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  • Terrapin Sports Radio Network
     
  • Terps on XM Satellite Radio
     
  • The Ralph Friedgen Radio Show
     
  • The Ralph Friedgen TV Show
     
  • The Gary Williams Radio Show presented by Avcom East
     
  • The Gary Williams TV Show presented by Damon's Grill
     

    Upcoming Terp Games on TV

    Click HERE for Maryland Football TV coverage.

    Click HERE for Maryland Men's Basketball TV coverage.

    Click HERE for Maryland Women's Basketball TV coverage.

    Terrapin Sports Radio Network

    The Terrapin Sports Network boasts one of the strongest coverage areas in collegiate sports by providing coverage throughout Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia and reaches into West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Terrapin Sports Marketing, a division of CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, manages the Terrapin Sports Network on behalf of the Athletics Department. Fans can access Maryland's broadcasts on the Internet via the Audio/Video page of the Terps' official athletics website, www.umterps.com.

    Fans can tune in an hour before kickoff and listen to the Pregame Show, hosted by Johnny Holliday.

    Radio StationListening Area
    LIVE 105.7 FM (WHFS)Baltimore (Flagship)
    ESPN Radio 1300 AM (WJFK)Baltimore (Flagship)
    WJFK 106.7 FMWashington D.C.
    WTBO AM 1450Cumberland
    WEMD AM 1460Easton
    WFMD AM 930Frederick
    WARK AM 1490Hagerstown
    WPTX AM 1690Lexington Park
    WMSG AM 1050Oakland
    WQMR FM 101.1Ocean City

    View the Terrapin Sports Network Coverage Map in PDF format.

    Terps on XM Satellite Radio

    A large number of Maryland football and men's and women's basketball games are carried on XM Satellite Radio!

    Click here for the complete ACC XM Radio Broadcast Schedule.

    The Ralph Friedgen Radio Show

    The Ralph Friedgen Radio Show hits the airwaves at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. Friedgen and Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday will be on the air taking phone calls from fans and discusses the season. Terp fans can call into the show by dialing 1-800-518-4012 or may submit a question on-line. The one-hour show airs before a live audience at Outback Steakhouse in Aspen Hill. Fans who can't make the show can listen on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network, which includes LIVE 105.7 FM (WHFS) - Baltimore (Flagship); ESPN Radio 1300 AM (WJFK) - Baltimore (Flagship); WJFK 106.7 FM - Washington D.C.; WTBO AM 1450 - Cumberland; WFMD AM 930 - Frederick; WARK AM 1490 - Hagerstown; WMSG AM 1050 - Oakland; WQMR FM 101.1 - Ocean City. Click here to Listen Live on-line.

    The Ralph Friedgen Television Show

    The Ralph Friedgen Television Show can be viewed each Saturday at 11:30 a.m. on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. The show begins on Sept. 8 and runs through the end of the season. Friedgen discuss past and future games and the show also profiles Maryland student-athletes. The 30-minute show will also be re-broadcast at 7 p.m. Sunday on Comcast.

    The Gary Williams Radio Show presented by Avcom East

    The Gary Williams Radio Show, featuring Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams and Hall of Fame broadcaster Johnny Holliday airs throughout the season on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. Thursday's show will run from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Students, alumni and all Terrapin fans are invited to join the Terps head coach throughout the season. Fans will also be able to ask by calling toll free (800) 518-4012. Williams, who is in his 19th season as head coach at his alma mater, conducts the weekly-call-in show alongside Holliday, who has been the "Voice of the Terps" for 29 years.

    Click here for free access to all previously aired shows.

    The Gary Williams Television Show presented by Damon's Grill

    The Gary Williams TV Show, featuring Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams and Hall of Fame broadcaster Johnny Holliday airs January-March every Saturday on Comcast SportsNet at 10:30 am. The show includes "Ask Gary", a chance for the head coach to answer questions directly from Maryland fans. Each weekly show will feature highlights, recaps, analysis, profiles on Terrapin players as well as a behind-the-scenes look at Maryland basketball.

