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PRESS RELEASE UTSA, Playfly Sports announce new radio broadcast agreement with iHeartMedia San Antonio

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SAN ANTONIO — UTSA Athletics and Playfly Sports on Tuesday announced a new broadcast radio agreement with iHeartMedia San Antonio as part of the UTSA Sports Media Network. The network will feature live broadcasts of games and coaches shows for UTSA football and men’s and women’s basketball on KTKR-AM Ticket 760 or KRPT-FM The Bull 93.3.



All UTSA football games will be carried live in the San Antonio area on Ticket 760 AM, online at Ticket760.com and via the free iHeartRadio app. Andy Everett returns as the play-by-play voice of the Roadrunners, and he will be joined by color analyst Jay Riley and sideline reporter Pat Evans. There will be two-hour pregame and 45-minute postgame shows for each broadcast.



Additionally, the fourth season of the Jeff Traylor Radio Show presented by UT Health San Antonio will premiere at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, live on Ticket 760 AM from Chicken N Pickle (5215 UTSA Blvd). Fans are invited to join Traylor, Everett and student-athlete guests for the one-hour show each Wednesday during the season except for Tuesday broadcasts on Oct. 10 and Oct. 24. The radio shows also will be available online at Ticket760.com and via the free iHeartRadio app.



All UTSA men’s and women’s basketball games will air live in the San Antonio area on Ticket 760 and The Bull 93.3, respectively. Every broadcast will feature a 30-minute pregame and 15-minute postgame show, and they will be available online at Ticket760.com or The Bull 93.3 and everywhere fans want to listen via the free iHeartRadio app. Everett will return as the play-by-play announcer of UTSA men’s basketball games, while Neal Raphael has been tapped as the women’s play-by-play voice.



The UTSA Basketball Radio Show presented by UT Health San Antonio will return in January and air live weekly through the end of the seasons on Ticket 760. Fans are invited to join head coaches Steve Henson and Karen Aston, student-athlete guests and Everett for the hour-long show at Chicken N Pickle. The radio shows also will be available online at Ticket760.com and via the free iHeartRadio app.



Earlier this year, UTSA and Playfly Sports — the emerging leader in sports marketing, media and technology — announced a new multimedia rights agreement that will see Playfly serve as UTSA’s exclusive MMR holder and sponsorship sales arm.



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About UTSA Athletics


The UTSA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics offers 17 sports at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the American Athletic Conference. UTSA boasts 80 conference championships, more than 60 NCAA postseason appearances and over 50 All-Americans since its inaugural year in 1981. UTSA Athletics transforms lives as San Antonio's nationally recognized NCAA Division I program. UTSA Athletics develops champions in the classroom, in competition and in life, while serving as an integral part of the undergraduate student experience, enhancing the visibility of the university and engaging the community. Learn more online at goUTSA.com or on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.



About UTSA Sports Properties

UTSA Sports Properties is the locally-based, exclusive multimedia rightsholder for UTSA Athletics. As a part of the Playfly Sports Properties portfolio of nearly 40 collegiate and high school state association properties, the UTSA Sports Properties team connects brands to UTSA’s passionate and deeply-rooted fanbase. Through broadcast, in-arena, experiential, and technology-based marketing and media solutions, Playfly Sports Properties’ fully scalable platform provides marketers unparalleled access to the most highly engaged audiences on a local and national level. Playfly Sports Properties is a division of Playfly Sports. Connect with the UTSA Sports Properties team by visiting www.playfly.com/properties.



About Playfly Sports


Playfly Sports is a sports media, marketing and technology business centered around the team, league, brand, and network. Believing in ‘Fandom as a Service’ and focusing on a consultative, data driven approach to REACH, ENGAGE, MONETIZE AND MEASURE FANDOM gives the company’s partners and brands a competitive advantage. Playfly connects more than 2,000 brand partners with approximately 83% of all U.S. sports fans. Through the proprietary platform the business delivers scalable, data-oriented marketing, technology, and media solutions with capabilities including exclusive MMR management, sponsorship sales and activation, streaming, consulting, ticket/premium sales, all along with new revenue-driving platforms and technologies. Founded in September of 2020, Playfly Sports is now home to approximately 1,000 team members located across 43 U.S. states dedicated to maximizing the impact of highly passionate local sports fans. Follow Playfly Sports on social media @PlayflySports or visitwww.playfly.com.



About iHeartMedia San Antonio


iHeartMedia San Antonio owns and operates KTKR-AM, WOAI-AM, KAJA-FM, KXXM-FM, KQXT-FM, KZEP-FM, KRPT-FM, KQXT-HD3, KQXT-HD2 and KZEP-HD, and is part of iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, reaching over 90% of Americans every month. iHeart’s broadcast radio assets alone have more consumer reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the reach of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled reach of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined and has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
 
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