Press Release

(September 1, 2010) Campbell University and Curtis Media Group have reached an agreement for WSML 1200-AM (Greensboro, NC market) to become the first affiliate station for Fighting Camel football on the Campbell University Radio Network.

WSML, a member of the new Triad Sports Network, will broadcast all 11 regular season football contests and provide Campbell University and its athletic teams with unprecedented coverage into North Carolina’s Triad area (Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem). This new agreement also marks the first time since Campbell’s move to commercial broadcasting (2007) the radio network has featured more than its one signal, 107.3 WCLN-FM.

“We are very happy to announce the addition of 1200 WSML to the Campbell University Radio Network family,” said Director of Athletics Stan Williamson. “WSML will provide great broadcast coverage of Campbell University Football throughout the Triangle and Triad region. With so many Campbell alumni and fans within WSML’s broadcast area, this will allow many more to hear Campbell Football on Saturday afternoons.”

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 Triad Sports Network’s 1200-AM WSML will provide excellent coverage of Fighting Camels Football to Campbell University alumni and fans throughout the eastern Triad and I-85/I-40 corridor,” said Triad Sports Network Operations Manager Bill Whitley. “We’re excited to be working with Campbell.”

Campbell University’s flagship station will continue to be Christian 107.3 WCLN-FM. This marks the fourth year that Fighting Camels athletics can be heard over the 9,200 Watt FM station. 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.

The Campbell University Radio Network now reaches into portions of 41 counties and covers parts of, if not all of, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Winston-Salem and the home of Campbell University, Buies Creek.

“It is an exciting day for Campbell University and Campbell Athletics to add WSML to our broadcast network,” added head coach Dale Steele. “The coverage now provided by the Campbell University Radio Network in the Triad, Central and Southern portions of North Carolina will allow our fans and potential recruits to follow Campbell Football every Saturday.”

The first broadcast of the 2010 season is at Virginia-Wise on September 4 at 6:00 p.m. and can be heard live on both 107.3 WCLN-FM and 1200 WSML-AM, as well as on-line at www.GoCamels.com. Pre-game coverage begins at 5:30 and a full post-game show follows every game broadcast.

Now in its third varsity season, Campbell returns 21 starters from last year’s squad that finished 3-8 overall, 2-9 in the Pioneer Football League. Among the returnees are running back C.J. Oates and quarterback Daniel Polk from an offense that led the PFL and ranked 13th in the country in rushing. Of the 102 players on the CU roster, 78 are from North Carolina.

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