Regional Radio Sports Network

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The Regional Radio Sports Network is a radio network that broadcasts high school and college sports in northern Indiana.

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Regional Radio Sports Network
Type Radio Network
Country
United States
Availability Michiana, Chicago market
Founded1992
Motto "Positively promoting the student-athlete since 1992" & "Proverbs 3:5-6"
Headquarters Mishawaka, Indiana
Key people
Paul R. Condry, Tonya Condry, Mike Knezevich, Andrew Kirksey, Matt Kopsea, Tanner Camp, Mike Fleischman, Vince Gray
Former names
Regional Radio Sports
Affiliation(s) IHSAA, Indianapolis Colts
Affiliates Current:
WEFM 95.9 FM - Michigan City, IN
WGCS 91.1 FM THE GLOBE - Goshen, IN
WJOB 1230 AM - Hammond, IN
WTRC 1340 AM The Truth Radio - Elkhart, IN
WTMK 88.5 - Lowell, IN
WTRC 95.3 FM Michiana’s News Channel – Mishawaka, IN
Former:
WLTH
WQKO
WHME
WHLP
WGL
WLRX
WZVN
WAKE
WWCA
WJCO
WAOR
Official website
 rrsn.com primetimepublications.com

History

Regional Radio Sports first broadcast in 1992 on WWJY (now WXRD) in Crown Point, Indiana. In order to establish a footprint in the Michiana region, RRS soon joined forces with WAMJ in South Bend to create the first network. [1] WAMJ was the first home for RRSN's coverage of Penn High School football, [2] which now airs on affiliate WGCS. The network later added coverage of Bethel College basketball, baseball and softball to fill out the winter and spring. [3] Since 2012, RRSN has partnered with the Indiana High School Athletic Association and Emmis Communications to produce the Indiana High School Sports Report that airs weekly around the state. They also now are the voices of Holy Cross Men's and Women's basketball, IUSB Men's and Women's basketball, and Ancilla College Women's volleyball, basketball, and softball, as well as Ancilla College's Men's soccer, basketball, and baseball. [4]

Awards

RRSN founder Paul Condry was named Indiana Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2010. Colleague Mike Knezevich won the same award in 2003, 2004, 2007, and 2013. [5] Matt Kopsea was the 2005 winner while working for the South Bend Tribune [6] before joining RRSN in 2011. [7] The team has two members of the Indiana Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Famers and three ISSA annual awards, and more than half a dozen coaches' association media awards. [7]

Other awards won by the staff include the following:

Football awards

RRSN publishes the annual Indiana Football Digest, the largest high school football magazine in the country, which covers every high school team in the state (of Indiana) and weighs in at more than two pounds! [1] They also organize The Griddy's, an annual event recognizing the best high school football players and coaches in the state, in association with the Indianapolis Colts.

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References

  1. 1 2 Mutka, John (19 April 2010). "Condry won't make waves on radio". Merrillville Post-Tribune.
  2. ↑ Condry, Paul (2 October 1992). "WAMJ added to RRS lineup". Regional Radio Sports Report.
  3. ↑ Willis, Yonika. "The voice of the Pilots". Bethel magazine. Bethel College. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Wille, Jason. "Indiana High School Sports Report Returns for 2012-13". IHSAA.org. Indiana High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Indiana state winners". National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ↑ NSAA Indiana
  7. 1 2 "RRSN staff". RRSN.com. Regional Radio Sports Network. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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