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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, July 24, 2009

Coach's show gets national exposure


Advertiser Staff

Greg McMackin's University of Hawai'i football coach's show is going coast to coast.

The Emmy-winning half-hour show, which originates on KGMB in Honolulu, will be carried on the Fox College Sports network this fall under an arrangement concluded yesterday, according to Rick Blangiardi, KGMB's senior vice president and general manager.

Blangiardi said it would be shown six times per week in various time slots on Fox, which has a potential audience of 54 million households.

The visibility is seen as a marketing bonus for the Warriors, especially in recruiting.

"You never know who might be watching," Blangiardi said. "The (exposure) can't hurt."

KGMB will be in its fifth year of doing UH football coaches' shows that began with June Jones. Liz Chun and Mike Cherry anchor the show with executive producer Scott Humber.

The show sent crews to all of the Warriors' road games last season.

"This is just an outstanding deal," McMackin said. "I give full credit to Rick Blangiardi and Liz Chun and the production staff of the show. They've made it special, and been recognized nationally. It's going to be such a great thing for our program as far as recruiting goes. It's a very positive, exciting thing to happen."

McMackin said he won't change his style for the national audience. "I'm still going to wear slippers," he said. "It's a Hawai'i show."