After meetings between Spinner Howland from the Axemen and Steve Griffin and Tom McManus a deal has been struck to make Jacksonville Sport Radio Station 1010XL, the official sports radio station for the Australia Day Challenge.
The partnership will allow for fans all over the world to listen to the game live via the streaming ability at the www.1010xl.com website in addition hearing it in the Jacksonville area at 1010am on the radio dial.
Both Steve and Tom, along with a number of other 1010XL personalities and staff, have been huge fans and supporters of the Jacksonville Axemen and the sport of Rugby League for the past 2 years and this commitment only goes to prove their desire to put local Jacksonville sporting events first.
In addition to the game day broadcast, they will also do a live remote broadcast from 11am until 3pm at the media day press conference that will be held on Wednesday, Jan 23rd, at the Jacksonville Landing. Tom McManus and Rick Ballou will be onsite for their “Mac and Ballou” show to meet fans and give updates about the conference and the teams activities during the show. We encourage everyone visiting Jacksonville to put this event on your calendar and be sure to say hello to both the guys. The press conference will get underway at approx 11.30am.
Tom will also continue his duties with the Australia Day Challenge as the co-commentator with a “yet to be named” Rugby League expert. Tom McManus is a former professional football player that played as a linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars. His no nonsense, tough as nails style of play calling will be a great addition to the game and with his American Football background, he will be great in calling the game that will be more familiar to the American based fans. This will be a huge step in allowing the American public the chance to understand and appreciate Rugby League to its full extent.
We encourage all the local fans to tune into 1010XL and for those international fans, you should visit the www.1010xl.com site to make sure you can “listen live” and send the guys a note letting them know you will be listening on game day.
Tom McManus (right) with Sam Kouvaris and Russell Crowe