Radio Coverage info for Heart of Dallas Bowl

[Harry]

Redvoice Redvoice LLC will be providing national radio coverage in both English and Spanish for the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl presented by PlainsCapital Bank. Sirius (channel 93), XM (channel 190) and iHeart Radio (via the web and mobile applications) will air the game nationally. The 2014 post-season intercollegiate football game will be carried in North Texas by KLIF-AM 570 and broadcasted in Spanish on ESPN Deportes. Other stations carrying the game will be:

• Arkansas - Arkansas Radio Network (20 stations)
• California - The Mighty 1090 AM (XTRA), San Diego
• Colorado - Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan (FM), Denver & KFKA (1310 AM), Greeley
• Florida - The Fan, (WHFS 98.7 FM), Tampa
• Georgia - The Zone (WQXI, 790 AM), Atlanta
• Nevada - KXNT (100.5 FM), Las Vegas
• Texas - SportsRadio 1340 The Fan (AM), Lubbock
• Virginia - ESPN Radio (WXGI, 950 AM), Richmond
• Washington - KJR Sports Radio (950 AM), Seattle

The award-winning team of Brian Estridge (play-by-play), John Denton (color analyst), Rob Best (color analyst) and Landry Burdine (sideline) will handle the English broadcast with Miguel Cruz (play-by-play) and Elvis Gallegos (color analyst) doing the game in Spanish. This is the second-time in four years that the game has been aired nationally with the first being the 2012 when Houston upset Penn State 30-14.

ENGLISH BROADCAST TEAM

Brian Estridge began his radio career in South Carolina at the age of 14, with stops along the way in North Carolina and Ohio before arriving in Texas well over a decade ago. Brian is in his 15th season as the “Voice of the TCU Horned Frogs”. In addition to his insightful and entertaining play-by-play radio duties for TCU, Estridge has also provided play-by-play for numerous Fox Sports/ESPNU/ESPN Regional television and CBS/Westwood One radio productions. A native of Kershaw, S.C., his play-by-play work for TCU has been honored by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters as the best in Texas four of the last five years. A graduate of Appalachian State University, Estridge and his wife, Becky, reside in Colleyville with their two children Gaines and Ellie. He is an executive board member of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Board member of RBEye Foundation, member of the Ben

Hogan Award Board of Directors, and the Tarrant County Fellowship of Christian Athletes Board of Directors.

John Denton’s broadcast career began more than 30 years ago, following his playing career as a kicker at TCU. The 2013 season marked his 25th year on the TCU Sports Network. Over the course of his career, Denton has worked over 275 college football games, including 19 post-season games including the Cotton, Orange, Fiesta and Rose Bowls. His body of work includes assignments for college football and basketball for ESPN as well as Fox Southwest, Westwood One and CBS Radio Sports on their coverage of various college bowl games, the NCAA Basketball Tournament, NFL Monday Night Football, NFL Playoffs, Major League Baseball's Game of the Week and the College World Series. In 2007, Denton was the recipient of the Lindsey Nelson Outstanding Broadcaster Award from the All-American Football Foundation.

Rob Best is joining the Heart of Dallas Bowl radio broadcast crew as he has 38 years of coaching experience. Presently the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Pilot Point (Texas) High School, Best spent 25 years coaching in the collegiate ranks with a 2003-2005 stint at Buffalo where he served as the quarterback coach. He served as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Appalachian State for 14 seasons. While at the Boone, N.C., school, Appalachian State won three Southern Conference Championships and earned a spot in 10 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs with the 2000 team advancing to the semi-finals. Best’s initial introduction to the college coaching began at North Texas, where he served as a graduate assistant two seasons for the legendary Hayden Fry. Best served as the offensive line coach for the Mean Green for two seasons (1979 and 1980) . From 1981 to 1985, he spent time at his alma mater (Texas Tech) where he coached offensive line, running back coach and quarterbacks.

Landry Burdine, a 1999 TCU graduate with a degree in marketing, will serve as the Heart of Dallas Bowl’s sideline analyst. Burdine was a three-year letterman (1996-1998) and team captain on TCU's 1998 Sun Bowl championship squad. Since 2010, Burdine has served as managing director of the Dallas/Fort Worth office for Land Advisors Organization, a national land brokerage company based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Prior to joining Land Advisors Organization, Burdine owned and operated his own land brokerage firm in Fort Worth. In addition to serving on the board of directors for the TCU Letterman's Association, Burdine was its 2009-2010 president. He is an active member in several professional and non-profit organizations, including Urban Land Institute and HOPE Farm, Inc. He is also president of the Board of Directors for Volunteers For Christ, Inc.

SPANISH BROADCAST TALENT

Miguel Cruz is one of the most versatile Spanish personalities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the last 13 years. He became the first ever play-by-play announcer for TCU’s Spanish language broadcast when it debuted on Univision Radio 1270 AM in 2010. Cruz spent the last 10 years covering football (college and NFL), Soccer (Latin, European, MLS, Latin-American leagues and tournaments), baseball, basketball, boxing and motor sports (Formula 1, NASCAR and Indy series). In addition to being a contributor to the TV show Accion Deportiva on Univision 23, Cruz has also been sideline reporter for Dallas Cowboys broadcasts and announced NFL games for Spanish national radio. He has also announced games for the Dallas Mavericks and currently co-hosts the team’s weekly radio show “Rafaga Mavericks”.

Elvis Gallegos, a four-year letterman as a Horned Frogs safety (2003-06), completed his fourth season as analyst for TCU’s Spanish language broadcast. A native of Fort Worth, Gallegos played in 45 games as a Frog while helping the team post three 11-win seasons and a pair of bowl victories. He finished second on the team in tackles in 2004 with 56 stops while making a career-high seven starts at free safety in Gary Patterson’s defensive system. Married with two sons, Gallegos is currently in his sixth year as a teach and boys athletic coordinator at Central Junior High School in Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD.

[UNT86]

Since one of them spent time at NT with Coach Fry, maybe he will get it right on game day. So far, I have yet to be impressed with any national media coverage. I would rather them not say anything than to put out incorrect information. We're counting on you Mentioned Best.

[Mean Green Matt]

Brian estridge does a good job. Pretty funng on the WBAP morning show too. Not as good as George Dunham and the MGRN though

[Harry]

Really cool that it is being broadcast in spanish!

[greenminer]

I thought Sirius and Xm were merged? I listened to a couple of games yesterday on my SiriusXM radio. They streamed all of them via channel 91, iirc.

It doesn't matter. Glad to see it'll be on.

[UNTFan23]

I thought Sirius and Xm were merged? I listened to a couple of games yesterday on my SiriusXM radio. They streamed all of them via channel 91, iirc.

It doesn't matter. Glad to see it'll be on.

XM and Sirius have merged however if you have a radio from before the merge you have different channels depending on the radio you bought.