High School Football Game of the Week Comes to MyTV9
11 Juni 2008 - 8:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Now, you don't have to
make it to the field to see the big game. High school football is
coming to Connecticut's Sports Zone, MyTV9. Every week a selected
High School Football Game of the Week will be streamed live on
wtnh.com and then broadcast later the same weekend on MyTV9. From
September through November, games will be chosen from match-ups of
Division 1 football teams across the state. The High School
Football Game of the Week will be one of the biggest high school
match-ups of that week. The first game in the line-up is between
the Whalers of New London and the Tigers of Hand High, on September
11th. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080104/NYF006LOGO ) "Many
thanks to WCTX/MyTV9 for its commitment to broadcast high school
football," said Al Carbone, Southern Connecticut Conference
Commissioner. "More important, what a thrill this will be for our
student-athletes who can showcase their hard work and talents on
the gridiron." The High School Football Game of the Week will be
streamed each week, live at 7pm on wtnh.com. It will then be
broadcast on Saturday night, at 7pm on Connecticut's Sports Zone,
MyTV9. Now, local fans and friends who can't make the game will be
able to watch the game on Saturday night. Plus, fans anywhere in
the world will be able to watch the games and follow their teams
live on the internet. "With an exciting base of sports programming
that features: UConn Football, UConn Men's Basketball, and the
WNBA's Connecticut Sun- the High School Football Game of the Week
is a tremendous addition to our station's commitment to showcase
local sports," said Jon Hitchcock, Vice President and General
Manager of WTNH News Channel 8 and WCTX MyTV9. MyTV9's High School
Football Game of the Week will be hosted by the Sports Team 8 staff
of Marc Robbins, John Pierson and Noah Finz. Sports Team 8 already
produces another show dedicated to local sports, the Emmy Award
winning, monthly magazine show, Huskies All Access highlighting
University of Connecticut athletics. About LIN TV WTNH-TV, an ABC
affiliate, and WCTX-TV, a My Network TV affiliate, are both LIN
Television stations. LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries
("LIN TV" or "the Company"), is a local television and digital
media company, owning and/or operating 29 television stations in 17
U.S. markets, all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast
network. LIN TV's highly-rated stations deliver important local
news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and
entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching
an average of 10 million households per week. LIN TV is also a
leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the
Internet through its television station web sites and a growing
number of local online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband
households. LIN TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol "TVL". Financial information about the company is
available at http://www.lintv.com/. For More Information Kirk
Varner (203) 784-8888
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080104/NYF006LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: WTNH-TV and MyTV9 CONTACT:
Kirk Varner, +1-203-784-8888 Web site: http://www.wtnh.com/
http://www.lintv.com/
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