The Monmouth University Department of Athletics, in conjunction with Nelligan Sports Marketing, announced a partnership with New Jersey’s Millennium Radio Group to broadcast all of the Hawks’ football games during the 2009 season on The Shore Sports Network, Fox Sports 1310
and 1160 WOBM AM. 

Fan who are outside of the traditional listening area can hear live streaming video by clicking the following link:

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO MU BROADCASTS LIVE

In addition to airing all of Monmouth's 2009 home and away football contests, Head Coach Kevin Callahan will make two weekly appearances on The Shore Sports Network.  On Monday afternoon, Callahan will call in during the 5 o'clock hour of the Shore Sports Report, hosted by Joe Giglio and Mike Krenek.

On Thursday evenings, Coach Callahan will be a guest on the popular High School Football Show presented by Gateway Toyota.  Callahan will talk all things MU football during the 7 o'clock hour with experts Kevin Williams, Ed Sarluca and Matt Harmon.

STREAMING VIDEO

For the third straight season Monmouth will offer streaming video live on www.GoMUHawks.com for all home football contests*.  The video feed will feature the audio from the Shore Sports Network, so fans will get the best of both worlds.  Subscriptions can be bought by the month (6.95) or by the year (49.99).  Please note that if you buy a monthly subscription, you will be charged every month until you cancel by notifying fansupport@jumptvinc.com.

Many of Monmouth's 2009 opponents will be offering streaming video as well, so if you can't travel to the see the Hawks on the road, check with the opponent's website to see streaming video options.

*Contests televised, such as Sept. 19th's game against Duquesne, will not be streamed due to contractual obligations.

The Talent

A pair of Monmouth University alums will combine to make the Hawks’ first broadcast team, as Matt Harmon ‘96 (pictured left) and Ed Occhipinti ‘06 (right) will call all of the action this fall.

Harmon, a member of Monmouth’s first-ever football team, is the current radio play-by-play voice for high school football, basketball and baseball on the Shore Sports Network (1160/1310AM), while also serving as a co-host for a weekly sports show during the football season. The 2007 New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year, Harmon has served as a sports anchor for Shadow Broadcast Services and also as a play-by-play announcer for Cablevision’s college and high school football, basketball and baseball coverage in the past.

A 1996 Monmouth University graduate, Harmon has also worked for various radio stations in New Jersey, including WGHT, WHTG and WADB, while also serving as an undergraduate sports director for WMCX, Monmouth’s campus student-radio station. Harmon is also an adjunct faculty member in the Monmouth Communication Department, teaching classes such as Announcing, Sports Broadcasting, Media Ethics and Public Speaking. While at Monmouth, Harmon called the 1996 NEC Championship victory for the Hawks and the program’s first NCAA game against Marquette. He was also a voice during the Blue and White’s 1999 NEC final appearance, and the baseball team’s NCAA Regional in Gainesville, Florida.

Occhipinti, a 2006 Monmouth University graduate, served as the radio play-by-play voice for the Hawks’ football, men’s basketball and baseball teams from 2003-2006. He was behind the microphone for the MU men’s basketball team’s last two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, 2004 against Mississippi State and 2006 against Hampton and Villanova, and also broadcasted the football team’s back-to-back conference titles in 2003 and 2004. Occhipinti, who also served as a sports director for WMCX during his undergraduate days at Monmouth, called the 2003 Paradise Jam Basketball Tournament in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and the 2005 Great Alaskan Shootout in Anchorage.

Most recently, Occhipinti broadcasted the Northeast Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament on the Pack Network for the last two years and also provided the radio play-by-play for the Monmouth baseball team in its two games at the 2009 NCAA Regional in Oxford, Mississippi.