features select college sports programming. The station previously was the radio home of ESPN Radio until 2009, when it changed to its current format.



By Matt Michalec, Asst. AD/Communications
COURTESY NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION 

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