Postgame interview audio now available

If you want to hear the post game audio from any Quinnipiac home games, just head to the Quinnipiac Athletics website, click on the “Photos and New Media” tab at the top of the page, and click on the appropriate sport. Recent uploads include interviews with;

Men’s soccer head coach Eric Da Costa and goalkeeper Freddy Hall following their 3-0 win over St. Francis (PA) this weekend.

Women’s ice hockey head coach Rick Seeley after their 4-1 season opening win against Sacred Heart

Coach Dave Clarke of the women’s soccer team discussing his team’s 1-0 double OT win over Bryant on Sunday Afternoon.

You can also subscribe to Quinnipiac athletics on iTunes and find these postgame interviews there as well.

- Jamie Palatini

WQAQ makes history with broadcasts today

By Mike Radomski

(HAMDEN, Conn.) – With a simple click of the mouse, and a few simple words, Quinnipiac’s own WQAQ Sports department will be making history with the first simultanous broadcast of two sports at the same time.

In previous years, WQAQ was building up a reputation for reliability and excellence with just a few broadcasts per season, but the bar has been lifted higher this year from the sports directors.

The WQAQ sports department has raised the bar in recent years to upwards of 100 broadcasts, and now well beyond that with the evolution of dual broadcasting.

With the help of Paul Krom, Jack McDonald and the Quinnipiac sports info staff, WQAQ is now capable of broadcasting multiple sports games from many different fields at the same time.

WQAQ is glad to bring you even closer to the Quinnipiac Bobcats athletes and teams and will continue to do so in the future.

WQAQ is also now capable of broadcasting all baseball and softball games on the road and at home as well. It is an exciting time to be apart of WQAQ and again would like to thank everyone possible. Without you, this dream of ours and athletics, would just be…a dream.

WQAQ Sports: Chris Murray

Chris Murray

Chris Murray is from Westwood, N.J., and was born on Dec. 2, 1987. He is the son of Jon and Diane Murray. A senior broadcast journalism major, Chris would love to be involved in sports radio as he grows older.

He joined the WQAQ Sports Department in the fall of 2008 and has done field producing, color commentary and play-by-play for field hockey, soccer and basketball. This past semester, he won field producer of the semester. He also has a radio show with two friends called “Sports Attack.”

WQAQ Broadcaster: Katie Meline

Katie Meline

Katie Meline is a senior at Quinnipiac University where she is majoring in broadcast journalism and is enrolled as a sports studies minor.

Katie joined the WQAQ Sports Department in the Fall 2008 semester, where she has been a field producer. She currently has a sports update every Tuesday at 12:30. In the fall of 2008, she co-hosted “The End Zone” with Melissa Hebert, a talk show discussing the past week of football action and a preview to the next week’s games. Melissa is currently abroad in Ireland but Katie hopes that the show will return to the airwaves in fall of ’09.

Katie is also in her fourth year as one of the Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey team managers, where she films every home game from the press box as well as keeping track of statistics for the team such as ice time. Also, by having office hours, Katie does clerical tasks to help the team out, such as large mailing and entering information into databases.

Katie is a die-hard sports fan, specifically the New England teams. The Boston Red Sox are her favorite, followed closely by the Boston University Men’s Ice Hockey team, but the Bobcats are her No. 2 hockey team. She hopes to one day make a career out of covering New England teams by joining NESN.

Prior to Quinnipiac, Katie attended Exeter High School where she was a member of the school newspaper “The Talon.” Junior year, she was a reporter and senior year, she was promoted to News Editor. In addition to the newspaper, she was yearbook editor and manager of the boy’s varsity ice hockey team for two years. She danced, mostly ballet from the age 3 until her senior year of high school.

Katie resides in Brentwood, N.H., with parents K.J. and Steve and younger brother David.

WQAQ Broadcaster: Aaron Tanguay

Aaron Tanguay

Aaron Tanguay, a senior broadcast journalism major and sports studies minor, is a broadcaster and producer for the WQAQ Sports Department.  Aaron also is a co-host of “Three’s A Crowd” which airs every Sunday from 10am-noon on WQAQ.

A three-sport athlete in high school, Aaron brings his experience of a variety of sports to WQAQ, as a broadcaster.  Aaron also spent from December ’07 – January ’08 interning with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League, where he worked with their radio broadcaster and Quinnipiac alum Greg Glynn.

Before coming to Quinnipiac, Aaron graduated from Westbrook High School in Westbrook, Maine, where he lettered in football, basketball, and track and field.

He still resides in Westbrook with his parents and three younger brothers, Michael, Jordan and Zachary.

WQAQ Broadcaster: Amanda Pugliese

Amanda Pugliese

Amanda Pugliese is a junior at Quinnipiac University.  She is a broadcast journalism major and sports studies minor.

In high school she was a three-sport varsity athlete , putting much of her time into basketball and volleyball. While both are her passion, she declined offers to play in college. Instead she is perusing her dream to become a sports broadcaster.

Her freshman year, she started broadcasting with Quinnipiac’s television station, Q30. Since then, she has expanded her horizons and began work for WQAQ, broadcasting games as well as creating podcasts. She provides color analysis for both the volleyball and basketball games.

