September 12, 2012

Eastern Connecticut Hosts Radio Talk Show

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- The second installment of Eastern Athletics Weekly - Eastern Connecticut State University's student-run one-hour sports talk show -- can be seen live on LittleEast.tv this Friday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m.

The hour-long show - hosted by Nicholas Aconfora, Nicholas Minutelli and Sean Harrison - will also be archived for later viewing under ""Recent Archives" on LittleEast.tv immediately upon completion of its live airing.

Periodically, student-athletes, coaches and staff will interviewed on the show. The first half-hour of the show reviews the week in Eastern intercollegiate athletics, and looks ahead to upcoming activity. The hosts will discuss professional and Division I football and basketball in the second segment.

Viewers will have an opportunity to win Eastern athletic apparel and other merchandise by answering trivia questions as part of each show.

All three EAW hosts are Newington natives and graduates of Newington High School.

Aconfora is a sophomore Communication major and has served as a play-by-play broadcaster for numerous Eastern sports since last year. He aspires to a career in broadcast journalism and to host his own sports talk show following graduation. He was a four-year member of the NHS basketball program.

Also a sophomore, Minutelli is an Economics major who is studying radio at Eastern and is involved in business. Minutelli also played four years of basketball and two years of golf at NHS.

Harrison is a junior Accounting major at Eastern who has an interest in radio broadcasting and is studying to become a Certified Public Accountant. Harrison was also a four-year basketball letterwinner at NHS who additionally played golf and ran cross country.