For Immediate Release 9/12/05

Germany and Banks to Host Show

Fuquay-Varina, NC – Lamont Germany and Terry Banks will be the new co-hosts of the nation’s Black college sports talk show FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. Donal Ware, founder and CEO of DWCommunications, LLC, the parent company of the show, has served as the shows host for the first four shows.

“As I have stated before I am very exited about the show itself and am even more thrilled to have two such outstanding professionals hosting the show,” said Ware. “Lamont taught me everything I know about broadcasting from the time I was a student at Morgan State University. Terry’s energy and enthusiasm for life and radio is almost unmatched and the two of them have outstanding chemistry. The show will be elevated to a new level with these to gentlemen hosting.”

Germany, a native of Pittsburgh, PA, is a 1986 graduate of Morgan State University. Germany has been the “voice” of the Bears for 26 years now, while also having served in the capacity of assistant sports information director since 1997. In April of 2005, Germany resigned his position as assistant sports information director to become a host on the Major League Baseball channel on XM Satellite Radio.

For the last eight years, Germany has hosted and produced the show Sports Rap. Germany’s love of sports is exuded when he broadcasts a game or hosts a show. In 1998 Germany was named Baltimore’s Sportscaster of the Year by the Baltimore City Paper.

Now in his 14th year as a radio professional, Banks has a voice and a style of speaking that is like no other. Within six months of attending Columbia College in Chicago, IL, his broadcast career began. It started at WMAQ radio in 1991, where he was hired to work in the marketing department. His responsibilities included going to various locations promoting the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. He then moved to the newsroom where he became a sportswriter. After a year of sports writing, he became a full-time news and sports producer. In 1996 he relocated to Baltimore, MD and joined WEAA radio as their color analyst for live football and basketball games. He also became a co-host on the popular WEAA sports talk show Sports Rap.

“I am honored and proud to have been picked by Mr. Donal Ware, to be one of the new voices you will hear on the show,” said Banks a native of Chicago. “From the time I entered into the broadcast profession in 1991, I have worked hard to become a host that people would enjoy listening to and conversing with.”

FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW is the only national, live call-in show whose focus is Black college sports. The show began airing on August 20 and airs every Saturday from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST. The show airs on WCBM 680-AM in the Baltimore/Washington area, WTJH 1260-AM in Atlanta, WYDE 101.1 FM/1260-AM in Birmingham, both WSRC 1410-AM and WAUG 750-AM in Raleigh-Durham, NC and simulcasts on WKEW 1400-AM in Greensboro, NC as well as WPOL 1340-AM in Winston-Salem, NC. The show also airs live via the Internet at www.boxtorow.com..

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