DVD of historic 1966 NCAA Championship now available - Film of victory by Texas Western Miners restored and enhanced

Coach Don Haskins will autograph DVDs at All That Music & Video 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, September 29.

Restored and enhanced by the latest and most advanced video and audio technology, the film of the historic 1966 NCCA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship victory of the Texas Western College Miners is now being made available for purchase by the public.

On March 19, 1966 in College Park, Maryland, Texas Western College, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), put an all-black starting five on the floor for the first time in an NCAA basketball championship. That night the Texas Western Miners, led by coach Don Haskins with star players David Lattin and Bobby Joe Hill, defeated coach Adolph Rupp’s (all-white) #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats, 72-65. Recently, the 1966 Miners were the first college team inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The actual radio game commentary of the late great sportscaster Claude Sullivan was added to and synchronized with the film. Sullivan, recognized as one of the best sportscasters of his day, was known for broadcasting the games of the Cincinnati Reds, as well as those of the University of Kentucky. The original film of the championship game did not have any audio commentary. An old film transfer of the game was digitally remastered, removing some dirt and other “old film” elements and improving the quality of the video immensely. The audio of the radio broadcast by Sullivan was also digitally remastered and then matched up to the video, play for play.

Presented in black and white, the new DVD has bonus features including the game newsreel, NCAA® highlight video and post-game interview with Adolph Rupp. The running time is approximately 55 minutes plus bonus features.

Among the highlights of the film are a thunderous dunk by David Lattin early in the contest that set the tone for the game and the exciting back to back steals by Bobby Joe Hill, whose quickness left the Kentucky team flustered and frustrated. Also featured for the Miners were Harry Flournoy, Willie Cager, Willie Worsley and Nevil Shed. Among the Kentucky Wildcats players was Pat Riley, the future NBA Hall of Fame coach.

The NCAA is acknowledging the special importance of the DVD to Miner fans by initiating its retail distribution in El Paso on September 29, prior to the national release date of October 9. It may be purchased at All That Music & Video for a special sale price of $19.95. Coach Don Haskins will be at All That Music & Video to autograph copies of the DVD from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 29. Autographed copies will be sold for the regular retail price of $24.95.

Steve Crosno to be honored posthumously by Texas Radio Hall of Fame Saturday, October 27 in Dallas, Texas

The late Steve Crosno, El Paso’s legendary radio personality, will be honored posthumously with instatement into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame’s “Hall of Honor.” The Hall of Honor recognizes those who have made significant and notable contributions to radio.

Crosno will be one of five radio broadcasters named to the “Hall of Honor” at the 2007 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Induction Celebration Dinner and Awards Program Saturday evening October 27 at the Marriott Dallas-Addison Quorum by the Galleria Hotel. The members of the “Hall of Honor” remain highly eligible to be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame in the future. Twelve honorees will be inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame at this year’s event.

Steve Crosno was perhaps the most recognized radio personality in the region of El Paso, Texas for much of the past 50 years. Born Stephen Charles Edward Crosno in 1939, Steve Crosno began his radio broadcasting career at the age of 16 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Over the years his popularity grew to the point where Crosno became a kind of cultural icon whose voice, image and sense of humor became known to almost everyone in El Paso, Las Cruces, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The music played by Steve Crosno became known as “the El Paso sound,” and his innovations included playing Spanish language music on English language formats.

The 2007 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Induction Celebration Dinner and Awards Program is open to the public. Friends and fans of Steve Crosno who would like to attend may obtain tickets and further information at the Texas Radio Hall of Fame website: www.texasradiohalloffame.com.

2007 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductees:
Gordon Baxter, KLVI, Beaumont (Deceased); Bob Bruton, KXOL-KFJZ, SMN, Dallas-Fort Worth; Gary DeLaune, KLIF-KRLD-KNUZ, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston; Larry Dixon, KVIL-KPLX, Dallas-Fort Worth; Terry Dorsey, KSCS, Dallas-Fort Worth; Roy Eaton, KXOL-WBAP, Dallas-Fort Worth; Don Harris, WBAP-KLIF-KCLE, Dallas-Fort Worth, Cleburne; Dan Ingram, KBOX, Dallas (At WABC 770 and WCBS FM in NYC after his career in Texas); Charlie Jones, WFAA 570, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston (NBC and ABC Sports); Randy Robins, KFJZ, KLIF, KNUS, KGKB, KDOK, Dallas-Fort Worth, Tyler; Jack Schell, KLIF, KVIL, Dallas-Fort Worth; and Arch Yancey, KIKK, KNUZ, KQUE, KILT, Houston.

2007 Texas Radio Hall of Fame “Hall of Honor” Instatees:
Steve Crosno, KELP, El Paso (Deceased); Jon Dillon, KRLD, KZPS, Dallas-Fort Worth; Paxton Mills, KLIF, KNUS, Dallas-Fort Worth (Deceased); Dick Risenhoover, KGNC, WBAP, KRLD, Amarillo, Dallas-Fort Worth (Deceased); Peggy Sears, KBOX, KVIL, KLUV, Dallas-Fort Worth.