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WZRR CLASSIC ROCK 99.5, THUNDERBOLTS TEAM UP
RICK AND BUBBA, JIM DUNAWAY TO HANDLE BROADCASTS
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, December 11, 2000

Classic Rock WZRR-FM 99.5 will be the flagship radio station for the XFL Birmingham Thunderbolts, Bolts general manager Tim Berryman announced today.

Berryman also announced that Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey, hosts of WYSF's popular morning show, and Jim Dunaway of WVTM-TV, will be the team's radio voices in 2001. Burgess will handle play-by-play, Bussey will provide color commentary and Dunaway will report from the sideline.

In order to provide Thunderbolts fans with a radio network in the inaugural season, Berryman also said the Thunderbolts would team with the Alabama Digital Satellite Network. Negotiations are under way and announcements are expected soon about stations filling out the network.

"We are very excited about our partnership with WZRR-FM as our flagship station," Berryman said. "Rick and Bubba are incredible talents who have developed a very loyal listening audience throughout the Southeast."

"They are both knowledgeable of the game of football and they are ranked number one in morning drive because they are fun to listen to," Berryman said. "The XFL has been nicknamed the 'Extra Fun League.' Rick and Bubba exemplify what the XFL is out to achieve in the area of fan entertainment."

WZRR boasts a 100,000-watt signal that reaches over 100,000 listeners in the Birmingham metro area alone. The signal covers virtually the entire northern part of Alabama and as far south as Greenville.

"The combination of WZRR's powerful signal, along with Rick & Bubba serving as our game announcers, gives us an enormous marketing advantage," Berryman said.

The son of one of Alabama's most successful college and high school coaches, Burgess was an all-state defensive tackle at Oxford High School before going on to play college football at Troy State University. He did color commentary for the Jacksonville State radio network and Bussey produced the network. Bussey played prep basketball and baseball, and was drafted out of high school by the Silver Run Twins.

Dunaway is the sports director at WVTM-TV, Birmingham's NBC affiliate. Born and raised in nearby Alabaster, Ala., Dunaway came to WVTM in the fall of 1991 from WLEX-TV in Lexington, Ky. He began his television broadcasting career at WBMG-TV in Birmingham.



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