iHM Announces UConn IMG Radio Network Broadcast Team

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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iHeartMedia Sports WUCS-FM (97.9 ESPN)/Hartford has announced the UConn IMG Radio Network Broadcast Team, effective August 1. The team will include Executive Producer and voice of UConn Women's Basketball Bob Joyce and Mike Crispino as the play-by-play voice of UConn Football and Men's Basketball. Crispino is previously known for his work on the MSG Network as the radio voice for the NBA's New York Knicks and covering the NHL Rangers, New York Giants and college football broadcasts.

Wayne Norman will return for his 37th season as the color analyst for UConn Football and Men's Basketball along with Debbie Fiske, a former UConn Women's Basketball player, who will return for her 7th season as the color analyst for UConn Women's Basketball. Adam Giardino, UConn alumni, will join the team as the sideline reporter for UConn Football and color analyst for UConn Hockey. Former Husky athlete Randy LaVigne will round out the UConn IMG Radio Network Broadcast Team.

"I couldn't be more excited for this new era at 97.9 ESPN," said iHeartMedia's Hartford Region President Steve Honeycomb. "We just got bigger and stronger today, adding an all-star broadcast team of UConn IMG Radio Network vets with impressive new talent. The countdown is on to the first game of the season and we're excited for the fans in UConn Nation to hear their team on 97.9 ESPN and across the state on the UConn IMG Radio Network starting this August."

"We are pleased to have our broadcast teams in place as we move closer to our 2018-19 seasons and begin our exciting new relationship with iHeartRadio and ESPN," said UConn Director of Athletics David Benedict. "Bob Joyce, Debbie Fiske and Wayne Norman will return, with the addition of former Husky athlete Randy LaVigne, to continue to provide the outstanding game coverage we have come to expect. And we are very happy to welcome Mike Crispino to the UConn IMG Radio Network."

UConn Athletics is a part of the UConn IMG Radio Network which consists of eight stations that provide statewide coverage, anchored by WUCS-FM as the flagship station for UConn Athletics games.