Popular Ferris Sports Update Television Show Airs For 16th Season This Year On Fox 32!

Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris Sports Update, a popular Ferris State University television program, will continue to air each week during the 2025-26 athletics season with broadcast coverage throughout most of Michigan as the show begins its 16th season.

A half-hour interview show profiling Ferris State Athletics, the Ferris Sports Update program will air across most of Northern Michigan on WFQX Fox 32 each Wednesday night at 10:30 p.m. (ET) throughout the year. The show is produced by Ferris State University's Television and Digital Media Production (TDMP) students in partnership with the Bulldog Athletics Department. A total of 28 weekly episodes will air this season covering both the fall and spring semesters.

The 30-minute program is taped and produced in a studio within the Interdisciplinary Resource Center (IRC) Building on the FSU campus. In addition to airing on Fox 32, the show is also accessible in the metro Grand Rapids area on Comcast cable along with WKTV, a community access channel.

Along with the broadcast coverage, free live on-demand streaming of the show will be available over the internet on a continuous basis at www.FerrisState.tv. Segments of the show will also utilized via the official FSU Athletics website and multimedia portal at FerrisStateBulldogs.com along with various university social networking platforms, including YouTube (@FerrisAthletics).

The host of the show is Associate Athletics Director for Communications Rob Bentley, who also serves as a local radio voice for the Bulldogs and is in his 26th year working for Ferris State Athletics. The show will celebrate its 400th episode this coming year and is produced and directed by senior students in the TDMP program.

"It's been exciting to be part of the show for so many years and it provides us with an excellent platform to showcase our coaches, student-athletes and teams," said Bentley. "This offers tremendous visibility for Bulldog Athletics and is an important part of our multimedia and broadcasting efforts."

Ferris Sports Update affords a unique opportunity for Bulldog fans to get information pertaining to Ferris State athletics while also providing insight from the respective FSU varsity athletic programs from its coaches, student-athletes and support staff. The show will include features on Ferris State student-athletes along with selected highlights from Bulldog Athletics events.

"I believe the collaboration we have with this program is a "win" for all areas in benefiting current students, attracting new students and representing student athletes and programs across many parts of Michigan and the Upper Peninsula," said faculty advisor Glen Okonoski. "Our students function as a team in the studio, fulfilling each role necessary to create the show, and there is added importance placed on their learning when they know their product will be seen by a wide audience.

"We hope fans will tune in and see the professional production and engaging stories that are told on a weekly basis," he added.

The students in the class producing the show are under the direction of Okonoski with assistance from engineer Bill Jung along with faculty member Andrew Tingley.

Funding for the show is made possible thru a joint effort between FSU Athletics, the Ferris State Admissions office, University Advancement and Marketing along with the College of Business.