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Media Coverage
The interest in Billiken basketball
has become so intense that Saint Louis
University has attracted the attention of
basketball fans far beyond the regional
viewing area.
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Media exposure is one of the keys to
developing and maintaining a program of
national stature, and Saint Louis University
annually appears on national electronic
media.
Television rights to Billiken basketball
games, as are all Atlantic 10 Conference
games, are owned by CSTV, which will be
responsible for producing the Billikens’
local TV package. That schedule has
traditionally featured 14-15 games with
the goal of bringing as many road games
as possible back to the St. Louis market.
• National television appearances every
year, including dates on ESPN, ESPN2,
ESPNU, CSTV and Fox Sports Network,
have helped put SLU on the college
basketball map.
• All other games are produced for local
distribution by CSTV.
The A-10 deal gives CSTV longterm media and marketing rights for all
21 men’s and women’s A-10 sports. The
partnership began in 2006 when CSTV
began carrying A-10 action on television
and broadband from its 14 member
schools. The arrangement is expected to
give the A-10 more access to placing more
games and sports across more platforms
than ever before.
• Media personalities including Dick Vitale,
Mike Patrick, Bob Carpenter, Larry Conley,
Rollie Massimino, Barry Thompkins and
Bill Raftery have visited Scottrade Center.
• Saint Louis also gains recognition
from regional and national magazines
and newspapers. The Sporting News is
headquartered in St. Louis.
ESPN will televise the 2008 Atlantic
10 Men’s Basketball Tournament live from
Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on
Saturday, March 15, 2008.
• The
Atlantic 10 Conference
Championship game, which for the second
straight year will be held at Boardwalk
Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., is televised live
on ESPN. The early-round games of the
conference tournament are televised live
by CSTV.
• Four network affiliate TV stations in St.
Louis regularly report on the Billikens.
• The Billikens are covered daily in the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the largest daily
newspaper in Missouri.The St. Louis office
of the Associated Press, along with Illinois
newspapers such as the Belleville NewsDemocrat and the Alton Telegraph, routinely
staff Billikens games.
• The entire Billiken basketball schedule is
broadcast on 590 The Fan KFNS Radio.
• Five AM radio stations in St. Louis
dedicate time to sports and host talk
shows that allow fans to keep up-todate on the latest happenings in Billiken
basketball: All-Sports KFNS (590), KMOX
(1120), KTRS (550), 1380 ESPN (KSLG)
and WGNU (920).
Mike Kelley and Lou Canellis broadcast for ESPN from Scottrade Center.
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Local Media Outlets
TELEVISION
NEWSPAPER
RADIO
Martin Kilcoyne / Rob Desir
KTVI (FOX, CH 2)
5915 Berthold
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 644-7544 FAX 644-7419
e-mail: [email protected]
Tom Timmermann, beat writer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
900 North Tucker
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 340-8190 FAX 340-3070
e-mail: [email protected]
Bob Ramsey
KFNS Radio 590-AM
8045 Big Bend
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 962-0590 FAX 962-7576
e-mail: [email protected]
Steve Savard / Doug Vaughn
KMOV (CBS, CH 4)
One Memorial Drive
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 444-6319 FAX 444-3367
e-mail: [email protected]
Steve Korte
Belleville News-Democrat
224 Vandalia St.
Collinsville, IL 62234
(618) 345-7822 FAX 234-9597
e-mail: [email protected]
Tom Ackerman
KMOX Radio (CBS) 1120-AM
One Memorial Drive
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 444-1872 FAX 444-1856
e-mail: [email protected]
Rene Knott / Frank Cusumano
KSDK (NBC, CH 5)
1000 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 444-5150 FAX 444-5250
e-mail: [email protected]
R.B. Fallstrom
Associated Press
900 North Tucker
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 241-2496 FAX 241-1734
e-mail: [email protected]
Randy Karraker
KSLG Radio 1380-AM
5261 Delmar
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 495-4213 FAX 367-8647
e-mail: [email protected]
Rich Gould
KPLR-TV (WB, CH 11)
2250 Ball Drive
Maryland Heights, MO 63146
(314) 447-6435 FAX 447-6430
e-mail: [email protected]
Steve Porter
Alton Telegraph
111 E. Broadway
Alton, IL 62002
(618) 463-2500 FAX 463-2578
e-mail: [email protected]
John Hadley
KTRS Radio 550-AM
77 Westport Plaza, #218
St. Louis, MO 63146
(314) 453-9785 FAX 453-9807
e-mail: [email protected]
Earl Austin, Jr.
