MIAMI (Aug. 15, 2017) – During the 2017 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 Tuesday afternoon.
 
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 2017 season.

The 2017 FIU football season will kick off on Thursday, Aug. 31, when the Panthers travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on the UCF Knights. Kickoff is slated for 6:00 p.m. ET.
 
"We are thrilled to continue our partnership with 790 the Ticket, making South Florida's premier all-sports radio station the official home for FIU football once again," Garcia said.
 
"790 The Ticket is proud to once again be the flagship station of FIU football," said Ticket Program Director Len Weiner. "We're all excited for the Butch Davis era to begin at FIU."
 
In the broadcast booth for FIU football will be AJ Ricketts 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.
              
Ricketts comes to FIU from Wilmington, North Carolina, after working two years as the sports anchor with WECT/FOX Wilmington. While at WECT, Ricketts chronicled the back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances by UNCW, while also covering ACC Tournaments around the region. Ricketts attended the University of Miami, where he ran track and served as the voice of UM Women's Basketball, and also called the baseball team's 2015 run to Omaha. 
 
Carroll returns to booth for FIU for the third-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 2017 schedule is highlighted with games against Boca Raton Bowl and 2016 C-USA champion WKU, Popeyes Bahamas Bowl champion Old Dominion, AutoNation Cure Bowl participant UCF, Foster Farms Bowl participant Indiana, Hawai'i Bowl participant Middle Tennessee and Gildan New Mexico Bowl participant UTSA. In addition, the Panthers will face Rice, Charlotte, Marshall and Florida Atlantic as well as first-time opponents Alcorn State and Tulane. 
 
For FIU football ticket information, contact the University Credit Union Box Office at 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263).
 
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2017 FIU Football Schedule
Aug. 31          at UCF [CBS Sports Network]; 6:00 p.m.
Sept. 9          Alcorn State [beIN SPORTS]; 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16         at Indiana [Big Ten Network]; 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 23         at Rice*; 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30         Charlotte*; 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 7            at Middle Tennessee* [ESPN3]; TBA
Oct. 14          Tulane; 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 21          Bye
Oct. 28          at Marshall*; 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 4           UTSA* [STADIUM]' 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 11          Old Dominion*; 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 18          at Florida Atlantic* [STADIUM]' 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 24          WKU* [beIN SPORTS]; 7:00 p.m.
 
* denotes Conference USA Games
 Home games at Riccardo Silva Stadium are capitalized and bolded;
 
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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 eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. 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 with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
 
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