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WCOS (Fox Sports Radio 1400)/Columbia, SC Joins Clemson Tigers Network
August 30, 2018 at 3:04 PM (PT)
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CLEMSON UNIVERSITY athletics has a new affiliate in the COLUMBIA, SC market, as rights holder JMI SPORTS moves the games to iHEARTMEDIA Sports WCOS-A (FOX SPORTS RADIO 1400)/COLUMBIA. The games have been available in the COLUMBIA market on a rimshot signal, LAKE MURRAY COMMUNICATIONS Adult Hits WZMJ (Z93 THE LAKE)/BATESBURG, SC. Under the deal with WCOS, the station will air football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball plus coaches' shows for football and men's basketball.
“We're thrilled to be affiliated with CLEMSON UNIVERSITY -- one of the nation's top public universities -- and with JMI SPORTS, a bold and innovative partner when it comes to college athletics,” said iHEARTMEDIA COLUMBIA Area SVP LJ SMITH. With this partnership, which includes CLEMSON Sports on the iHEARTRADIO app, TIGER fans will hear the roar from coast to coast!"
“Sports fans know that CLEMSON has reached an unprecedented pinnacle in college football -- competing for a national championship year after year after year,” said iHEARTMEDIA COLUMBIA Sports Director CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON. “With the enthusiasm generated by (football head coach) DABO SWINNEY and the TIGERS, the optimism after a Sweet 16 trip by the CLEMSON men's basketball team, a dynamic new coach for the women's hoops team and a young-but-versatile TIGERS baseball squad, we're excited to be all in with CLEMSON Sports on FOX SPORTS RADIO 1400.”
“We are excited to welcome a new affiliate in COLUMBIA, SC,” said CLEMSON SPORTS & CAMPUS MARKETING President SCOTT MORRIS. “We’re thrilled that FOX SPORTS RADIO 1400 will now carry the full schedule of all CLEMSON TIGERS Network programming all year, allowing us to enhance our coverage for our fans in the MIDLANDS.”
The TIGERS air on a network with BYRNE ACQUISITION GROUP Sports WCCP (105.5 THE ROAR)/CLEMSON as flagship.