Chinese Mandarin Broadcast

University of Dayton Athletics


The Dayton Flyers showcase one of the most successful and unique broadcasting ventures in the NCAA with men's basketball games broadcast in Mandarin Chinese. National and international outlets CBS, CBS This Morning, the New York Times and China Daily have featured the broadcast program. CBS This Morning Feature CBS Sports - NCAA First Round Game New York Times Dayton has broadcast in Mandarin during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 basketball seasons. Mandarin is the most widely spoken dialect in China. The announcers are all full-time University of Dayton students, whose majors range from electro-optics engineering to financial mathematics. Enrollment of Chinese students has increased dramatically from a handful to an estimated 450 in the last decade. Chinese students make up the most of any international student population at UD. In addition to partnerships with 10 Chinese universities, the University of Dayton China Institute in the Suzhou Industrial Park is a permanent Flyer presence in China, one of the world's fastest growing economic regions and home to a third of the world's Fortune 500 companies. The University of Dayton China Institute has elevated the University of Dayton into the realm of global American universities. In one of the fastest-growing innovation centers in the world, engineers, scientists and students are collaborating with Fortune 500 companies in Suzhou Industrial Park, securing venture capital and bringing technology to the market.