Fighting Camel Radio Coverage
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Campbell University Radio Network For the 2011-2012 athletic year, Fighting Camel fans from the
Triad to the Triangle, Buies Creek to Fayetteville; can follow
their favorite team on the Campbell University Radio Network.
When Campbell kicks off the 2011 season, Fighting Camel Football
can be heard in parts of 41 counties in North Carolina.
Campbell supporters worldwide can tune in as well to all network
broadcasts on the Internet on GoCamels.com. WCLN, 107.3 FM, the marquee signal of the
Christian Listening Network, will once again be the broadcast home
for all 11 regular season football contests and carry a full slate
of action from the hardwood featuring the Fighting
Camels.
Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to Clinton,
N.C., WCLN’s broadcast signal reaches parts of 21 counties in
southeastern North Carolina including all of Harnett, Cumberland,
Johnston, and Sampson counties. The station’s
signal also covers a majority of Wake County, including a large
portion of Raleigh.
For the second season WSML 1200-AM, will broadcast all 11
regular season football contests. A member of the Triad
Sports Network, WSML provides Campbell University and its athletic
teams with coverage into North Carolina's Triad area
(Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem).
Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to Graham, N.C., WSML has the largest daytime power of all the Triad Sports Network stations at 10,000 Watts and is located in the heart of the nation's 45th-largest radio market. The Crew Chris Hemeyer begins his first season as the play-by-play voice of the Fighting Camels. Hemeyer comes to Campbell from Eastern North Carolina, where
he handled play-by-play duties for East Carolina University
baseball, fill-in work for Pirate basketball, and Kinston Indians
Minor League Baseball. He also hosted a post-game call-in
show for ECU football and was the voice of Lenoir Community College
Men’s basketball. His football experience also includes
television sideline reporting for ECU football games on MASN and
Comcast Sports Southeast. Hemeyer was also the studio host
for Ohio University football for radio broadcasts on the Ohio IMG
Sports Network. Since 2006, Hemeyer has been the voice of high
school football in Craven County, calling multiple state
championship games.
Hemeyer arrived in North Carolina in 2001, spending five years
at WCTI-TV in New Bern. He worked as a news and sports
reporter, moving up to weekend sports anchor. He graduated
from the University of Missouri in 1999.
Host Bill Priestley returns to the microphone for his second year as the pre, half and post-game show host for Campbell football and men's basketball. A 14-year radio veteran, Bill has worked for the Tennessee Titans Radio Network as well as stations in Tennessee, Indiana, South Carolina and North Carolina. In addition to football duties, Bill will be doing play-by-play of Campbell women's basketball, baseball and softball games in the 2010-11 year. A graduate of Furman University majoring in History, Bill is also getting a Master’s Degree in Education from Campbell University.
Color Commentary
Dr. Andy Bowman joins the radio team for his first year of color commentary for Fighting Camels Football. A Campbell Alum and Buies Creek resident, Dr. Bowman is the Director of Continuing Education and an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Campbell. Andy mixed his pharmaceutical and broadcast back ground by hosting the radio show “Ask the Pharmacist" on WFNC 640AM in Fayetteville. While serving as a Pharmacy Coordinator with Kroger in Roanoke, Virginia, Dr. Bowman hosted a weekly show called “Ask Andy, The Kroger Radio Pharmacist” on WFIR 960AM from August 1995 until his return to Campbell in August 2000. Andy also serves as the College of Pharmacy liaison to the
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy. He attends Board of Pharmacy
meetings quarterly and reports on current happenings at Campbell.
In addition, Dr. Bowman serves on the Board of Directors for the
North Carolina Pharmacist Recovery Network (NCPRN), Vice-President
of the Harnett County Pharmaceutical Association, and is a member
of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists
(NCAP).
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