Hartford’s 97.9 ESPN has announced the UConn IMG Radio Network Broadcast Team, effective August 1. The team will include Bob Joyce, Executive Producer and voice of UConn Women’s Basketball, and Mike Crispino, five-time Emmy-winning broadcaster, as the play-by-play voice of UConn Football and Men’s Basketball. Crispino is known for his work on the MSG Network as the radio voice for the NBA’s New York Knicks and covering the NHL Rangers, NFL New York Giants, and college football broadcasts.
Wayne Norman will return for his 37th season as the color analyst for UConn Football and Men’s Basketball along with Debbie Fiske, a former UConn Women’s Basketball player, who will return for her 7th season as the color analyst for UConn Women’s Basketball. Adam Giardino, UConn alumni, will join the team as the sideline reporter for UConn Football and color analyst for UConn Hockey. Former Husky athlete Randy LaVigne will round out the UConn IMG Radio Network Broadcast Team.
“I couldn’t be more excited for this new era at 97.9 ESPN,” said Steve Honeycomb, President of iHeartMedia’s Hartford Region. “We just got bigger and stronger today, adding an all-star broadcast team of UConn IMG Radio Network vets with impressive new talent. The countdown is on to the first game of the season and we’re excited for the fans in UConn Nation to hear their team on 97.9 ESPN and across the state on the UConn IMG Radio Network starting this August.”
