i have a few countdowns from the college broadcasters
Learfield/ISP: they put the team fight song in a loop (ISP plays filler music before they do that)
ISP example(Washington huskies): "hello network stations, we are counting you down to this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, on my mark it will be X minutes until airtime, in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, x minutes stations, x minutes until this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, your next time cue will come at x minutes till airtime" "on my mark it will be x minutes till airtime, X minutes till airtime, standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, x minutes stations, x minutes until this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, your next time cue will come at x minutes until airtime as we continue to count you down" "standby stations, coming up on your x minute time check on the Washington ISP sports network, on my mark it will be x minutes until airtime, standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, x minutes stations, x minutes till this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, your next time cue will come at x minutes until airtime as we continue to count you down" "standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, 30 seconds stations, 30 seconds until airtime, your next and final cue will come at 15 seconds till airtime, on my mark stations it will be 15 seconds until airtime, standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, 15 seconds stations, have fun!"
Learfield example(Texas A&M aggies): "attention stations on the aggies sports radio network, our broadcast of Texas A&M football against (opponent) will begin in x minutes from my mark, in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, stations that was your x minute time check, if you have any technical questions during the broadcast please call Learfield Engineering 573-893-xxxx(not giving away the phone number :-X)
Westwood one (for national coverage of NCAA, Notre Dame, and NFL football): the usual "CBS radio networks channel 42" and tone loop precedes the countdown, a different tone sounds when they break away from the loop. "this is the correct channel for today's Westwood one, CBS radio sports play by play event, at the tone our coverage will begin in X minutes" "this is the correct channel for today's play by play event from Westwood one and CBS radio sports, this is your final time check, at the tone our coverage will begin in 30 seconds"
Michigan state Spartans: some of the sights and sounds of pre-game at Spartan Stadium in a loop is played during the countdown. "attention affiliates, this is the Michigan state spartan radio network, today's game Michigan state at (opponent) goes on the air at 11:00 straight up, that will be x minutes from the next mark you receive, affiliates you will get your x minute mark coming up in 3, 2, 1, mark, that's x minutes till airtime stations, x minutes till air" "and stations, standby, we will count you down from 15, mark, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, everyone have a great game"
Western Carolina catamounts: a loop alternating between filler music, 3 songs performed by the marching band, and the fight song. this was heard in between "please set levels to the following 1 Kilohertz tone, 10 second duration" "this is the catamount sports radio network" "attention stations, this is the catamount sports radio network, from the tone, we will be X minutes XX seconds to airtime" "attention stations, this is the catamount sports radio network, 45 seconds to the beginning of the broadcast will be a 1 Kilohertz tone for a 30 second duration followed by 15 seconds of silence, this is the catamount sports radio network"
that is all i have
any audio from these or other teams put them here
Learfield/ISP: they put the team fight song in a loop (ISP plays filler music before they do that)
ISP example(Washington huskies): "hello network stations, we are counting you down to this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, on my mark it will be X minutes until airtime, in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, x minutes stations, x minutes until this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, your next time cue will come at x minutes till airtime" "on my mark it will be x minutes till airtime, X minutes till airtime, standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, x minutes stations, x minutes until this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, your next time cue will come at x minutes until airtime as we continue to count you down" "standby stations, coming up on your x minute time check on the Washington ISP sports network, on my mark it will be x minutes until airtime, standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, x minutes stations, x minutes till this broadcast on the Washington ISP sports network, your next time cue will come at x minutes until airtime as we continue to count you down" "standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, 30 seconds stations, 30 seconds until airtime, your next and final cue will come at 15 seconds till airtime, on my mark stations it will be 15 seconds until airtime, standby, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, 15 seconds stations, have fun!"
Learfield example(Texas A&M aggies): "attention stations on the aggies sports radio network, our broadcast of Texas A&M football against (opponent) will begin in x minutes from my mark, in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark, stations that was your x minute time check, if you have any technical questions during the broadcast please call Learfield Engineering 573-893-xxxx(not giving away the phone number :-X)
Westwood one (for national coverage of NCAA, Notre Dame, and NFL football): the usual "CBS radio networks channel 42" and tone loop precedes the countdown, a different tone sounds when they break away from the loop. "this is the correct channel for today's Westwood one, CBS radio sports play by play event, at the tone our coverage will begin in X minutes" "this is the correct channel for today's play by play event from Westwood one and CBS radio sports, this is your final time check, at the tone our coverage will begin in 30 seconds"
Michigan state Spartans: some of the sights and sounds of pre-game at Spartan Stadium in a loop is played during the countdown. "attention affiliates, this is the Michigan state spartan radio network, today's game Michigan state at (opponent) goes on the air at 11:00 straight up, that will be x minutes from the next mark you receive, affiliates you will get your x minute mark coming up in 3, 2, 1, mark, that's x minutes till airtime stations, x minutes till air" "and stations, standby, we will count you down from 15, mark, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, everyone have a great game"
Western Carolina catamounts: a loop alternating between filler music, 3 songs performed by the marching band, and the fight song. this was heard in between "please set levels to the following 1 Kilohertz tone, 10 second duration" "this is the catamount sports radio network" "attention stations, this is the catamount sports radio network, from the tone, we will be X minutes XX seconds to airtime" "attention stations, this is the catamount sports radio network, 45 seconds to the beginning of the broadcast will be a 1 Kilohertz tone for a 30 second duration followed by 15 seconds of silence, this is the catamount sports radio network"
that is all i have
any audio from these or other teams put them here