    Click here for free access to all previously aired shows.

     
     

    Under the Shell TV Show

    Tune-in each week for Season Three of Under the Shell, the reality television series about Maryland Women's Basketball. Produced by former Terrapin placekicker Jess Atkinson (who also produces FridgeTV), Under the Shell takes you behind-the-scenes and shows you a day-in-the-life of women's basketball student-athletes and coaches.

    Each episode of the TV show is archived on the Under the Shell webpage of umterps.com for on-demand viewing. Plus, the webpage features additional features and content not found in the TV episodes. The program airs weekly from January through March on Wednesdays at 11:00 pm on Comcast SportsNet.

    In addition to the below schedule of original broadcasts, check your local listings for weekly re-broadcasts of each show on both networks.

    Voices of the Maryland Terrapins

    Johnny Holliday, Play-By-Play

    Johnny Holliday, Play-By-Play
    One of Washington's most versatile broadcasters, Johnny Holliday, is now in his 29th season as play-by-play voice of the University of Maryland. Holliday has broadcast more than 1,100 Terrapin football and basketball games, including 10 bowl games, 10 Sweet 16 and two Final Four appearances, including Maryland's national championship victory over Indiana in 2002.

    Holliday's sports reports are heard mornings coastto- coast on the ABC Radio Network, as well as on XM and Sirius. Dick Vitale has named Holliday one of his "top 15 play-by-play voices in the nation." Holliday's list of credits includes ABC's coverage of the Winter and Summer Olympic Games, championship boxing, the USFL with hall of fame member Paul Hornung, The Masters and television coverage of the Liberty and Aloha Bowls. Holliday also co-hosts the Ralph Friedgen and Gary Williams shows on both radio and television. Holliday was public address announcer for the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco Warriors and the Washington Bullets.

    In Washington, Holliday served as host of the Washington Senators pregame show on the radio with Ted Williams and in San Francisco handled the Giants pregame show on television. He also handled play-by-play duties for George Washington University basketball, Navy football radio and television coverage of the Washington Bullets and Wizards and hosted a Redskins television show with Dexter Manley, Mark Moseley, Bobby Beathard and Charley Casserly. Holliday also handled television play-by-play duties of ACC Women's basketball, Baltimore Orioles and national gymnastics events.

    Holliday has been honored by Washingtonian Magazine as "Washingtonian of the Year". His basketball and softball teams have raised in excess of $1.5 million for charity. Holliday has been honored by the University of Maryland with the school's Distinguished Citizen award, and by the Touchdown Club of Washington with the outstanding achievement in Sports Broadcasting "Timmie" award.

    Holliday was inducted into the Radio Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005, he was given the Lindsay Nelson Outstanding Sportscaster award by the All-American Football Foundation, and in 2006 was honored by the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame with the Chris Schenkel Award. In 2006 the Catholic Youth Organization named Holliday its National Person of the Year, and the Diabetes Association recognized him as its Father of the Year. Holliday last year was inducted into the Baltimore Sports Media Hall of Fame.

    Holliday also received the "Smile" award from Operation Smile for outstanding service to the community. Holliday still finds the time to participate in a variety of community activities, among them, Catholic Charities, Special Olympics and The Youth Leadership Foundation. Holliday is on the Board of Directors of Victory Youth Centers and Children's Charities Foundation. Holliday has served as television host for Muscular Dystrophy, Leukemia, Cerebral Palsy, Children's Hospital, March of Dimes and Easter Seals telethons.

    His network credits include announcing duties for NBC's "Hullaballoo" and "The Roger Miller Show," ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley" and "This Week with Sam and Cokie", along with ABC radio's Sam Donaldson Show. Holliday was also seen on the CBS television series "Good Morning World." His face and voice are one of the most familiar in all of Washington radio and television with hundreds of commercials and narrations to his credits.

