MBB HOKIES 17-18 | MEDIA GUIDE
JON LAASER MIKE BURNOP ANDREW ALLEGRETTA NETWORK AFFILIATES Blacksburg..............................WBRW-FM 105.3 FM Blackstone...............................WBBC-FM 93.5 FM Bluefield, WV..........................WHKX-FM 106.3 FM Charlottesville.........................WKAV-AM 1400 AM Clinchco...................................WDIC-FM 92.1 FM Clintwood................................WDIC-FM 92.1 FM Danville.....................................WMNA-FM 106.3 FM Galax.........................................WCGX-AM 1360 AM Gretna.......................................WMNA-FM 106.3 FM Hampton..................................WNIS-AM 790 AM Harrisonburg...........................ESPN-FM (W267BA) 101.3 FM Kilmarnock...............................WIGO-FM 104.9 FM Lynchburg................................WLNI-FM 105.9 FM Marion.......................................WUKZ-AM 1010 AM Marion.......................................WUKZ-FM 101.1 FM Martinsville...............................WMVA-AM 1450 AM Morningside, MD...................WJFK-AM 1580 AM Norfolk......................................WNIS-AM 790 AM Onley.........................................WESR-FM 103.3 FM Onley.........................................WESR-AM 1330 AM Richmond (TTL).....................WRNL-AM 910 AM Richmond.................................WRVQ HD2-FM 96.1 FM Richmond (alternate)............WRVA-AM 1140 AM Roanoke...................................WJJS-FM 96.9 FM Rocky Mount (ACC).............WYTI-AM 1460 AM Rocky Mount (ACC).............WYTI-FM 104.5 FM Staunton...................................WTON-AM 1240 AM Tappahannock........................WNNT-FM 107.5 FM Tazewell....................................WHQX-FM 107.7 FM Virginia Beach.........................WNIS-AM 790 AM Warsaw....................................WNNT-FM 107.5 FM Washington, D.C...................WJFK-FM 106.7 FM Washington, D.C. (alternate).. WDHC-FM 99.1 FM White Stone............................WIGO-FM 104.9 FM Wytheville................................WXBX-FM 95.3 FM L I STEN ONL I NE Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network broadcasts are on the HokiesSports app & TuneIn. L I STEN ON YOUR MOB I L E DEV I CE OR TABL ET Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network radio broadcasts, including games, talk shows, podcasts, press conferences and daily interviews are available through the Hokies’ mobile app, HokieSports. The app is free to download from the iPhone App Store or Android Market. Jon Laaser (pronounced “laser”) is “The Voice of the Hokies”. The Chaska, Minnesota native brings a wide range of football, basketball and baseball announcing experience to Blacksburg. He is in his fourth year at Virginia Tech after spending the previous four years working as a television and radio broadcaster for VCU basketball. His resume includes work with the Richmond Flying Squirrels and television assignments, including partnering with analyst John Feinstein on Comcast Sportsnet Washington. Laaser was also the voice for the football and basketball programs of Charleston Southern from 2008-09 in addition to baseball broadcasting duties with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. His extensive minor league baseball background also includes stints with the Altoona Curve, Yakima Bears, St. Paul Saints and St. Cloud River Bats. Laaser is a graduate of Brown College in the Twin Cities. Mike Burnop — a former Tech football great and a member of the school’s Hall of Fame — begins his 23rd season as the analyst on Tech men’s basketball broadcasts. Witty and insightful, Burnop owns and operates New River Office Supply stores throughout the region. Burnop, a native of Salem, Virginia, has served as the analyst on the Tech football network for the past 33 seasons. He was a record-breaking tight end for the Hokies in the early 1970s. Burnop is active with Special Olympics Virginia and the Blacksburg Rotary Club and is a popular speaker at events throughout Virginia. Andrew Allegretta is in his eighth season as the assistant director of broadcasting for the Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network. He performs numerous duties, including working as a host for virginia Tech’s pregame football shows, serving as the play-by-play broadcaster for Virginia Tech’s women’s basketball and baseball teams and anchoring the coverage of Tech Olympic sports broadcasts on the Hokies’ various digital platforms. He also fills in when needed on men’s basketball radio broadcasts and contributes to Virginia Tech Sports Today, the network’s weekly regional television program. A native of Yarmouth, Maine, Allegretta graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism. Tech Talk Live! featuring head coach Buzz Williams is on every Monday at 7 p.m. during the season. I M G S P O R T S N E TWO R K #getB3 TTER #ThisIsHome 159
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