• Geico Pregame Show - 30 Minutes Before Tipoff - Join the longest tenured college basketball broadcast team in the country, Dick Groat and the "Voice of the Panthers", Bill Hillgrove, as they prepare you for tipoff.
• Game Broadcast - Listen to Groat and Hillgrove as they call the game, offering insight and commentary throughout the broadcast.
• Baierl Automotive Postgame Show - Groat and Hillgrove will recap the game and talk with Coach Dixon, and provide final statistical commentary.
• Broadcast Team: Dick Groat, Bill Hillgrove.

2008-09 Radio Affiliates

Broadcast Team: Bill Hillgrove

2008-09 Radio Affiliates

• Two Hours Before Kickoff - Geico Panthers Pregame Show - Join Joe Bendel and Rob King as they lead you up to kickoff with analysis and insight.
• Game Broadcast - Bill Fralic, Foge Fazio and the "Voice of the Panthers" Bill Hillgrove take you through game action.
• Baierl Automotive Postgame Show - Join Fralic, Hillgrove and Fazio as they recap the game and have postgame interviews with players and coaches.

2008-09 Radio Affiliates

Pitt football is broadcast on the Pitt ISP Sports Network. Game broadcasts will air over a loyal network of stations, including flagships 94.5 3WS (WWSW) and Fox Sports Radio 970 (WBGG-AM) in Pittsburgh.

Hillgrove's accurate and descriptive style paints the picture for Pitt fans listening to the network. Hillgrove has a long association with the Panthers and Pittsburgh sports scene. Prior to taking over the play-by-play duties, Hillgrove served as the Panthers' color analyst from 1970-73. He has also served as the play-by-play man for Pitt basketball broadcasts since 1969. A popular and well-known Pittsburgh sports personality, Hillgrove has long been a Panther ambassador of good will. He is a 1962 graduate of Duquesne and has also been the Pittsburgh Steelers' play-by-play announcer since 1995. Hillgrove was named the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Chris Schenkel Award for excellence in college football broadcasting. Bill Fralic, one of college football's greatest offensive linemen during his Pitt playing career from 1981-84, enters his fifth year as color analyst. Fralic was a three-time first team All- American, earning unanimous status his final two seasons. He became the first offensive lineman to twice finish in the top 10 of the Heisman Trophy balloting, placing sixth in 1984 and eighth in 1983. The second player taken overall in the 1985 NFL Draft, Fralic went on to an exceptional pro career from 1985-93, playing eight years with the Atlanta Falcons and his final season with the Detroit Lions. He was selected to the Pro Bowl four times. Joining Hillgrove and Fralic in the booth this season will be former Panther player and coach, Foge Fazio. A linebacker and center during his playing days at Pitt, Fazio went on to enjoy a coaching career that spanned 41 years, highlighted by many successful years at the high school, collegiate, and professional level, including a four-year stint as head coach of the Panthers from 1982-85. After retiring from coaching, Fazio spent two years as a college football commentator and has served as a cohost of the Panthers Pre-Game Show.

Football game broadcasts include:
Two-hour pregame programming beginning with Joe Bendel and Rob King as they lead you up to kickoff with analysis and insight. Pregame analysis then continues with the Geico Panthers Pregame Show. Foge Fazio joins Bendel and King in the discussion.

The hour-long Baierl Automotive Postgame Show is hosted by Bill Hillgrove and Bill Fralic. Postgame coverage includes highlight recaps and live interviews with coaches and players.

"Panther Hotline," an hour-long call-in show, follows postgame coverage that provides Pitt fans the opportunity to weigh in on the day's action.

Additionally, the weekly "Dave Wannstedt Show" will air live on Fox Sports Radio 970 from the Pittsburgh Steak Company (1924 East Carson Street). Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Coach Wannstedt previews the upcoming game and takes questions from callers listening on many of the same Pitt ISP Sports Network affiliates that carry Pitt game broadcasts.

The Pitt ISP Sports Network includes 28 stations throughout the region. Broadcasts are also available via SIRIUS Satellite Radio and Panthers All-Access.

Broadcast Team: Bill Hillgrove

2008-09 Radio Affiliates

Panthers All-Access features live postgame press conferences for Football, Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball after each home game and live audio of every football and basketball game, regardless of where it's played.

All-Access also offers the exclusive Pitt Basketball Show "Panthers Center Court". Join host Joe Bendel as he interviews Coaches Agnus Berenato regarding all things Women's Basketball.

Throughout the year Panthers All-Access also features live press conferences, student-athlete interviews and highlight packages as well wrestling matches and volleyball games streamed live.

Monthly subscriptions are availble for $7.95 and yearly subscriptions for $59.95.

Gametracker is the only place to get live stats from the Pitt teams you love directly to your computer. Many Pitt events offer Gametracker. To view Gamtracker go to the sport page you're interested and in the right-hand schedule box click the "Gametracker" link and enjoy.