OWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Athletics and Hawkeye Sports Properties will host the “Hawk Talk with Kirk Ferentz Radio Show” each Wednesday evening during the 2025 Hawkeye football season. The initial show of the season will take place Wednesday, Aug. 27.

VUE Rooftop at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Iowa City will once again host the weekly radio show from 6:30-8 p.m. with Moon Family head football coach Kirk Ferentz and host Gary Dolphin, the play-by-play voice of the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Ferentz and Dolphin will discuss the current season, while responding to emailed and social media questions. The show is open to all fans. Fans can submit questions by via X or Facebook using the hashtag #HawkTalk, or by commenting on the show post each week.

There will not be a show on Oct. 1 and the show on Nov. 26 will be pre-recorded due to a men’s basketball conflict.

Fans can attend the shows in person, listen live on the Hawkeye Radio Network, or watch on KCRG 9.2 or the official YouTube page of the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Hawkeye Sports Properties also announced the addition of veteran sports reporter Matt Randazzo as its pregame host for 2025. Randazzo will host the Hawkeye Tailgate Show beginning two hours before kickoff from the Krause Family Plaza on home dates and from Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City for away contests.

Randazzo worked 25 years at WQAD-TV in the Quad Cities before starting his own live weekday podcast earlier this year.