SE, Keystone Create SE Sports Network

Baseball | 6/25/2015 1:46:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern athletics has announced a five-year partnership with Keystone Broadcasting Corporation which will form the Southeastern Sports Network and make SE sporting events available on the radio throughout most of Southeastern Oklahoma as well as giving fans throughout the world the opportunity to follow the Savage Storm live via the internet.
 
"We are very excited about this partnership with Keystone," Said Southeastern Director of Athletics Keith Baxter," "Both for the radio and internet presence it will give us, as well as the level of visibility it will bring to our student-athletes and the university as a whole. It is an unprecedented partnership which allows us to set the bar among small schools in the conference as well as the region.  And probably most importantly it gives us the opportunity to shine an even brighter light on the hard work and accomplishments of our student athletes."
 
"Keystone Broadcasting is excited to partner with Southeastern for the next 5 years," Stated Bob Sullins, Co-Owner of Keystone Broadcasting Corp.  "Our goal is to provide the best possible broadcast for the fans, students and student athletes.  We are entering a new era in sports coverage with the addition of the radio network and increased video web streams, this will allow us and Southeastern to reach more fans in the future.  I would like to thank President Sean Burrage and Athletic Director Keith Baxter for showing the confidence and vision necessary to take Southeastern sports coverage to the next level, we look forward to a great future."
 
Keystone owns five stations across Durant, Ardmore and Atoka and is owned by Sullins, who has a long history broadcasting SE sports, as well as SE alums Bill Countryman and Jack Haigh.
 
Mix 96.1 (KZRC) in Durant will serve as the flagship station and will carry every Southeastern football game, every basketball men's and women's double-header and a selection of Savage Storm baseball, softball and volleyball.
 
During football season SE fans can catch the action on a total of six affiliate stations throughout Southeastern Oklahoma as KICM 97.7 in Ardmore, KHKC 102.1 in Atoka, KZIG 107.5 in Atoka, 99.5 KZDV in Rattan and KYHD 94.7 in Valliant will join Mix 96.1 in carrying the gridiron action.
 
Storm men's and women's basketball action will be carried on the flagship as well as affiliates KHKC 102.1 in Atoka, KZIG 107.5 in Atoka, 99.5 KZDV in Rattan and KYHD 94.7 in Valliant.
 
Baseball, softball and volleyball action will be carried on the flagship as well as KZIG 107.5 in Atoka.
 
But fans not living in the radio coverage areas of these stations will also benefit as Keystone will also carry live video every home football, basketball, baseball softball and volleyball event via its partnership with citylinktv.com, with those broadcasts being available free of charge.
 
Sullins, Jay Lindly and Joey McWilliams will enter the partnership as the voices of the Savage Storm on the air.
 
Sullins brings with him 30 years of broadcasting experience including serving as the long-time voice of the Savages.
 
Lindly brings 14 years of radio experience, getting his start as a student at Southeastern on KSSU before moving on to be the voice of Sherman High School football and working with the Radio Oklahoma Network.
 
McWilliams has 15 years of experience broadcasting, spending 10 of those as the color commentator for SE football and has compiled several years of video experience as well.