MIAMI (Aug. 12, 2015) – During the 2016 season, Entercom's WAXY AM 790 The Ticket will be the official radio broadcast home for Panthers' football FIU Executive Director for Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announced on Friday.
 
790 The Ticket will provide full coverage and LIVE broadcasts which will include both pre- and post-game analysis for all games in the upcoming 2016 season.

The 2016 FIU football season will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 1, when the Panthers host the Indiana Hoosiers. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
"790 The Ticket is the premier all-sports radio station in South Florida and we are thrilled to call it the official home of FIU football this season," Garcia said.
 
 "We are proud to partner with Florida International University to bring local fans the college football experience they care about," said Douglas Abernethy, Regional Vice President and General Manager, Entercom Miami.  "Our station is the radio destination of choice for Miami sports fan and this partnership with the Panthers underscores our commitment to delivering the sports content we know our fans are looking for."
 
In the broadcast booth for FIU football will be Josh Appel, on play-by-play, and Wes Carroll with the color analysis. Along with live game coverage, the duo will conduct a 30-minute pre-game show, halftime interviews and 30-minute post-game show.
              
Appel has been the play-by-play broadcaster of the Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers for the past three years. Awarded the 2016 Jim Nantz Award (nation's most outstanding collegiate sports broadcaster, as voted on by leading members of the sportscasting industry), Appel is a recent graduate of USF where he was sports director and student radio play-by-play voice for football, basketball and baseball on Bulls Radio. Prior to attending USF, Appel began his broadcasting career at Cypress Bay High School calling football games, while interning on the "Dan LeBatard Show" on 790 The Ticket.
 
Carroll returns to booth for FIU for the second-straight year. A 2011 graduate of FIU, Carroll has been calling high school football in South Florida for the past six years. Carroll, who earned his Master of Science in recreation and sports management from FIU in 2013, played for the Panthers for two seasons (2010 and 2011). He guided FIU to back-to-back bowl appearances, including the programs first bowl victory; a 34-32 win over Toledo in the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. He ranks in the top five in a number of FIU records, passing for nearly 5,000 yards in just two seasons under center.
 
 
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FIU's 2016 schedule is highlighted with games against Miami Beach Bowl and 2015 C-USA champion WKU, R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl champion Louisiana Tech, St. Petersburg Bowl champion Marshall, Popeyes Bahama Bowl participant Middle Tennessee, and New Era Pinstripe Bowl participant Indiana. In addition, the Panthers will face Maryland, Massachusetts, UCF, Florida Atlantic, UTEP, Charlotte and Old Dominion. 
 
For FIU football ticket information, contact the University Credit Union Box Office at 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263).
 
For the latest information on Panthers football, follow us on Twitter, @FIUFootball, and check out Pete Pelegrin's in-depth coverage of FIU Athletics on his official blog, The Prowl, at www.FIUSports.com.


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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
 
About Entercom Communications Corp.: Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM) is the fourth-largest radio broadcasting company in the U.S., reaching and engaging more than 40 million people a week through its 124 highly rated stations in 27 top markets across the country. Entercom is a purpose-driven company, deeply committed to entertaining and informing its listeners with the best locally curated music, news, sports, and talk content, driven by compelling local personalities.  Entercom delivers superior ROI by connecting its customers and audiences through its leading local brands and unparalleled local marketing solutions, which include over 4,000 events each year, and its SmartReach Digital product suite.  Learn more about Philadelphia-based Entercom at www.Entercom.com, Facebook and Twitter (@entercom).