Sportz Blitz is a weekly live interactive sports talk television show broadcast across central Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

. The show originates in Alexander City, Alabama

Alexander City, Alabama

Alexander City is the principal city of the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Coosa and Tallapoosa counties and had a combined population of 53,677 at the 2000 census....

 from the studios of WAXC-LP and is simulcast on WKGA

WKGA

WKGA is a radio station licensed to serve Goodwater, Alabama, USA. The station, established in 1991 as WSSY-FM, is currently owned and operated by Lake Broadcasting, Inc.-Pprogramming:...

 97.5 FM radio in east central Alabama. The show is carried by WAXC in the Alexander City/Lake Martin area (split between Montgomery and Birmingham media markets), WOTM-LP

WOTM-LP

WOTM-LP is a Class-A low-power independent television station in Montevallo, Alabama, broadcasting infomercials in the Birmingham, Alabama market on channel 19....

 in the Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

 market, and WETU-LP in the Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

 market.

The show is not affiliated with Sportz Blitz media networks and companies in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Format

The show focuses on Alabama high school and college sports, specifically Auburn University

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

 and the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

. Additional topics include major national professional sports stories and outdoors sports such as fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 and hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

. Differentiating the show from news broadcasts and other sports television shows, the hosts take live calls from the audience and discuss issues on the air in the same manner as sports radio

Sports radio

Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...

 shows. The show’s primary competition is radio sports talk programs which air at the same time in the targeted markets.

History

Sportz Blitz began airing during football season in the Fall of 2006. The broadcast schedule was extended for Season 2 (2007-2008) to air year round. In the Fall of 2007 a spin-off program began airing, Sportz Blitz Outdoors, featuring the same hosts and FLW Tour professional fisherman Greg Vinson providing outdoor sports instruction. On February 26, 2008 a new radio call-in show spin-off was created called "Sportz Blitz Overtime" which airs on WKGA 97.5 FM following the regular television broadcast.

Hosts

Sportz Blitz is hosted by Brett Pritchard and Randy Lee with numerous guests live in the studio and via telephone. Sportz Blitz Outdoors is co-hosted by Greg Vinson.
Additional high school segment hosts include Michael Forehand who hosts the Birmingham Blitz and Scott Hardy who anchors the Montgomery Blitz.

Broadcast schedule

Live broadcasts originate on Tuesday nights at 6:00 p.m. Central time. Reruns of Sportz Blitz and Sportz Blitz Outdoors air at various times throughout the week. The show reaches 500,000 households through the Charter Communications

Charter Communications

Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...

cable system.

External links

• Sportz Blitz Official Site
• Sportz Blitz Outdoors co-host Greg Vinson Official Site