In the Fall 2008 semester, Amanda was awarded the Color Analyst of the Semester for WQAQ, and was given the privilege of following the women’s basketball team and creating podcasts after every game as well. These podcasts can be found on iTunes as well as on the QU Athletics multimedia page, near the broadcast archives.

Amanda lives in Port Washington, N.Y., with her parents Joe and Theresa, sister Jacqueline and brother Domenick.

WQAQ Broadcaster: Robert Amicucci

Robert Amicucci

Robert is a senior broadcast journalism major with a minor in history at Quinnipiac University and will be graduating in May 2009. Robert transferred from Mount Saint Mary College in 2007 and has been apart of the WQAQ Sports Department since the Fall ’07 semester.

Robert has his own radio show on Wednesdays (Rob, Wired Up!) from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Rob has also been a guest talent several times on the “Bobcat Blitz” on Q30 TV. He calls play-by-play and color as well as field produce for WQAQ.

Robert has had internships at 77WABC radio in New York City as well as WGNY The Fox 103.1 and 96.7 FM in Orange County, N.Y. Robert recently attended the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Las Vegas and will be a part of the media operations team in Toronto for the first round of the World Baseball Classic in March.

Robert is from Rockland County, N.Y., and is a graduate of Albertus Magnus High School where he played four years of baseball and two years of basketball.

WQAQ Broadcaster: Brett Gross

Brett Gross

Brett Gross is a senior broadcast journalism major with a sports studies minor at Quinnipiac University.

He is a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan, following the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, Sixers and Penn State Football. During the summer, Brett works as a video coaching scout for the Philadelphia Phillies, where he prepares in-depth scouting reports to players and coaches.

A 2005 graduate of Woodlynde School in Stratford, Pa., Brett played four years of high school basketball, earned a varsity letter in tennis and was an all-star roller hockey player.

Brett runs his own disc-jockey company in Philadelphia called Brett Gross Entertainment where he performs at Bar/Bat Mitzvahs as well as sweet 16’s and dances.

In the past, Brett has worked as an intern with Sports Radio 610 WIP in Philadelphia, the Bridgeport Soundtigers and uclaradio.com in Los Angeles.

Brett enjoys traveling and has been to 30 of the 50 states in the U.S. including Hawaii twice and Alaska. He has also been to four different countries.

Brett can be heard on the Bobcat Sports Network Presented by WQAQ as the play-by-play voice for Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey, Baseball as well as Men’s and Women’s Basketball. Brett hosts Overtime with Sal Accardi on Tuesday’s from 2-4 p.m. on 98.1 WQAQ.

Brett resides in Maple Glen, Pa., with his mother Nancy, father Alan and brother Jared.

Happy New Year from WQAQ Sports

The end of one year marks the beginning of a new one and the WQAQ Sports staff would like to wish you and your family a Happy New Year!

It truly was a remarkable year for WQAQ and our sports members. Former sports directors Seth Rothman and Steve Tisi started the year by bringing more games to the sports stream and even more content to the WQAQ Sports Blog.

Mike Silverman and I became the new sports directors in the fall and really wanted to bring you, the viewer and listener, even closer to Quinnipiac athletics. Mike and I brought more games to the schedule with a slate of 70 events covered in the one semester alone. The sports department also redesigned the blog with Andrew Fletcher leading the charge. It was an amazing semester with the dedicated staff and it looks to be getting even stronger.

Jamie Palatini is stepping in as the new co-sports director with me and together we plan to bring even more to the table. You can expect updated commercials, more games on the broadcast schedule, and even more articles and feature stories on the sports site. The sports staff can not wait to get back to work in the spring semester to keep bringing you closer to your favorite athletes, coaches and teams at Quinnipiac University.

Once again, thanks for reading and visiting the page and we wish you the best in 2009!

Sincerely,

Mike Radomski and Jamie Palatini
WQAQ Sports Directors

WQAQ Broadcaster: Jason Slater

Jason Slater

Jason Slater, a junior broadcast journalism major at Quinnipiac University, is in his fifth semester broadcasting sporting events for the Sports Department at WQAQ. Jason has covered a variety of sports, from basketball, to volleyball, and even field hockey, and his duties as a broadcaster include both play-by-play and color commentating. He shares his wealth of sports knowledge with the audience during every broadcast, and tries to inform listeners of the small details of the game. In addition to broadcasting games for WQAQ Sports, he has also covered the women’s volleyball team, becoming the beat writer and writing articles after attending every home game.

Jason is involved in other aspects of WQAQ as well. He has his own radio show with co-host Jason Giamboi, called “Jay and Jay in the Afternoon.” Jason has previously given sports updates on WQAQ.

Aside from the radio station, Jason is also looking to expand his horizons and stretch into the realm of television. He has been a part of Q30, Quinnipiac’s television station, for over two semesters. He is a part of the student run news show “The Morning After,” which airs live every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Jason has a sports segment on “TMA,” where he gives a recap of the local and national week in sports. He has been praised for his ability to think off the top of his head while being shot live on camera, opting not to use the teleprompter or notes of any kind.

A 2007 graduate of Colonia High School in Colonia, N.J., Jason gained his sports knowledge from personal experience on the field. He was a varsity letter winner in both Baseball and Football, receiving other various sporting accolades as well. After college, Jason would like to pursue a career in sports, with his dream job as somehow landing on ESPN.