ISU coaches shows, Monday Night Football on WJBC tonight

Posted on December 7, 2015

ISU coaches Dan Muller and Barb Smith will be at Pub II tonight on WJBC. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)

By WJBC Staff

WJBC has the first Illinois State basketball coaches shows of the 2015-16 season tonight.

The Barb Smith Show begins at 6 p.m. as WJBC’s Tim Lewis and Melanie Ward talk to the ISU women’s basketball coach. Dick Luedke and Mike Matthews will chat with men’s coach Dan Muller at 7.

Both are live at Pub II in Uptown Normal and are presented by Country Financial representatives Steve Petersen and Melissa Isenburg and by Miller Lite.

After the coaches shows, WJBC will join Monday Night Football in progress. The Washington Redskins host the Dallas Cowboys.

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