Monthly Archives: August 2009

ESPN to salute Air Force, Army

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 31, 2009 | Comments closed
While wondering where my invitation to the ESPN Media workshop was lost … My colleague, Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times-Union, reports from Bristol that ESPN’s college football preview show, College GameDay, will originate from the Air Force Academy when Army visits on Nov. 7. He further reports that SportsCenter will originate from West Point [...]
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WFAN, ESPN 1050 to air college football games

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2009 | Comments closed
New York sports radio stations WEPN (ESPN 1050) and WFAN (The Fan 660) will air college football action this fall.WEPN will air five September games, and add more in October and November once the Major League Baseball playoff schedules are finalized.WFAN will carry the Miami-Florida State game on Labor Day evening. The station will air [...]
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Cablevision to add Tennis Channel in time for U.S. Open

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2009 | Comments closed
Cablevision customers will be able to receive The Tennis Channel in time for the U.S. Open, which starts Monday.The channel will be offered through Cablevision’s IO SportsPak, and offered on channels 399 (standard definition) and 795 (high definition).The Tennis Channel will offer 24-hour coverage of the U.S. Open, notably live match coverage between 11 a.m. [...]
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Cable 6 football game of the week returns

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 27, 2009 | Comments closed
The Time Warner Cable 6 high school football game of the week returns with the Sept. 4 game pitting Minisink Valley and host Newburgh Free Academy.Only the first five weeks of the schedule has been chosen. The television package runs through the Section 9 playoffs.Christian Farrell and Marsh Canosa return with the call. Lindsay Liquori [...]
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MSG, preseason hockey to the rescue

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 26, 2009 | Comments closed
With the Mets going down in flames — or carted off to hospital — I can only yearn for the start of hockey season. Fortunately, NHL training camp is only three weeks away.MSG Network will come to my rescue with seven Rangers games, and even the Islanders make a rare preseason appearance on MSG Plus [...]
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Monroe-Woodbury, NFA football game on MSG

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 26, 2009 | Comments closed
State football title contender Monroe-Woodbury will once again appear on MSG Network.The Crusaders will host Newburgh Free Academy on Sept. 17, and the Section 9 contest will receive the first of 14 airings on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 9 a.m. Some versions will be the full game and others will be the edited one-hour versions.Sunday, [...]
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MSG gets into college football game

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 26, 2009 | Comments closed
MSG Network will delve into college football programming this fall. MSG has scheduled a package of Southeast Conference games to air on Saturdays.MSG Plus will continue to air Big 12 and Pac 10 games as it has in the past.Here is a look at the September schedule for both networks. A full schedule release is [...]
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WBNR replaces Army football with Notre Dame

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 26, 2009 | Comments closed
Long-time Army football radio flagship WBNR (1260 AM) in Beacon lost the Black Knights this season, but has picked up a marquee replacement: the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.The Fighting Irish will be heard on WBNR and sister stations WGHQ (920 AM) in Kingston and WLNA (1420 AM) in Peekskill. Notre Dame scheduleSept. 5 — Nevada, 3:30 [...]
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Fox Soccer to air NCAA men’s, women’s matches

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 25, 2009 | Comments closed
Fox Soccer Channel will air select men’s and women’s collegiate matches this fall. The Army-Navy men’s match has been shown in the past, but it does not appear on the early TV listings as of yet. SeptemberFri. 4 — Memphis vs. Bradley (men), 11 p.m. live (plus 3 a.m. Mon. 7)Fri. 11 — Rutgers at UC [...]
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NFL announce teams are finalized

By Ken McMillan | Published: August 25, 2009 | Comments closed
The television announce teams for NFL games this fall have been finalized. There have been a few shakeups in on-air talent, but none are terribly earth-shaking beyond John Madden’s retirement from NBC and Tony Kornheiser leaving the ESPN booth. CBSJim Nantz with Phil SimmsGreg Gumbel with Dan DierdorfDick Enberg with Dan FoutsKevin Harlan with Solomon WilcotsIan [...]
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