Supply: Brandon Wheat Kings Information Launch
The Brandon Wheat Kings are proud to announce that Wheat Kings hockey is returning to Q Nation 91.5 FM (Q Nation) and 880 AM. Q Nation has been the radio dwelling of the Wheat Kings for a mixed whole of 27 years.
Courting again to 1985, CKLQ has been synonymous with probably the most thrilling moments in Wheat Kings’ historical past, together with the Ed Chynoweth Cup Championships in 1996 and 2016 and Memorial Cup appearances in 2010 and 2016.
“It is a nice alternative for Q Nation listeners to re-engage with the Wheat Kings model,” stated Westman Radio Ltd Basic Supervisor Brian Wortley. “When folks assume Q Nation and CKLQ, they assume Wheat Kings Hockey. We have been there when Marty Murray scored 43 objectives in 93,’ and now he’s main this franchise into a brand new period…an period that we’re proud to be part of shifting ahead.”
“The Wheat Kings and Q Nation go collectively, for my part,” stated Wheat Kings Basic Supervisor Marty Murray. “As a younger man, that is how I stayed in contact with the Wheat Kings. It’s how everybody stayed linked to the group, and it simply feels proper to be going again.”
Followers can hear all 68 common season video games on Q Nation 91.5 FM and 880 AM, and on-line at qcountryfm.ca. Every sport evening will embrace a pre-game and post-game present hosted by the brand new voice of the Wheat Kings – Chase Johnston.
Chase was born and raised in Mission BC, spending time because the in-game host with the Prince George Cougars earlier than shifting into the published sales space for the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds from 2016-18 after which referred to as over 200 BCHL video games with the West Kelowna Warriors from 2018-2022.
“After I graduated broadcasting faculty, my fundamental purpose was to succeed in the Western Hockey League” Chase stated from Kelowna on Monday. “I’m thrilled I get to affix a group with such a wealthy historical past just like the Wheat Kings and sit up for assembly all the nice followers in Brandon.”
The Wheat Kings open the WHL Common Season on Saturday, September twenty fourth, versus the Winnipeg ICE. You may hear all of the motion beginning with the pre-game present at 6:30 p.m. Puck drop is at 7:00 p.m.
