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For Immediate Release: 12/17/09

Classics Sports Radio Network to broadcast HBCU Bowl

Fuquay-Varina, NC – Classics Sports Radio Network will broadcast the Russell Athletic HBCU Bowl on Saturday, December 19 live from the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery AL. The broadcast of the game is part of a two-year broadcast agreement between DWCommunications, LLC, parent company of Classics Sports Radio Network and Synergy Sports Associates, rights holder of the game.

Classics Sports Radio Network was established in 2008 and broadcasts some of America’s biggest Black College Football games and sporting events. Games broadcast in 2009 include MEAC/SWAC Challenge (South Carolina State vs. Grambling), Southern Heritage Classic in Memphis (Jackson State vs. Tennessee State), Atlanta Football Classic (Florida A&M vs. Tennessee State), State Fair Classic in Dallas (Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling), CIAA Championship Game (Bowie State vs. Fayetteville State), first round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs (South Carolina State vs. Appalachian State), and SWAC Championship Game (Alabama A&M vs. Prairie View A&M). CSRN also broadcasts Shaw University and Winston-Salem State University basketball.
The game will be played in Montgomery, AL at the Cramton Bowl. Kickoff is slated for 3:00 p.m. ET.

The teams are made up of some of the nation’s best senior football players amongst the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, in an East vs. West style format. The East team is made up of players from the MEAC and CIAA and coached by Florida A&M head coach Joe Taylor, while the West team is made up of players from the SWAC and the SIAC and coached by Alabama State head coach Reggie Barlow. The players will participate in a “combine” atmosphere during the week as NFL personnel administer tests.

The broadcast will begin with the pregame show at 2:30 p.m. ET and can be heard on radio stations and online at www.classicsportsradio.com. Eight stations are currently slated to pick up the game with more scheduled to be added. Donal ware will handle play-by-play duties and the color analyst and sideline reporter will be named later.

-www.classicsportsradio.com-

About DWCommunications, LLC
DWCommunications, LLC is a multi-faceted firm, whose services range from public relations, sports information and marketing consulting, radio networking, to multi-media services such as audio, video and web design. DWCommunications, LLC is the parent company of the nationally syndicated sports talk show FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW, the sports talk show which places major emphasis on HBCU Sports. Other entities owned and/or operated by DWCommunications, LLC include boxtorow.com, Boxtorow.com/BASN Black College Weekly Top 10 Media and Coaches Football Polls, HBCSports Press Association, Football Fantasies calendars, Boxtorow Blitz, DWCommunications Radio Networks and movethestickshicks.com, the official Web site of NFL running back Maurice Hicks.