Show begins with season preview Aug. 27;
Program presented by IWC Cash & Carry

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The all-new Watson Brown Show, presented by IWC Cash & Carry, returns this year beginning with the preseason show on Wednesday night on the eve of the Golden Eagle season opener against Kentucky Wesleyan. The show will air Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on WCTE TV, and be available on other outlets such as the OVC Digital Network.

Tech football fans throughout the region will also have the opportunity to ask Brown questions via Twitter by tweeting questions to @TTUGoldenEagles.

During the 30-minute show, Brown will sit down with local sports personality Buddy Pearson and recap the previous week's game, show highlights and game film, preview the upcoming opponent, and answer questions from fans' tweets. Special feature segmets include a spotlight on Golden Eagle Student-Athletes doing community service projects, and a weekly interview that brings out the personalities of Golden Eagle players.

The show will also feature a segment called "Where have they landed" which tracks down former Golden Eagles with in-depth interviews, highlights and information to bring fans up-to-date on their whereabouts.

Another special feature will be a Mic'd up segment following coaches, players and others in candid situations.

WCTE is the PBS station for the Upper Cumberland, and can be seen in the Nashville market on Dish and DirectTV. The show will also be available from North Central Communications in the Macon County region, extending across the border into South Central Kentucky.  The show will also air regionally on Charter Communications, and on the Internet via TTUsports.com, the OVC Digital Network, and on the Tech Athletics YouTube channel.

"We are thrilled that IWC Cash & Carry returns as the presenting sponsor, allowing us to air The Watson Brown Show during the 2014 season," said Mark Wilson, TTU Director of Athletics. "The Watson Brown Show has proven to be popular with fans throughout the Upper Cumberland and Metro Nashville regions in the past, and last year the show took some new directions that proved to be very popular. We plan to continue to build on that success."

Brown, a Cookeville native, is in his eigth season as Tennessee Tech's head football coach. He is in his 30th season as a head football coach, and his 42nd season in college coaching overall.

The program will be produced by Marc Graham and Tom Hollander, Video Productions Coordinators in the TTU Sports Information Department.