On The Mat

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Dan Gable, legendary wrestler and coach, will go "On the Mat" this Wednesday, January 26.

"On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:05 - 6:00 PM CST on AM 1650, The Fan.

Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa from 1977-1997. His teams won 15 NCAA team titles in 21 years and compiled a 355-21-5 dual meet record. As a wrestler, Gable was an NCAA champion for Iowa State in 1968 and 1969. He won the 1972 Olympics in freestyle wrestling without surrendering a point.

Gable recently retired from the University of Iowa as an administrator. This show will focus on his career and legacy in wrestling.

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Davenport Assumption head wrestling coach Pete Bush and Hal Turner, director of The Wrestling Academy in Johnston, Iowa, will be radio show guests this week.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan.

Pete Bush was an NCAA champion for the University of Iowa in 1982 at 190 pounds. Coaching at his alma mater, Davenport Assumption, Bush’s teams have placed in the top 5 in the state tournament the last few years and this year’s team is currently ranked number one in Class 2A in Iowa.

Hal Turner was an NCAA Division II All-American for the University of Northern Iowa at 158 pounds in 1977. He coached for seven years at the high school level and currently serves as the director of the The Wrestling Academy in central Iowa.

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USA Wrestling’s Jason Bryant and Jeff Byers, the voice of Penn State wrestling, will go 'On the Mat' this Wednesday, January 5.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:05 - 6:00 PM CST on AM 1650, The Fan.

Bryant works at USA Wrestling as the Coordinator of Grassroots and Social Media. He will preview the Virginia Duals and the National Duals events taking place this weekend.

Byers is the play-by-play voice for Penn State wrestling. Each Wednesday he hosts the Cael Sanderson show. Byers will provide an update on this year’s surging Penn State team.

Mike Finn, editor of Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine, and Ben Askren, 2008 Olympian and two-time NCAA champion for Missouri, go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, December 29.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:05 - 6:00 PM CST on AM 1650, The Fan.

Finn is the editor of Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine. He was named journalist of the year by the National Wrestling Media Association in 2006. Finn will provide an end mid-season update on the college wrestling season.

Askren was an Olympian 2008 and an NCAA champion for Missouri in 2006 and 2007. Askren will face two-time NCAA champion Jake Herbert in “Super Match” at the Midlands on Thursday, Dec. 30 at 3:30 p.m. Askren and Herbert faced each other in the finals of the 2006 NCAA tournament.

American University head wrestling coach Mark Cody and Northwestern University head wrestling coach Drew Pariano will be radio show guests this week.

"On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail [email protected] with any questions or comments about the show.

Ninth year head coach Mark Cody has done a terrific job building the wrestling program at American University. Cody has coached 11 All-Americans, including 2007 NCAA champion Josh Glenn at 197 pounds. American University wrestlers had the highest grade point average of all Division I wrestling teams last season.

Pariano is in his first season leading the Wildcat wrestling program, his alma mater. He served as Northwestern's top assistant the last five years and was the head coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, for two seasons. Northwestern is currently 10-0 in dual meets and ranked No. 9 in the nation.

Roger Frizzell and Kenny Monday to go ‘On the Mat’ this week

Former Bedlam rivals Roger Frizzell and Kenny Monday will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, December 8.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on theInternet at www.kcnzam.com (http://www.kcnzam.com/) or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:05 - 6:00 PM CST on AM 1650, The Fan.

Frizzell and Monday will be on the show in advance of the Bedlam wrestling dual between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State onDec.12. This rivalry is one of the most intense in college athletics.

Both will be featured in a special program at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., prior to the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State dual meet on Sunday, Dec. 12. The program begins at 4 p.m. and the meet begins at 6 p.m.

Frizzell was a four-time All-American for Oklahoma, placing 4th, 3rd, 3rd, and 3rd at the NCAA tournament from 1980 through 1983. Monday was a three-time NCAA championship finalist, placing 2nd, 2nd, and 1st from 1982 through 1984. Frizzell and Monday faced each other twice in Bedlam duals.

Gary McCall, a three-time All-American for Iowa State University, will be the radio show guests this week.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail [email protected] with any questions or comments about the show.

Gary McCall was a two-time time state champion for Cedar Rapids Washington High School and won All-American honors three-times for Iowa State, his last in 1990.

Heath Eslinger and Mike Duroe to go ‘On the Mat’ this week

Tennessee-Chattanooga head wrestling coach Heath Eslinger and Cornell College head wrestling coach Mike Duroe will go “Onthe Mat” this Wednesday, November 24.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on theInternet at www.kcnzam.com (http://www.kcnzam.com/) or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:05 - 6:00 PM CST on AM 1650, The Fan.

Eslinger is in his second year as the head wrestling coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga. He led his team to an 11-7 dual meet record last season. Eslinger’s team won the Southern Conference title and sent two wrestlers to the NCAA tournament.

Duroe is in his sixth year at the head wrestling coach at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. He was named Iowa Conference Coach of the Year last season. His team will face the University of Iowa and Tennessee-Chattanooga in a double dual on Nov. 26 at Cornell.

Waldorf head coach Dustin Baynes and Upper Iowa head coach Heath Grimm go On The Mat on November 17, 2010.

Wartburg coach Jim Miller and Joe Breitbach, the owner of Joe's Knighthawk in Waverly, Iowa, go On The Mat on November 10, 2010.