Spartan Web Radio
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| Broadcast Origin | Langley, British Columbia Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the U.S. border, and west of the City of Abbotsford... |
| Motto | "The Voice of the Spartans" |
| First Broadcast | 2004 |
| Supervising Office | TWU Sports Information Department |
| Staff | Run by TWU students |
| Coverage | TWU Spartans Regular Season Basketball games, Special Events including National Championship Volleyball games |
| Website | SpartanWebRadio.ca |
Spartan Web Radio (SWR) is an internet-based broadcasting venue for the TWU Spartans, the Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
(CIS) league team of Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University is a private, Christian liberal arts university located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.The school was founded in 1962 as Trinity Junior College, and now enrolls approximately 4000 students and sits on a campus....
, located in Langley
Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the U.S. border, and west of the City of Abbotsford...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Founded in 2004, SWR broadcasts virtually all men's and women's basketball men's volleyball home games and selected road and playoffs games, providing its staff with significant on-air broadcast experience and its listeners with worldwide coverage of the Spartans.
Professional Interaction
- SWR personnel have been interviewed on the Spirit of Sport radio show on the former MOJO Radio AM 730 (now Continuous Drive Time Traffic AM 730) hosted by Jim Mullin and Howard Tsumura
- SWR personnel were invited as guest colour commentators and statisticians for a Live Event Broadcast on the former MOJO Radio AM 730
- The professional quality of SWR's broadcasts was noticed by CITR-FMCITR-FMCITR-FM, normally branded CiTR , is a Canadian FM radio station based out of the University of British Columbia's Student Union Building in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia.CiTR is operated by UBC students and community volunteers under the...
, the University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
campus radio station, who asked to patch into SWR playoffs broadcasts, allowing SWR to be heard across the lower mainland on FM radio
Website
- SWR is recognized as the best university sports broadcasting website in North America. The SWR website features in-depth game and broadcast previews, broadcast archives, broadcaster biographies, up-to-date standings during the season, and a high level of listener interaction.
Organizational structure
Spartan Web Radio is supervised by the TWU Sports Information Department, but all on-air and production personnel are students, most of whom are studying communications and are interested in pursuing sports broadcasting as a career. Spartan Web Radio is structured to enable a senior broadcast team to mentor a team of junior broadcasters.2006/2007 Broadcast Team
TWU Spartan Women's Basketball broadcast team- Jon Adams - Colour Commentator
- David Azuma - Play-by-play Host
TWU Spartan Women's Volleyball broadcast team
- David Azuma - Play-by-play Host
- Leigh Boyle - Colour Commentator
- Kelcey Brade - Fill-in Play-by-play Host
TWU Spartan Men's Basketball broadcast team
- Kelcey Brade - Play-by-play Host
- Jon Adams - Colour Commentator
- Tyler Coston - Colour Commentator
- Jay Duke - Colour Commentator
TWU Spartan Men's Volleyball broadcast team
- Jeff Kilpatrick - Play-by-play Host
- Jaben Schalk - Colour Commentator
- Kelcey Brade - Fill-in Play-by-play Host
Spartan Web Radio Production Team
- Jon Adams - Women's Volleyball
- David Azuma - Men's Basketball and Men's Volleyball
- Kelcey Brade - Women's Basketball and Men's Volleyball
- Simon Moore - Assistant Producer
2005/2006 Broadcast Team
TWU Spartan Women's broadcast team- Jon Adams - Colour Commentator
- David Azuma - Play-by-play Host
TWU Spartan Men's broadcast team
- Kelcey Brade - Play-by-play Host
- Tyler Coston - Colour Commentator
- Logan Kitteringham - Colour Commentator
Spartan Web Radio Production Team
- Kelcey Brade - Women's Basketball
- Simon Moore - Women's, Men's Basketball; Volleyball
2004/2005 Broadcast Team
TWU Spartan Men's broadcast team- Kelcey Brade - Play-by-play Host
- James Rowley - Colour Commentator
- Simon Moore - Producer
Guest Broadcasters
Guest broadcasters have included:- The ProvinceThe ProvinceThe Province is a daily, tabloid format newspaper published in British Columbia by Postmedia. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898.According to a recent NADbank survey, The Provinces average weekday readership was 520,100, making it British Columbia's most read newspaper...
newspaper columnist and MOJO Radio AM 730 host Howard Tsumura - TWU Sports Information Director Scott Stewart
- Experienced broadcaster Jeff Kilpatrick
- Former McMaster UniversityMcMaster UniversityMcMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
volleyball athlete Kerry Maclean - Former TWU basketball athlete Logan Kitteringham
- Former TWU and University of AlbertaUniversity of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
basketball athlete and current TWU Women's Basketball Team assistant coach Tyler Coston.
History
In 2004, the TWU Sports Information Department posted a notice for TWU Communication students who were interested in helping originate a broadcast venue for the TWU Spartans. That call was answered by TWU Communications student Kelcey Brade (TWU alumnus, 2006) and Biology student Dr. Simon Moore (TWU alumnus, 2005), who submitted a demo tape and were subsequently offered the position. The first broadcast was during the Red Robin Basketball Tournament on December 28, 2004, as the Trinity Western Spartans came up short in a 61-54 loss to the University of Laval Rouge et Or. That broadcast was followed by several Spartans regular season men's basketball teams for the remainder of the 2004-2005 season, including the first-ever Spartan Web Radio broadcast of a women's basketball game on February 11, 2005 against the University of AlbertaUniversity of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
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The second year of Spartan Web Radio, in 2005-2006, saw Spartan Web Radio grow to unexpected heights. The founding members developed a sponsorship brochure and obtained corporate support of Spartan Web Radio, and hired a junior broadcast team to regularly broadcast women's basketball games. Spartan Web Radio branched out to its first road broadcast from Simon Fraser University on January 27, 2006, and subsequently its first playoffs broadcast from the University of Victoria on February 17, 2006.
Also during the 2005-2006 season, Spartan Web Radio forged relationships with CITR-FM
CITR-FM
CITR-FM, normally branded CiTR , is a Canadian FM radio station based out of the University of British Columbia's Student Union Building in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia.CiTR is operated by UBC students and community volunteers under the...
, the University of British Columbia campus radio station, who carried the SWR feed during a number of playoffs broadcasts, and MOJO Radio AM 730, who featured Spartan Web Radio personnel as guest colour commentators and statisticians during a live event broadcast. As well, Spartan Web Radio broadcasted TWU's games from the 2006 Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
Volleyball Nationals from McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
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