VIB TRIVIA
 

• In the multi-year history of the VIB, broadcasts have been viewed from 16 states (Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Montana, and Ohio) and six countries (USA, Canada, Singapore, Denmark, Italy, and The Czech Republic).*  Of these locations, Singapore is the farthest away from Downs at approximately 9450 miles.  View a US map here and a world map here.
   
• In addition to the multitude of broadcasts from Tri-Valley campus, the VIB has broadcast from many other sites in and outside of Illinois:  Tremont, Colfax, LeRoy, Gibson City, Heyworth, Flanagan, Lexington, Paxton, Clifton, Danville, Delavan, Farmington, El Paso, Morrison, Riverton (text updates), East Peoria (text updates), Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal, Bourbonnais, and St. Louis, MO (text updates).  View a map here.
   
• The following broadcasts are the highest rated in VIB history:

1.)  Boys Basketball Super Sectional game vs. St. Anne on March 9th, 2004.
2.)  Senior Night Football game vs. LeRoy on October 24th, 2008
3.)  Boys Basketball McLean County Tournament Championship Game vs. Heyworth on January 26th, 2008.  (Watch highlights here.)
4.)  Boys Basketball McLean County Tournament Championship Game vs. Dee Mack on January 21st, 2006.  (Watch highlights here.)
5.)  Boys Basketball SVC Tournament Game vs. LeRoy on February 1st, 2006.

• The lowest rated broadcast in VIB history was the Girls Basketball McLean County Championship game featuring Ridgeview and Flanagan on January 21st, 2006.
   
• During the February 17th, 2006, broadcast of the Varsity Boys Basketball game vs. LeRoy, the high volume of VIB viewers caused the Tri-Valley website to crash.
   
• In the multi-year history of the VIB, there have been 25 championship contests covered in either broadcast of text update form:  two basketball regional championship games, one basketball sectional championship game, one basketball super-sectional championship game, three basketball McLean County Tournament championship games, one baseball SVC championship game, three softball HOIC tournament championship games, three softball regional championship games, three softball sectional championship games, three softball supersectional championship games, two softball state third place games, one eighth grade volleyball state championship game, one girls track and field state championship meet, and one HOIC track and field championship meet.  See Team Capsules for more.
   
• In all, over 3000 student-athletes have been featured in VIB broadcasts.
   
• In all, the VIB has broadcast over 500 hours of material.
   
• In 2006, the VIB was recognized by the Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph, the LeRoy Journal, and the IHSA for their excellent efforts in broadcasting.  See VIB In The News for more.
   
• On May 10th, 2008, the VIB broadcast from a "mobile booth" from beyond the outfield wall as the Varsity Softball team played Tremont in the semifinals of the HOIC Tournament.  Check out game highlights here.
   
• The largest viewership for a non-athletic VIB broadcast was the Tri-Valley High School graduation ceremony on May 23rd, 2008.
   
• VIB alumnus Tim Ditman was involved with over 150 broadcasts and amassed over 1,500 hours of broadcast work in his tenure with the project.
   
• On July 21st, 2008, the VIB crew was on hand when the Viking baseball team played an exhibition game against Geneseo at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.  The crew provided a online gameday blog and a gametracker for fans who could not be in attendance.
   
• On March 22nd, 2009, the VIB debuted its Twitter page with updates on the high school baseball team's season opening doubleheader vs. Tremont and St. Joseph-Ogden.  Two days later on March 24th, the VIB provided Twitter updates for the Class 3A eighth grade state volleyball championship game between Tri-Valley and Chillicothe.  The Vikings won in two sets to claim the state title.

• On August 30th, 2009, the VIB got a taste of celebrity when it broadcast the Tri-Valley vs. University of Illinois Alumni Basketball Game from Downs.  Many notable former college and professional basketball players were on hand at the event.
   
• During the fall of 2009, the VIB switched streaming providers to livestream and ustream, allowing for new features to be added to live broadcasts, including multiple cameras and live chats.
  
   

MORE TO COME!

* If you know a state or country that should be added to this list, e-mail it to jpearson@tri-valley3.org

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