Aug. 21, 2017
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A total of 52 radio stations in three states will carry the Penn State Sports Network's "The Penn State Coaches Show Featuring James Franklin Presented by Pepsi" this season, with the debut program set to air Thursday, Aug. 24. The program also will be carried live on LionVision on GoPSUsports.com. The show will have a new home this season at Primanti Bros. in downtown State College.
The one-hour program at Primanti Bros. takes place every Thursday at 6:05 p.m. from late August through mid-March. Fans are invited to attend the program throughout the year. Primanti Bros. will have a special on Thursday evenings where fans will get a three-topping pizza, family style salad and pitcher of soda for just $20. In addition to the Garner Street parking lot, there is on-street parking available near Primanti Bros.
The August 24 show will feature men's soccer head coach Bob Warming, football director of player personnel Andy Frank and Assistant Athletics Director - Performance Enhancement Dwight Galt.
Football head coach James Franklin will be the featured guest from late August until the end of the football season. In late November, men's basketball head coach Patrick Chambers will be the featured guest until mid-March. This year, in addition to Franklin and Chambers, "The Penn State Coaches Show" will include various coaches from other Penn State teams and athletics administrators.
"The Penn State Coaches Show Presented by Pepsi" will feature guests answering questions from fans at Primanti Bros. and online. Fans can submit questions to www.GoPSUsports.com/askthecoach.
Steve Jones, the radio play-by-play voice of the Nittany Lion football and basketball teams, is host of "The Penn State Coaches Show Presented by Pepsi" and will be joined by Roger Corey, who hosts the Penn State Sports Network's football pre-game Tailgate Show. Jeff Tarman is the producer of the show.
"The Penn State Coaches Show Presented by Pepsi" can be heard on stations throughout Pennsylvania as well as New York City, Hagerstown, Maryland and Elmira, New York.
A complete listing of Penn State Sports Network affiliates can be found at: www.gopsusports.com/ot/radio-tv.html.
In addition to the stations carrying the program, all Penn State football and Nittany Lion basketball broadcasts can be heard on the 50-plus station Penn State Sports Network and for free on LionVision on www.GoPSUsports.com.
The Penn State Sports Network is syndicated by Penn State Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports.
The sixth-ranked Nittany Lions open the season against Akron at noon on ABC.
Single-game tickets for the 2017 Penn State football season presented by PSECU are available for five home games (Akron, Georgia State, Indiana, Rutgers, Nebraska). For information on joining the Nittany Lion Club and purchasing new 2018 season tickets, as well as club seating in Beaver Stadium, fans can visit www.PSUnrivaled.com, call 1-800-NITTANY weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or visit the Bryce Jordan Center ticket office weekdays from 9 a.m-4:30 p.m. More than 9,000 new season tickets have been sold and the season ticket allotment for 2017 has been exhausted.
The Nittany Lions' home schedule features a trio of non-conference games, including Pitt's first visit to Beaver Stadium since 1999. The Nittany Lions open the season against Akron (Sept. 2; noon) and face Pitt (Sept. 9; 3:30 p.m.) and Georgia State (Sept. 16; 7:30 p.m.) in a three-game homestand to start the year. In Big Ten play, Penn State welcomes Indiana (Sept. 30), Michigan (Oct. 21), Rutgers (Nov. 11; noon - Homecoming) and Nebraska (Nov. 18) to Happy Valley.