Vol Network Begins 75th Season of Tennessee Football Coverage Saturday

September 1, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The Vol Radio Network kicks off its 75th season of University of Tennessee Football coverage on Saturday in Nashville from Nissan Stadium. The pre-game show “Big Orange Countdown” begins statewide network coverage at 10 a.m. Eastern / 9 a.m. Central Saturday morning prior to Tennessee’s season opener versus Virginia at Noon Eastern / 11 a.m. Central.

WJLE will have LIVE coverage on AM 1480/FM 101.7

The show is hosted by John Wilkerson, Brent Hubbs, former Vol wide receiver and team captain Jayson Swain (2003-06) and a rotating VFL special guest each week featuring former captain Will Overstreet (DE, 1998-2001) or Chris Brown (TE, 2004-07). Fans can ask questions on social media via X/Twitter @VolNetwork. UT Director of Athletics Danny White and Chancellor Donde Plowman will be stopping by the booth as special pregame guests on Saturday.

Following “Big Orange Countdown”, Bobby Rader hosts “Spotlight on the SEC” before handing things over to the game broadcast crew 25-minutes prior to kickoff. Bob Kesling begins his 25th year of calling University of Tennessee football games. He will be joined by former Vol and NFL quarterback Pat Ryan who is entering his third season as color analyst. Wilkerson (network host), Hubbs (spotter and contributor) and Swain (sideline reporter) round out the in-game broadcast crew. David Grim serves as the network’s statistician this year.

Following the game, the “Big Orange Scoreboard and the Josh Heupel Show” provides complete and exclusive postgame coverage with scores, updates and interviews with Tennessee players and head coach Josh Heupel. Vol Network programming is then capped off with “The Final Scoreboard” hosted by Wilkerson, Rader and VFL Troy Fleming (RB, 2000-03).

The Vol Network, one of the largest collegiate radio networks in the country, can be heard on over 64+ stations across the state of Tennessee and the southeast, UTsports.com, the Tennessee Athletics App, SiriusXM and the Varsity App.

September 1, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

State Rep. Michael Hale, R-Smithville, will hold a series of town hall meetings in September to hear from residents in Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson and Smith counties regarding their priorities for the upcoming legislative session in January.

WHEN/WHERE:
Cannon County – Sept. 5
Cannon County Courthouse
200 West Main St.
Woodbury, Tenn. 37190
6:30 p.m.

Smith County – Sept. 11
Smith County Ag Center
159 Ag Center Ln.
South Carthage, Tenn. 37030
6:30 p.m.

DeKalb County – Sept. 12
DeKalb County Community Complex
712 South Congress Blvd.
Smithville, Tenn. 37166
6:30 p.m.

Jackson County – Sept. 21
Timeless Events on Main
200 South Main St.
Gainesboro, Tenn. 38562
6 p.m.

September 1, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The injury plagued DCHS Tigers will be working hard to earn their first win of the season tonight after disappointing back-to-back losses against Warren and Smith Counties to open the 2023 campaign.

https://www.wjle.com/tiger-talk/

The Livingston Academy Wildcats will be coming to town for a showdown with the Tigers kicking off at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

The Wildcats opened their season with a 9-0 loss to Trousdale County but  they led 24-12 over Whites Creek at home with less than 2 minutes remaining until halftime last Friday night when an isolated thunderstorm with strong winds knocked out power in all of Livingston. The game was not completed that night because of the storm.

Speaking on WJLE’s  Tiger Talk program, Coach Steve Trapp talks about his mindset preparing for tonight’s game.

“It’s the same mindset that we have always preached to these guys and that is next play, next day, next opportunity and to just take advantage of the day you have and work your best to become better. We have a lot of room for improvement, and we have been on these guys hot and heavy this week. After Thursday’s practice I told them to go out there to take advantage of the opportunity to fix it. We tell them any time it doesn’t go your way, set yourself up to do something great and if we do that it will feel great to get this weight off of us. We have had some sleepless nights thinking about these guys and how they have been performing but I love each of them. Ultimately it can change, and it will change as long as we stick to the process and buy into what it takes so we’re excited about tonight and the opportunity to go out again and get going,” said Coach Trapp.

Senior quarterback Briz Trapp suffered an injury last week that knocked him out of the game. Coach Trapp said the injury was perhaps not as severe as feared at the time.

“Anytime a player goes out like that you think the worst, but Briz had a clean X-ray. It turns out he suffered a sprained ankle. Briz has actually practiced every day this week. Kudos to our trainer. He has worked on a lot of guys this week but especially with Briz. He (Briz) has gotten better each day so it will depend on what we look like in pre-game to see where we go with it tonight,” said Coach Trapp.

The Tigers have reeled off three consecutive wins over Livingston Academy including last year’s 48-0 homecoming victory.

Adding to the importance of tonight’s game is the fact that it opens the region season for both teams.

“This is the first region game and they (Wildcats) understand the struggles we have had the first two weeks so they are going to come in here with a lot of confidence, a lot off hunger, and a lot of desire and they will play their tails off. Our guys need to understand that it is our first region game. We’ve added another team to the region (White County) so to get to the playoffs, it’s a tougher road so we don’t want to start in the hole,” said Coach Trapp.

WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with Tennessee Titans Radio Broadcaster Dave McGinnis and broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.

“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at 6:00 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches’ interviews.

“Tiger Talk” airs at 6:30 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players Aaron Hatfield, Jon Hendrix, and Wyatt Carter.

Kick-off is at 7:00 p.m. with play-by-play coverage on WJLE from the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor. Listen LIVE on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE Streaming at www.wjle.com.

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