MINERAL AREA COLLEGE

Media Coverage

KTJJ Radio and Web-Radio Game Broadcast

Follow all of the exciting action of MAC Cardinals basketball on J98 FM. Every game is broadcast live on KTJJ FM 98.5. You can catch every play from anywhere in the world from your computer on the KTJJ web-cast. Listen in as Frank Kirchmer brings you the play-by-play as "the voice of the Mineral Area College Cardinals Basketball team."  Tune in early for the pre-game coaches show and scouting report, and get the highlights and statistics from every game on the post-game coaches show.

Kirchmer is in his fourth season with the Cardinals and brings over 30 years of experience broadcasting basketball, football, and baseball games. He has a great technical knowledge of the game, and helps you feel the excitement of each and every play throughout the season. Kirchmer has broadcasted numerous championship events including eight state championship games, as well as the Cardinals Region XVI Championship season in 2005-06.

Frank is a a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University.  His wife, Theresa, teaches fifth grade at Valle Catholic in Ste. Genevieve.  The Kirchmers' have three daughters; Katie, an early childhood special education teacher in the Francis Howell School District in St. Charles, MO; Kelly, is a senior at the University of Missouri - St. Louis; and Julie is a junior at Southeast Missouri State University.

In the spring of 2007, Frank Kirchmer was awarded the "Distinguished Service Award" from the Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Administrator’s Association.   This award is presented annually to an individual outside the field of interscholastic athletic administration who has, over the years, demonstrated a service to the high school athletes of Missouri. Mr. Kirchmer was cited for his over 30 years of broadcasting high school sports in the southeast Missouri region including Sikeston, Jackson, Ste. Genevieve, Perryville, and Farmington and for his contributions to high school athletics. The presentation was made at the MIAAA spring convention held at the Lake of the Ozarks.

             Frank Kirchmer interviews Corey Tate on         Kirchmer visits with Coach Tate            Corey Tate breaks down a win on the

          the Pre-Game Show before a MAC Cardinals      after a MAC Cardinals win over               Auffenburg MAC Coaches Show

                     game at the Sechrest Fieldhouse             Meramec at the Edward Jones Dome          broadcast live on Monday nights

Auffenburg MAC Cardinals Coaches Show with Corey Tate

J98 and Frank Kirchmer also broadcast the Auffenburg MAC Cardinals Coaches Show with Corey Tate. The weekly radio show covers the ins-and-outs of the Cardinals basketball program. The "Corey Tate Show" is broadcast live from the J98 studio in Farmington on Monday evenings at 6:05-7:05 pm on KTJJ and is sponsored by Auffenburg.

The show has a variety of exciting features, including: meet the players, week in review, scouting the upcoming opponents, breakdown of the Cardinals offensive & defensive schemes, and segments with special guests. Last season a variety of player interviews, visits with assistant coaches Chad Kish and Sean Pryor, former assistant Kyle Gerdeman, and a visit with legendary University of Missouri Tigers’ coach Norm Stewart.

Follow all of the action by tuning in to KTJJ 98.5 FM .  You can follow the Mineral Area Cardinals anywhere in the world on your computer through the world-wide-web by tuning into the KTJJ Web-Cast.

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Daily Jornal Newspaper

The Daily Journal is a full-service newspaper that covers all the national, regional, and local news in the Leadbelt.  The Daily Journal covers Mineral Area College sports as well as local high school, major college, and major professional sports.  The Daily Journal is also on-line at www.dailyjournalonline.com and has a sports link at www.dailyjournalonline.com/sports.  Sportswriters that frequently cover Mineral Area College Cardinals basketball include Donn Adamson, Matt King, and Chris Perkins.

KFMO Weekly Cardinals Update with Chad Kish

Sports Director Greg Alen has a weekly visit with Mineral Area College Cardinals Assistant Coach Chad Kish every Saturday throughout the season.  These conversations include everything you would like to know about MAC Cardinals basketball.  Chad & Greg talk about upcoming opponents, previous games, current players, recruiting, strategy, and much, much more.  You can catch excerpts from these interviews periodically throughout the week and on the Morning Drive on KFMO 1240 & B104.

KFMO Radio began broadcasting on July 1, 1947 as the Parkland's very first radio station.  The stations provide unmatched Local News, Weather and Sports.  Other features include: The Morning Drive with Natalie Wagner, Gib Collins and Greg Alan, Swap & Shop, Parkland Today, The Drive Home with Dewayne Cross, ESPN Radio - NASCAR  Nextel Cup and Busch Series coverage from MRN Radio, CBS Radio Network News, The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, The Dave Ramsey Show, Financial news with the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, including the Wall Street Journal This Morning and This Weekend, The Osgood File with Charles Osgood, Dave Ross, Katie Couric, Harry Smith, and Ned Jarrett.