Grizzly Sports Properties inks radio deal with Billings station to carry MBB & FB ESPN 910, KBLG Radio of Billings will broadcast Griz football and men's basketball games through 2016
Feb. 19, 2013
Grizzly Sports Properties, University of Montana's athletics multimedia rights holder, announced today that ESPN 910, KBLG Radio, is the newest radio affiliate on the Grizzly Sports Network and will carry Griz programming through 2016.
This marks a new relationship between the Grizzlies and Billings' ESPN 910, KBLG, which will broadcast all football games and men's basketball games, as well as the respective 30-minute coaches' shows and three-minute Daily Report covering all sports. Grizzly Sports Properties oversees every aspect of the Grizzly Sports Network including securing key radio affiliates and broadcast talent.
"There's no question Billings is an important market to us, and we want to provide the best reach and quality programming in a station partner," said Nick Garner, general manager for Grizzly Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports. "We're confident ESPN 910, KBLG will deliver nothing less for Griz fans in the Billings listening area, and we're glad to have them on our radio network."
University of Montana's Athletic Director Kent Haslam added, "We're pleased to kick start a relationship with KBLG in a significant market for us, and we look forward to the great coverage the station will provide our loyal Griz fans."
"We're extremely proud to be able to serve as the new broadcast home for the Griz in Billings," said Connoisseur Media Market Manager Cam Maxwell. "As the only 'all sports' radio station in Billings, our local and regional sports coverage continues to grow, and we look forward to announcing even more coverage of this caliber to our lineup in the very near future."
KBLG is one of six stations in Billings owned by Connoisseur Media, which owns and/or operates 33 radio stations in 10 markets including Allentown, PA, Billings, MT, Bloomington, IL, Erie, PA, Nassau-Suffolk, NY, Omaha, NE, Rapid City, SD, Stroudsburg, PA, Trenton, NJ and Wichita, KS.
In addition to Montana, Learfield Sports manages the multimedia rights for more than 50 collegiate institutions and associations and titles the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup with NACDA and USA Today. Its exclusive sports programming reaches more than 50 million television households nationally and delivers nearly 17,000 hours of radio programming on more than 1,000 radio stations. To learn more about the company's 40-year history and comprehensive collegiate portfolio, visit http://www.learfieldsports.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