    Holliday was born and raised in Miami, Fla. Before coming to Washington in 1969 he was a top-rated radio personality in Cleveland, New York City and San Francisco. Before giving up music, Holliday was named America's number one disc jockey. A visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will enable you to listen to Holliday during DJ days in Cleveland. Holliday also co-hosts "Catholic Radio Weekly" with Carol Lehan, syndicated radio stations throughout the country.

    Holliday and his wife Mary Clare are the proud parents of three daughters, Kellie, Tracie and Moria, three son-in-laws, Steve, Chris and Bob, seven grandsons, J.T., Devin, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas, Jack and Liam, and one granddaughter Maggie.

    Chris Knoche, Basketball Color Analyst

    Chris Knoche, Basketball Color Analyst
    Chris Knoche, a former player and head coach at American University who has worked in radio and television for the past four years, is in his seventh season as the color analyst for the Terp men's basketball radio broadcasts.

    Knoche spent 17 seasons at American, playing the 1979-80 and Oe80-81 seasons under current Terp coach Gary Williams before moving into an assistant coaching position and later serving seven seasons (1991-97) as the Eagles' head coach.

    Prior to joining Maryland1s broadcast crew, he worked 40-50 games each of the previous two season as a color commentator, including stints on the Ivy League Game of the Week on Westwood One/CBS Radio and Ivy League Game of the Week for DirecTV and for HDTV. He has also worked telecasts for ESPN and CSN, in addition to doing radio and television analysis for George Mason University games. Currently he makes regular guest appearances on the highly rated "The Sports Reporters" on Sportstalk 980 in Washington, D.C.

    "Chris Knoche brings an outstanding background as a player, coach and fan to our basketball broadcasts," said Williams, the Terps' 14th-year head coach.

    "Being able to work with Johnny Holliday, Chris provides the opportunity for Maryland fans to listen to someone who has very good experience as a color commentator. More important, he is someone who has a great feel for the game of basketball. I have known Chris as a player and a coach for more than 20 years. He has been an exciting addition to our basketball program."

    Jonathan Claiborne, Football Color Analyst

    Jonathan Claiborne, Football Color Analyst
    Former Terrapin standout Jonathan Claiborne is in his eighth season as the color analyst on Maryland's radio broadcast team. Claiborne, who lettered from 1975-77 as a safety, is the son of former Terp head coach Jerry Claiborne, who was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1999 after a 28- year career as head coach at Virginia Tech, Maryland and Kentucky.

    Originally a walk-on at Maryland in the mid-'70s, Jonathan Claiborne eventually worked his way into a first-string safety position and earned a scholarship. He was a two-year starter and played on three bowl teams. The Terps were 28-7-1 during his varsity playing career.

    Claiborne, who is now a practicing attorney in the Baltimore area for the firm Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, excelled on and off the field while playing with the Terrapins. He was a two-time All-ACC Academic selection and a 1977 CoSIDA Academic All-American. He also was the recipient of a NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship in addition to earning a fellowship from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. Claiborne earned a double degree at Maryland (history and accounting) with a cumulative GPA of 3.57. He was a two-time winner of the George C. Cook Award (given to the Terp varsity football player with the highest grade point average) and also won the Talbot T. Speer Award for leadership, scholarship and athletic ability.

    Claiborne previously spent four years as a color analyst on Towson Tiger football radio broadcasts.

    Tim Strachan, Football Sideline Reporter

    Tim Strachan, Football Sideline Reporter
    Former DeMatha standout Tim Strachan is in his 12th season as the sideline reporter on Maryland's football broadcasts. Strachan, a 1999 graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in communication, was a student assistant coach with the Terps from 1996-99. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in the spring of 2004.

    Strachan, who was paralyzed in a swimming accident before his senior year of high school, launched T13 Charities -- A Foundation for Spinal Cord Injuries as a way to benefit others with spinal cord injuries. He is a professional motivational speaker and also is a freelance reporter for the Ralph Friedgen and Gary Williams coaches' television shows. He was named the 1999 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine.

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