ESPN 1240
Trevor,
For your information, Staunton's WTON ESPN 1240 requested to cover the Richlands/Wilson game and that request was denied by the Wilson Memorial Athletic director. ESPN 1240 is committed to covering ALL local high schools and this game would be the game of the year to this point for our coverage if we were given the ability to cover it live. It was stated that there was only room for one radio station. We'd love to have been the station covering the game,\ but we have to respect Wilson's Athletic Director's decision.
ESPN 1240 AM covered Wilson three times this year: Wilson at RE Lee, Stuarts Draft at Wilson, and Wilson at Riverheads. We also would have covered last weeks game, but with it originally scheduled on Friday night, against our VT/UVA Football commitments, we had to select the Saturday Waynesboro game. We even presented a pre-game tailgate show for the Wilson game that was aired on Friday night. Only did the weather delay make it a game we would have even had a chance to cover.
IF there is a football game next weekend that our local audience would be interested in, we will request access.
We look forward to covering the upcoming basketball season where we will once again cover ALL the area schools.We hope you as well as other readers on this board will tune in.