Media
During the football season, the Crimson Tide Sports Network broadcasts multiple shows on gameday for most sports. The network includes more than sixty radio stations across the country. Radio stations WFFN-FM, WTSK-AM as a backup, broadcast all home games in the Tuscaloosa area.
Football radio broadcasts begin three hours prior to the game's designated kickoff time with Chris Stewart and Tyler Watts in Around the SEC. The radio broadcast then moves to the Crimson Tide Tailgate Party hosted by Tom Roberts. Immediately following the end of the game, the Fifth Quarter Show begins as host Eli Gold talks to coaches and players, as well as giving game statistics. For the 2008 season, former Alabama players and personalities were brought on to provide guest commentary for each broadcast.
Current announcers:
- Eli Gold – play-by-play
- Phil Savage – color analyst
- Tom Roberts – director of broadcasting
- Barry Krauss – sideline reporter
- Tom Stipe, Butch Owens, Brian Roberts – producers
- Chris Stewart – pre- and post-game show host
- Tyler Watts – pre- and post-game show co-host
Stewart and Watts also provide play-by-play and color commentary respectively for CTSN pay-per-view television broadcasts.
Former announcers:
- Bert Bank, founder of the Alabama Football Network, producer emeritus
- John Forney, play-by-play
- Jerry Duncan, sideline reporter
- Paul Kennedy, play-by-play
- Doug Layton, color analyst
- Ken Stabler, color analyst
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
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—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
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—Joshua Meyrowitz, U.S. educator, media critic. “The Blurring of Public and Private Behaviors,” No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior, Oxford University Press (1985)