Ok. Maybe not a media blitz but we have been covered by four national wrestling media outlets in the past 2 weeks. Up next- radio interview tomorrow (Wed, Aug 18, 2009) Wed, 6:40 EST http://www.kcnzam.com (On the Mat with Andrew Hipps) Show is from 6-7 PM EST

Email Questions to: radio@wrestlingmuseum.org Full Press Release Below ================================

Andrew Hipps and Jim Harshaw to go ‘On the Mat’ this week.

Wrestling enthusiasts Andrew Hipps and Jim Harshaw will be radio show guests Wednesday night.

Iowa State University graduate Andrew Hipps started revwrestling.com in October 2005. Considered one of the premier wrestling web sites in the nation, Hipps purchased Intermat from the NWCA in April and combined the two in May. Hipps attended Chaska High School in Minnesota where he competed as a wrestler and runs his business from St Louis Park, Minnesota. Hipps and his staff do a terrific job covering wrestling on a national basis.

Jim Harshaw is the owner of Riot Sports Marketing, a new company that is helping wrestling programs increase media coverage and improve attendance and fundraising. Harshaw was an NCAA All-American for the University of Virginia in 1999 placing 8th at 165 pounds. He served as an assistant coach at Virginia from 2002 – 2004 and was the head coach at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania from 2004 – 2006.

“On the Mat” is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and 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 radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show.