88.7 FM, The Pulse, the student radio station at the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), will broadcast ten East Valley high school boys & girls basketball games during the 2023-2024 regular season, from November 28th through February 7th. The broadcast schedule highlights schools throughout the East Valley, including Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, Ahwatukee and Queen Creek. It also includes last year’s boys Open Division champ (Perry), girls Open Division champ (Desert Vista), two boys Open Division semifinalists (Basha & Desert Mountain), girls Open Division runner up (Millennium), girls Open Division semifinalist (Xavier Prep), boys 6A state champ (Highland), girls 6A state champ (Valley Vista), boys 6A runner up (Brophy) and boys 3A state champ (Valley Christian).
The Pulse is a product of EVIT’s Radio/Audio Production class, located at the Main Campus of EVIT. It’s a public radio station that showcases the talents of the students enrolled in the program. The broadcasts provide current EVIT Radio students the opportunity to gain valuable experience contributing as play-by-play announcers, analysts & onsite engineers. EVIT students will also handle all pre and post-production of the broadcasts.
The Pulse has established itself as the go-to place for live radio coverage of high school athletics. Pulse Sports is in its ninth year of broadcasting high school football, boys and girls high school basketball and high school baseball and softball games. This fall, Pulse Sports just completed a 9-game broadcast schedule of regular season high school football games throughout the East Valley.
For the second time in three years, The Pulse was recently named the “Best High School Radio Station” in the nation at the 2022-2023 John Drury High School Radio Awards. Current high school sophomores & juniors who are interested in sports broadcasting and learning more about The Pulse and the opportunities within the Radio/Audio Production programs at EVIT, please contact Dave Juday at [email protected].
High School Basketball Broadcasts on 88.7 FM/The Pulse
Date Teams Time
November 28 Pinnacle @ Gilbert 7pm
December 5 Desert Mountain @ ALA-Gilbert North 7pm
December 14 Corona del Sol @ Highland 7pm
January 4 ALA-Ironwood @ Valley Christian 7pm
January 9 GIRLS: Valley Vista @ Desert Vista 7pm
January 12 Brophy @ Basha 7pm
January 16 Mountain View @ Mesa 7pm
January 25 GIRLS: Seton Prep @ Mesquite 7pm
January 30 GIRLS: Millennium @ Hamilton 7pm
February 7 Perry @ Chandler 7pm
--All games tipoff at 7pm or following the conclusion of that night’s JV contest