Cleveland State Athletics Expands Partnership with iHeartMedia for Broadcast Services – Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH-Cleveland State Athletics announced today an expanded multi-year partnership with iHeartMedia Cleveland as the official broadcast partner for Cleveland State basketball. The agreement covers all men’s basketball regular season and postseason games as well as an expanded selection of women’s basketball regular season and postseason games. iHeartMedia will also carry coaches show broadcasts which provide fans an inside look at both programs.
 
The coaches show broadcasts begin on Monday, October 28 with the first episode of the Women’s Basketball Radio Show, live from the fifth floor Viking Loge inside the Wolstein Center. The Coach Robinson Show kicks off the next night on Tuesday, October 29 at Viking Public House.
 
The Coach Robinson Show returns in its normal Tuesday time slot from 6-7 p.m. EST live from Viking Public House on Fox Sports 1350 AM. The show spotlights the men’s basketball program and will feature head coach Daniyal Robinson as well as student-athletes and additional guests tied to the program. Viking Public House will offer drink specials as well as a robust food menu for all guests attending the show live in-person. In addition, all guests will receive two hours of free parking in the Prospect Avenue Garage when dining at Viking Public House.
 
New this year, The Cleveland State Women’s Basketball Radio Show will air on Monday nights from 6-7 p.m. EST throughout the regular season. All shows will air live on Fox Sports 1350 AM as well as the iHeartRadio App. The show will spotlight the women’s basketball program and feature head coach Chris Kielsmeier as well as student-athletes, coaches and members of the CSU community during the hour-long program.
 
Both shows provide opportunities for attendees to interact with student-athletes, coaches and staff from both programs. An updated listing of show dates and locations, as well as game broadcasts, will be housed at csuvikings.com.
 
Al Pawlowski returns for his 20^th season as the Voice of the Vikings. The six-time Emmy Award winning broadcaster also serves as the pre-and post-game host of “Guardians Live” as well as filling in as a sports anchor at WKYC Channel 3. Pawlowski will also serve as the primary host of both coaches shows throughout the season.
 
Ed Daugherty also returns to the Viking broadcast crew as the primary play-by-play voice for women’s basketball home games, as well as the pre-game, halftime and post-game show host for men’s basketball broadcasts. Daugherty also handles the play-by-play duties for many of Cleveland State’s Olympic sport ESPN+ broadcasts.
 
Former Viking Pat Vuyancih returns as the color analyst for home men’s basketball broadcasts on the radio as well as ESPN+. Vuyancih played on the 1986 CSU men’s basketball team that was the first team in school history to make it to the NCAA Tournament. Britt Korth, who was a member of the first women’s basketball Horizon League Tournament title team in 2008, returns as a color analyst for the women’s broadcasts alongside Daugherty. 
 
Fox Sports 1350 AM will continue as the flagship home for Cleveland State game broadcasts. Select games will also be broadcast on WTAM 1100 AM. WTAM serves as the flagship station for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Guardians and boasts the largest signal strength of any station in the greater Cleveland market.