MIAMI (Aug. 22, 2014) – FIU Football announced on Friday its broadcast team for all 12 of the Panthers' games on 1210 AM ESPN Deportes during the 2014 season. In the broadcast booth will be Mike Levine, on play-by-play, and Pete Pelegrin with the color analysis.
 
Levine has been a sports broadcaster with 560 WQAM for the past seven years, working baseball, basketball and football, including the high school "Game of the Week". He also serves as an on-air personality as well a sports update anchor, reporter and producer. A graduate of Penn State, Levine also spent time with WMAJ-WLTS, State College, Pa. (2003-04) and WKZO-WQSN-WKLZ-WQRL, Kalamazoo, Mich. (2005-07) as a sports director, play-by-play announcer and color analyst.  
 
"There are only 128 FBS play-by-play jobs in college football, and to have the privilege of landing the FIU position is a true honor," Levine said. "FIU's campus and athletic program is continually building and growing, becoming an innovator in the city of Miami.  I can't wait for kickoff and to get things rolling.  Head Coach Ron Turner, who's a proven winner, and his staff will undoubtedly make this a competitive and rewarding season in Conference USA.  I'm truly humbled and thrilled to get started." 
 
Pelegrin, presently the author of the acclaimed Panther Prowl blog at FIUSports.com, is a former FIU beat writer for the Miami Herald. Pelegrin covered FIU football for the Herald since the program started in 2002. In 2010, he joined FIU Athletics as a lead writer for the official FIUSports.com website. For the past three seasons Pelegrin has been doing play-by-play and color analyst for FIU football, baseball and men's and women's basketball online broadcasts.
 
"I'm thrilled to be able to broadcast FIU football over the radio," Pelegrin said. "Having covered this program since it started in 2002, I'm hopeful I can bring some unique insight to the broadcasts."
 
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The 2014 FIU football season kicks off on Aug. 30 when the Panthers host the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
 
All 12 games will broadcast live on 1210AM with the home opener taking place on Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. from Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium. 1210AM ESPN Deportes will also feature full coverage of FIU football, including pre- and post-game analysis, as well as interviews with coaches, players and staff leading up to each game.
 
FIU's 2014 eight-game home schedule features non-conference foes Bethune-Cookman (Aug. 30), Wagner (Sept. 6), Pittsburgh (Sept. 13) and Louisville (Sept. 20) and C-USA opponents Florida Atlantic (Oct. 2), Marshall (Oct. 8), Rice (Nov. 1) and Middle Tennessee (Nov. 15).
 
For FIU football ticket information, log onto www.FIUSports.com or 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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2014 FIU Football Schedule
Aug. 30 BETHUNE-COOKMAN (ASN); 7:00 p.m.
Sept. 6 WAGNER; 6:00 p.m.
Sept. 13 PITTSBURGH (FOX Sports 1); 12:00 p.m.
Sept. 20 LOUISVILLE (FOX Sports 1 or FSN)
Sept. 27 at UAB* (ASN) 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* (FSN); 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 11 at UTSA* (Fox College Sports); 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 18 MARSHALL*; 6:00 p.m.
Nov. 1 RICE* (ASN) 12:00 p.m.
Nov. 8 at Old Dominion* (ASN) 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* (ASN) 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 at North Texas* (ASN) 3:30 p.m.
 
* denotes Conference USA Games
 Home games at Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium are capitalized;
 
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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. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu