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June 15, 2017 | Vol Network
Play Volunteer Trivia every week on the Vol Network Twitter page . If your answer is correct, you will be entered into a drawing to win this week's VolCalls Volunteer Trivia. The winner will be announced on VolCalls (Wednesday nights, 8-9 p.m.) and alerted via Twitter in order to claim his/her prize. The winner will have two weeks to respond and claim the prize.
HELPFUL LINKS
Coaches Shows Vol Calls and The Big Orange Hotline Vol Notebook with Bob Kesling TuneInÂ
For 75Â 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, Learfield/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.
Additional television projects include preseason television specials for football, men's basketball, and women's basketball, as well as oversight of 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. Tennessee's official game day publications for football and men's and women's basketball are also published and distributed by the Vol Network. Additionally, Tennessee's official game day publications for football, men's basketball, and women's basketball are published and distributed by the Vol Network.
The Vol Network is a division of Learfield, a nationally recognized sports marketing corporation with more than 1000 employees. Learfield manages marketing rights to nearly 200 universities and conferences.
The Vol Network staff consists of:
- Brandon Parks / General Manager
- Glenn Thackston / Executive Director
- Ben Bates / Account Executive
- David Houck / Account Executive
- Brandon Lane / Senior Manager of Digital Operations
- Nik Bell / Partner Services Coordinator
- Jessica Leifheit / Partner Services Coordinator
- Savannah Chalfant / Partner Services Coordinator
                             Vol Calls
Hosted by Bob Kesling, "Vol Calls" is the University of Tennessee's weekly, statewide coaches call-in radio show, where Tennessee fans can call in and talk with the head coaches of the Vols and Lady Vols.
The show broadcasts live from Calhoun's on the River at 8Â p.m. ET on Wednesday during football season. Following football season, Vol Calls moves to Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
                            Big Orange Hotline
The Vol Network's "Big Orange Hotline" is a weekly, one-hour, prime time Tennessee football preview and review show presented and hosted by Dead End BBQ. The Vol Network's Bob Kesling hosts the show, and each week he will be joined by former Vol quarterbacks Pat Ryan and Jeff Francis. Numerous special guests and former Vols will be on the show this season. Tune in for Big Orange Hotline Mondays throughout football season at 8 p.m. ET.