St. Louis American
4242 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 533-8000 FAX 533-0088
e-mail: [email protected]
Sports Editor
University News
20 North Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 977-2812
e-mail: [email protected]
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Media Policies
The 2007-08 Saint Louis Billikens
media guide is designed for use by both
fans and media covering Billikens’ games.
Any questions not answered in this
publication should be directed to Saint
Louis University Billiken Media Relations
(314-977-3462).
Additional information, such as
feature material and photographs, will be
made available to any accredited media
member upon request.
MEDIA CREDENTIALS
All requests for working credentials
(press, radio, television, photography)
should be made at least seven working
days in advance of the game and directed
to Brian Kunderman, assistant sports
information director. Other requests
will be considered subject to availability.
Please, working press only.
Unless specifically requested, all
credentials will be held at the Scottrade
Center’s 15th Street entrance.
In general, it is the policy of Saint
Louis University to welcome all media
to home games. Those representing tout
sheets or other publications promoting
gambling will be denied access.
SCOUTING PASSES
All scouting passes will be issued
through assistant sports information
director Brian Kunderman only. All scouts
will be accomodated when requested
through the SID office. By NCAA
regulation, NCAA institutions are not
able to scout opponents in person.
PARKING
There is no complimentary media
parking available at Scottrade Center. An
ample supply of parking lots are located
in the near vicinity. Media should use the
Scottrade garage. It is also advisable to
arrive at least one hour prior to game
time.
PRESS ROW
The press area at Scottrade Center
includes three areas: end zone, scorer’s
table and the hockey press box. Game
programs, statistics, game notes, starting
lineups and officials’ names will be
distributed in the press room prior to tipoff.
PRESS ROOM
A working press room is located in
Scottrade Center near the Billiken locker
room. This room will house all pregame
information, a coat rack, complimentary
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Sports Info. Dir.
Brian Kunderman
Assistant SID
food and light refreshments.
Billiken Media Relations will provide
several telephones in this area. Phones are
available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Fax service is available upon request.
SERVICES
Billiken Media Relations will provide a
game program, media guide and any other
pertinent materials prior to the game.
Postgame
information
includes
complete NCAA box score and a printed
play-by-play summary.
Spotters or statisticians also are
available for $50 per person, per game.
Contact the Billiken Media Relations office
at least seven days prior to the game.
TELEPHONES
Visitor telephone lines have been
reserved by KFNS Radio.Two will be used
for Saint Louis University’s official station.
Courtesy lines for the official radio station
of the opposing school are provided. For
radio information, contact Chris Neupert
of KFNS at (314) 962-0590.
To request additional telephone lines,
contact Scottrade Center at (314) 6225465.
RADIO/TV RIGHTS
KFNS Radio has the rights to radio
for Saint Louis University Basketball.
For official permission and phone lines,
contact Chris Neupert at (314) 962-0590,
ext. 234.
Please contact Billiken Media
Relations about availability of press row
space and seating assignments.
Television production rights in
Scottrade Center belong to Bud Sports.
Television broadcasters must contact
with Bud Sports to make production
arrangements.
The address of Scottrade Center
Heather Freehill
Media Relations Assoc.
is 1401 Clark Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 63103.
The contact person in the building is Fred
Corsi (314-622-5465).
PHOTOGRAPHY
The same credential process will
be used for photographers. Requests
should be made at least seven working
days in advance of the game. Others
will be considered subject to availability.
Photographers representing a media
outlet will be given priority. Freelance
photographers will be given credentials
based on availability and seniority.
Specifically designated areas at each
end of the basketball floor at Scottrade
Center are open to photographers.
Photographers may not shoot from
the areas in front of or behind the team
benches and those in front of the Loyal Blue
seats, located courtside. All photographers
are requested to make every effort to
remain out of the spectators’ line of sight.
Saint Louis University reserves the right
to ask any photographer to move.
POST GAME INTERVIEWS
After a 10-minute cooling-off period,
head coach Rick Majerus and various
players, who have been requested by the
media, will appear in the interview room.
