The 2012 University of Delaware season will mark the 14th straight year of Blue Hen football being broadcast on 94.7 WDSD. This season, the University of Delaware, IMG College and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment begin the second year of a five year contract that extends through the 2015-2016 season.
94.7 FM WDSD, the only station with statewide coverage in Delaware, will once again be the flagship station for Blue Hen football, with coverage throughout Delaware, and parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Games can also be heard online at WDSD.com and on your mobile device, using the iHeart Radio app.
For the first time in 13 seasons, a different voice will handle play-by-play announcing for WDSD, as Scott Klatzkin replaces Mike Corey, who broadcasted games since 1999. Glenn Frazer, in his seventh year with the crew, will begin his fifth year as the color analyst working alongside Klatzkin up in the booth. Matt Janus, in his sixth year with the crew will be sideline reporter for the fifth consecutive season, and Matt Ryan returning for his eighth consecutive season will be the on-site producer for the fifth straight year alongside Klatzkin and Frazer, and will join the crew on-air during the pre-game, half-time and post-game shows. Once again joining the pre-game show as a weekly guest for the ninth consecutive year will be Kevin Tresolini from the News Journal. Brandon Tull, returns for his second straight season as studio producer and on-air host.
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SCOTT KLATZKIN 1st Season Hometown: Wilmington, DE College: Delaware ‘07 Email: scottk@WDSD.com Twitter: @ScottieK3 |
A Newark, Delaware native, Klatzkin will serve as the new play-by-play voice of Blue Hen football. Klatzkin is a familiar voice in Delaware, where he has spent the past four seasons broadcasting Delaware State University football and basketball, as well as the Delaware High School football and basketball “Game of the Week” on 1290 The Ticket. A 2007 graduate of the University of Delaware, Klatzkin previously provided play-by-play for the Blue Hens while serving as Sports Director of student radio station, WVUD-FM, as an undergraduate. He returned to work with Delaware last season as co-host of “Blue Hens Beat,” the web based show airing bi-weekly on BlueHens.com. Klatzkin, was named the 2009 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year Award presented by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
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GLENN FRAZER 7th Season Hometown: Middletown, DE College: Delaware '76
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A Wilmington native and current resident of Dover, DE, “Fraze” begins his seventh season working on the crew and fifth as color analyst. A graduate of Middletown High School, he earned his degree in communications from the University of Delaware in 1976. He worked as play by play announcer for Caesar Rodney High School football broadcasts from 1979 until 2002 on 1600 WKEN in Dover. Frazer was named the 2008 winner for Delaware Sportscaster of the Year by the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters. |
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MATT JANUS 6th Season Hometown: Middletown, DE College: Delaware '07 Twitter: @MattJanus
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A 2007 graduate of the University of Delaware and enters his sixth season with the broadcast team, and fifth as sideline reporter. He is also the color analyst for Delaware women’s basketball and does play-by-play and color commentary for 1290 The Ticket’s coverage of Delaware high school football on Friday nights. As an undergraduate he provided both play-by-play and color commentary for the University of Delaware student station broadcasts of Blue Hens football, basketball, and baseball. He currently works at the Wilmington Blue Rocks as the team’s New Media Manager. Check out Matt’s blog, “From The Bench with Matt Janus,” by CLICKING HERE |
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MATT RYAN 8th Season Hometown: Newark, DE College: Delaware '05
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A 2005 University of Delaware communications graduate, will begin his eighth straight season with WDSD this fall, and fifth as on-site producer in the broadcast booth. He will also join the crew on the pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows. While enrolled at Delaware, he worked on both the student radio and student television stations as a play-by-play and color broadcaster. Ryan is currently a teacher at McKean High School in Delaware, running the school’s radio station and teaching broadcasting classes. |
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ANTHONY NECASTRO 3rd Season Hometown: New Castle, DE College: Tennessee '97
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A producer for Clear Channel Radio, NeCastro can also be heard during WILM’s “Elliott In The Morning” program as well as throughout the day on 1290 The Ticket giving local sports updates. Anthony is in his third year with the crew, helping to provide the on-field sound during broadcasts. Along with his work at the station, NeCastro currently works as a litigation support manager for a local firm in Wilmington and is a lifelong University of Delaware fan that relocated back to the area in 2002. He currently resides in Middletown.
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BRANDON TULL 2nd Season Hometown: Bridgeville, DE College: Delaware '11
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A 2011 graduate of the University of Delaware's sport management program will kick off his second year as a part of WDSD's football coverage as the in-studio host during pre-game and halftime. He also serves as the afternoon drive co-host and traffic reporter on 94.7 WDSD. |
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JAMES TAYLOR 3rd Season Hometown: Bear, DE College: Delaware '12 Twitter: @KJamesTaylor
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James Taylor, from Bear, DE, is a 2012 University of Delaware graduate with a degree in Civil Engineering. He joined the broadcast team during the 2010 Football season as an intern. Currently, he is a producer for Clear Channel Radio manning broadcasts of UD basketball, and high school sports. At UD, he also provided play-by-play and color commentary for Delaware athletics at the student station, WVUD. James will fill-in throughout the season as On-Site Producer and Co-Host of “Blue Hens Gameday”
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JIMMY SMITH 1st Season Hometown: Sagamore Hills, OH College: Ohio ‘08 Twitter: @UDBlueHens |
The University of Delaware's Director of Multimedia for Athletics oversees all day-to-day digital, new, and multimedia efforts for the University of Delaware Athletics Department, including UD social network outlets such as Twitter and Facebook. He also produces, edits, and distributes new video content including weekly athletics segments, and exclusive interviews, recaps, features, promotions, and highlights for the website www.bluehens.com. Smith also serves as the Athletics liaison to the University’s Office of Communications and Marketing for all multimedia matters. Jimmy will join the Blue Hens Gameday Crew every Friday as Co-Host of “Blue Hens Live.”
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KEVIN TRESOLINI 9th Season Hometown: Bethlehem, PA College: Delaware '80 Twitter: @KevinTresolini
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Kevin Tresolini is in his 30th year as a sportswriter for the News Journal and will join the crew during the “Blue Hens Gameday” show for the ninth consecutive season. He has covered sports at every level from high school to professional, as well as the Olympic games. He is the only reporter who covered both Delaware's 1979 Division II and 2003 Division I-AA NCAA Championships.
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