Sometimes I like to give you an idea of what we are doing behind the scenes. Well this time of year its time to start planning for the Football Season. You have to start now to ensure that you have your ducks in a row with the first week of September comes along.

    Some changes are in store this year, as always. Vic Kress has decided to step down as our color commentator for Bulldog Football so he can concentrate on his first love, the Gators. Ray Reisdorf will again the voice of the Dogs and we will introduce a new color man later this summer.
Tim Continenza, who joined our Sports Team last fall for Basketball will helm the Franklin Knights and the Titusville Rockets this year. Returning will be Jim Sandok who grew into a great color man last year with Football and Basketball.

    Now, you might have noticed I have not mentioned the Oil City Oilers. Well, we had to face facts that since we lost our transmitter in O.C. we needed to alter our Southern Strategy. I have wanted to do the Rockets in the worst way for several years, but logistics prevented it. (It has something to do with how we get our signal to the various transmitters. Engineering mumbo jumbo you don't care about.)
Bottom line is we are doing a split schedule of Knights and Rockets games this season and I couldn't be more excited to get back to the Rockets. Not to say the Oilers will be totally absent, there are several "crossover" games where they play the Knights, the Rockets, and the Bulldogs.

    Meadville Hockey will be back in the fall from the House of Chills, the Meadville Rec Complex with Gary Clark and Dick Tedesco at the mike. The Dogs have changed their league affiliation for this year, so we are expecting some very exciting Hockey.
NFL Football will be back as well with the Westwood One lineup including the Triple Header each Sunday, Monday Night Football and Thursday night football.

    And Don't forget the Penguins. They were new to our lineup last year and we will have them again this year on nights we don't have Football, Bulldog Hockey or Basketball.
I know this keeps us really busy during the winter months with alot of schedule conflicts. I came up with a phrase for how we pick which games to run. LOCAL TRUMPS!!
If it comes down to a local Team or NFL or Penguins, we are going to choose the local game every time. After all, we are your local radio station.   

    I will do my best to keep the weekly schedule posted at the top of the Sports page here on the website, on the air, as well as on our Facebook Page. If you are not a fan of the page already just go to our front page and click on the Facebook Widget to become a fan.
As always I want to know what you think and any ideas you might have. Just drop me an email at wmgwboss@yahoo.com or just comment on our wall on Facebook.