All visiting teams are expected to abide by
the same procedure.
INTERVIEW POLICY
To interview any member of the Saint
Louis University basketball family, please
contact Chuck Yahng, sports information
director. Interviews will be conducted
after practice and never on competition
days.
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PRACTICES
All Saint Louis University practice
sessions are closed to the media and the
general public.
SLUBILLIKENS.COM
Information on the Billikens may be
found on the Internet at www.slubillikens.
com. Weekly releases, statistics, coach and
player profiles, general news, rosters, etc.,
are posted on this site.
INTERNET MEDIA POLICY
The following policies have been
adopted for both credentialing and allowing
access to practice and interviews.
Only the official web site of the
opponent will be issued passes for events
that require media credentials. Other
than the official web site of an opponent,
these minimum guidelines must be met
for consideration for credentials for any
Internet site.
• No online service will be allowed “realtime” transmission of any live Saint Louis
University athletic event. Those rights are
co-owned by SLU, Atlantic 10 Conference
and our radio/television partners. “Realtime” is defined as any online media
providing live continual play-by-play
coverage, digital photographs, audio or
video of an event. This includes the use
of in-game comprehensive statistics. SLU
reserves the right to grant approval for
distribution of “real time” play-by-play
game-related statistics via the Internet.
• The agency requesting credentials is the
official online service of a national overthe-air or cable network or established
publication and is staffed by full-time
employees (i.e., ESPN, Sports Illustrated,
CBS SportsLine).
• Web sites that focus primarily on Billiken
athletics that sponsor message boards or
chat rooms where people are allowed
to post anonymous information and
rumors are automatically ineligible for any
consideration for credentials. NOTE: If a
medium has an online site and sponsors
anonymous forums, it may continue to
request credentials under its traditional
medium (radio/TV, newspaper, magazine),
but will not be granted additional passes
for online staff.
• Any online service that places emphasis
on the recruitment of potential studentathletes will not qualify for credentials.
• Credentials will not be granted to any
Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. have combined as the Billikens’ radio
broadcast team for 17 years.
Billiken Hoops on 590 The Fan KFNS
For the third straight season, Saint Louis University and KFNS Radio combine
to bring the 2007-08 Billiken men’s basketball regular-season schedule to the St.
Louis metro area.
Bob Ramsey returns for his 22nd season as the voice of the Bills. Ramsey has
called play-by-play at the Division I level for more than two decades with three years
at Louisiana Tech and one season at Centenary prior to his run with the Billikens. He
is a popular talk show host for 590 The Fan KFNS Radio and has worked in the St.
Louis market for the past 23 years. In 1998, he added Cardinal baseball play-by-play
for KMOX to his resume.
Analyst Earl Austin Jr. is in his 17th season as a member of the Bills’ broadcast
crew. Austin, sports editor for the St. Louis American, is a regular on local sports
radio shows in St. Louis and writes his own amateur sports newsletter. He is highly
regarded for his knowlege of basketball talent across the country and has been
covering basketball in the metro St. Louis area for 21 years.
online agency operating sites that are in
any way affiliated with gambling.
• Credentials will not be granted to any
freelance or fan-based sites that are not
affiliated with a legitimate news gathering
organization.
• Seat assignments on press row as well as
sideline or courtside photography will be
made on a space available basis.
DIRECTIONS TO
SCOTTRADE CENTER
From the airport, take Interstate 70
east to Interstate 170. Take Interstate 170
south to U.S. Highway 40/I-64. Take U.S.
Highway 40/I-64 east to 14th St. and exit.
Make a left on to 14th and a left on to
Clark. Entrance to the Scottrade garage
will be on your right.
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BILLIKEN MEDIA RELATIONS
Chuck Yahng, sports information director
Saint Louis University
DuBourg Hall Room 38
Office: (314) 977-2524
E-Mail: [email protected]
STATISTICAL CREW
Terry Black, Russ Brightman, Kris Brown,
John Eckert, Bill Hertzfeld, Karen Hubbard,
Ken Mraz, Mike Owens, Kevin Smith, Mike
Van Hecke
SCORER’S TABLE
Official scorer Dan Hope, public address
announcer Guy Phillips.
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