Courtesy Fox 19

(February 7, 2011) The Florence Freedom are proud to announce Real Talk 1160 AM as the new Radio Home of the Freedom. Real Talk 1160 will be the exclusive radio and internet broadcaster for all 96 Freedom games, both home and away, as well as any playoff games. The three-year agreement puts all Freedom games on 1160’s airwaves through the 2013 season.

Game broadcasts will begin with the pre-game show ten minutes prior to first pitch and can be heard on 1160 AM and the internet. The Freedom’s 2011 season will begin on May 20th. Fans can tune in to every broadcast streaming online by going to www.realtalk1160.com and clicking the “Listen Live!” link or by clicking the “Listen Live” link at www.florencefreedom.com.

STAA client Matt Friedman, the new “Voice of the Freedom”, will enter his first season as the play-by-play broadcaster for the club. Friedman was a radio broadcaster last season for the Single-A Kinston Indians of the Carolina League.

Real Talk 1160 hosts a daily lineup of news, talk and sports, including nationally-syndicated talk hosts Laura Ingraham, Dennis Miller and Dave Ramsey and Cincinnati sports talk icon and STAA client Andy Furman. The station is also home to Notre Dame football, Northern Kentucky University basketball and baseball, Cincinnati Commandos football, Northern Kentucky River Monsters football and Simon Kenton High School sports.

“AM radio is a great fit for baseball and Real Talk 1160’s growing reputation for sports coverage in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is appealing to us,” Freedom President Clint Brown said. “We have known Andy Furman for a long time and we are excited to work with him.”

“It’s wonderful that Real Talk 1160, the voice of Northern Kentucky is now the home of Freedom baseball,” Furman said. “I live in Florence and am a big fan of the Freedom. I have been involved in the Frontier League and I love it. I think this relationship is a win-win opportunity to bring new fans to the Freedom and 1160.”

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