Murray State University Athletics
Racers partner with UPN The Beat to televise Cincinnati game
11/15/2005 6:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
UPN The Beat is the sister station to KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, Mo., where Mike Smythe is the president and general manager.
"We've enjoyed the relationship that we've developed with Murray State, and this is another opportunity to bring the Racers to more of the area," said Smythe.
"We're certainly thankful for Mike's willingness to make Murray State events available for our fans," said Darron Boatright, assistant athletics director for marketing and development for Murray State. "Our coaches are working to take Racer basketball to the next level, and television games will only help us do that."
Air time for the Murray State game at Cincinnati is 6 p.m. Central Time.
This is the continuation of a relationship that began two years ago, when the "Murray State Football with Joe Pannunzio" and "Murray State Basketball with Mick Cronin" television shows began making their home on WQWQ/UPN The Beat. Both shows air Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in season.
UPN The Beat covers western Kentucky, southern Illinois, southeast Missouri and Direct TV, reaching 180,000 cable households.
The game is the first-ever meeting between the Racers and Bearcats, and it marks a homecoming for Murray State head coach Mick Cronin, who grew up in Cincinnati. Cronin graduated from Cincinnati and began his coaching career there in 1997.
