BOONE, N.C. — Mountaineer Talk presented by Frontier Natural Gas, the weekly radio show with Appalachian State head football coach
Eliah Drinkwitz, makes its 2019-20 debut on Tuesday, Aug. 27, live at Café Portofino on Rivers Street.
All shows, which are distributed through the Appalachian Sports Network from Learfield IMG College, will begin at 7 p.m. and run until 8 p.m., in the main dining room at Café Portofino.
Drinkwitz and App State student-athletes will join Adam Witten, Voice of the Mountaineers, as Appalachian prepares for its Aug. 31 home opener against East Tennessee State. Fans are invited to join them and participate in the program as members of the audience.
The only Tuesday with no show during the regular season will be Oct. 8, the day before the Mountaineers play a Sun Belt Conference game at Louisiana.
If you're not in the audience at Café Portofino, Mountaineer Talk can also be heard live on the following radio affiliates throughout the state: WKBC 97.3 FM in Wilkesboro/Boone, WCGC 1270 AM in Charlotte/Gastonia, WAVO 1150 AM in Charlotte/Rock Hill, WSJS 600 AM and 101.3 FM in Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point and WZGM 1350 AM in Asheville.
Mountaineer Talk can also be heard online at
appstatesports.com or through the TuneIn app. Fans can also watch the show live at Facebook.com/AppStateFootball.
There are several ways that fans can ask questions and interact with Witten, Drinkwitz and guests during each broadcast. Use the hashtag #MountaineerTalk on Twitter, email
mountaineertalk@gmail.com, text 828-351-6878 or ask a question via the Facebook live feed at Facebook.com/AppStateFootball.
2019 Mountaineer Talk football dates (7-8 p.m.)
Aug. 27
Sept. 3
Sept. 10
Sept. 17
Sept. 24
Oct. 1
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
Nov. 12
Nov. 19
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
For the bold dates, the show will be taped as live on Tuesday night but will air live on radio affiliates Wednesday night due to men's basketball games on those dates.
