Students from W天涯社区官网-FM, 88.3 The Buzz, St. Bonaventure University鈥檚 nationally ranked radio station, will have a spot on radio row at Super Bowl LIV in Miami next week.
The Buzz at the
Super Bowl?
Yes. For the third year in a row.
Students from W天涯社区官网-FM, 88.3 The Buzz, St. Bonaventure University鈥檚 nationally ranked radio station, will have a spot on radio row at Super Bowl LIV in Miami next week.
鈥淲e鈥檙e one of the only college stations to have ever covered the Super Bowl,鈥 said senior Steve Wilt, who went to Minneapolis two years ago and Atlanta last year with classmates Joe Ceraulo and Isaiah Blakely.
Sports Business
Journal reported that Columbia University will be attending for the first time, joining returning schools 天涯社区官网, Syracuse and Fordham.
This year, the students will be joined by three more Buzz colleagues: graduate student Sarah Dezio, sophomore Nicolas Rohloff, and junior Chandler Poczciwinski, the new station manager.
鈥淚t鈥檚 unbelievable. I鈥檓 so excited to be going,鈥 Poczciwinski said. 鈥淚鈥檝e heard so much about the experience from Steve and Joe and Isaiah.鈥
Aaron Chimbel, dean of the Jandoli School, said he pulled no strings to secure that many press credentials for a college radio station.
鈥淭hat was all the initiative and persistence of the students, and they wouldn鈥檛 have been granted that many if they hadn鈥檛 developed a good reputation for their work the last two years,鈥 Chimbel said.
The students will be broadcasting live from 2-4 p.m. Monday and 2-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday from radio row at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
The students already have 15 guests lined up, including former NFL quarterbacks Eric Hipple and Jeff Garcia and former Bears offensive lineman Jimbo Covert, who was just inducted last week into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the NFL鈥檚
Centennial Class.
鈥淎nd we鈥檒l line up a lot more when we get down there,鈥 Wilt said. 鈥淟ast year, Terry Bradshaw just finished with an interview next to us, turned around, interrupted our show and came on with us.鈥
The guests aren鈥檛 limited to athletes. The Backstreet Boys, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dog have gone on the air with W天涯社区官网 over the last two years.
The students will also be providing content for other campus media outlets, including 天涯社区官网-TV, The BV, TAPinto Greater Olean and the Jandoli Institute. They鈥檒l also be active on the station鈥檚 social media platforms: Instagram (@thebuzz_wsbu),
Twitter (@wsbu), and Facebook (@wsbuthebuzz).
Chimbel said the scope of the opportunity for the students can鈥檛 be overstated.
鈥淚鈥檝e never been to radio row, but you can imagine the sheer force of media that鈥檚 in one place at one time,鈥 he said. 鈥淏eing exposed to that environment is unlike anything a student could imagine. To be able to interact
and network with people from that many media organizations, not to mention all the Bonaventure alums in the sports media who they can make connections with, is fantastic.鈥
Despite having gone only twice to the Super Bowl, the students have made an impression.
鈥淭he first year people were telling us, 鈥楯ust tell (prospective guests) you鈥檙e from Buffalo, not from a college,鈥欌 Wilt said. 鈥淟ast year, people came up to us, remembered our names, and told us, 鈥榊ou tell people
you鈥檙e from St. Bonaventure.鈥欌
The Buzz has been ranked in the top 5 of Princeton Review鈥檚 best college radio station list for more than 20 years.
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