FERRIS SPORTS UPDATE TV SHOW NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND

Online Streaming Available For Weekly Show Profiling FSU Athletics

The show, which is produced by Ferris State University's Television and Digital Media Production (TDMP) students in partnership with the Bulldog Athletics Department and the school's University Advancement & Marketing Division, is a half-hour, weekly coaches interview show which profiles Ferris State Athletics.

In order to access the on-demand web stream, fans should visit the FSU Athletics website at www.ferris.edu/sports, click on the "Ferris Sports Update" banner found in the lower right-hand corner of the page and look for the streaming media link.

Shows will be archived for a few weeks enabling fans to catch previous episodes they may have missed with new shows being put up as soon as possible each week.

Ferris Sports Update returned to the airwaves this fall for a third straight season and features expanded broadcast coverage this year. This year, the show has increased visibility via broadcast television across Northern Michigan and parts of the Upper Peninsula on Fox 33, which can also be found on most cable systems and satellite providers throughout the region.

Ferris Sports Update airs on Fox 33 Wednesday's at 11 p.m. (ET). The 32-episode show will air weekly throughout the fall and spring semesters.

Returning as the host of Ferris Sports Update is local radio personality Scott Roman of Sunny 97.3 radio. The 30-minute program is taped and produced in a studio within the Interdisciplinary Resource Center (IRC) Building on the FSU campus. The show is also aired locally on Ferris' Cable Television Channel at selected times during the week.

Ferris Sports Update affords a unique opportunity for Bulldog fans to get up-to-date information pertaining to Ferris State athletics while also providing insight from the respective FSU varsity athletic programs from its coaches, student-athletes and support staff. The show includes features on Ferris State student-athletes along with highlights from Bulldog Athletics events.

The students in the class producing the show are under the direction of faculty member Glen Okonoski with assistance from department chair Fred Wyman, engineer Pat Tobin along with streaming media professor Connie Morcom. Ferris Media Production faculty member Steve Cox coordinates the airing of the show on Ferris Cable while both Ted Halm and Rich Piippo of the FSU University Advancement & Marketing Division played a key role in helping set up the on-demand streaming link.

More information on the show along with the on-demand streaming link can be found by clicking on the "Ferris Sports Update" banner found on the official FSU Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports.