University of Tennessee Athletics
Vol Network
September 03, 2007 | General
Representatives from Host Communications present a check to Athletic Director Mike Hamilton after Host Communications won the rights to be UT's multimedia rights holder.
For more than 50 years, the Vol Network has served as the main communications link between the University of Tennessee and its fans. As the broadcast rights holder to University of Tennessee athletics, Host Communications/Vol Network manages UT radio and television programming, game day publications, on-line services, venue signage and various other marketing and promotional activities related to Big Orange athletics.
The Vol Network is the exclusive producer and marketer of University of Tennessee sports programming. The network coordinates and distributes football, men's basketball, women's basketball and baseball radio broadcasts, a weekly coaches call-in show and weekly television coaches shows for football, men's and women's basketball and spring sports. Additional television projects include a preseason football television special and a select number of live men's and women's basketball games each year. The network also oversees Tennessee's pay-per-view operation and all Vol Network home video products. The Vol Network, in conjunction with the University of Tennessee, supervises the marketing of the UT athletic department's official web site, UTSports.com and UTLadyVols.com, and Tennessee's official game day publications for football and men's and women's basketball are also published and distributed by the Vol Network.
The Vol Network is a division of Host Communications, a subsidiary of Triple Crown Media. Host Communications, Inc. is a nationally recognized sports marketing corporation with more than 500 employees. Host's Collegiate Group manages marketing rights to 13 institutions and four major athletic conferences. Host also administers the NCAA Corporate Partner Program and has high school and event management divisions.
The Vol Network staff consists of Steve Early (General Manager), Glenn Thackston (Director of Operations/Asst. GM), Brandon Parks (Director of Network Sales), Troy Hartmann (Senior Account Execcutive), Marc Gibson (Account Executive), Brian Shupe (Account Executive) and Beverly May (Director of Administration).
Host Communications / Vol Network
6701 Baum Dr., Suite 130
Knoxville, TN 37919
(865) 584-7043
