Under these agreements, Sinclair will premiere an extensive slate of live, local sporting events, including football, basketball, soccer, and other sports with the opening of this year's college football season. The initial launch will include over 50 universities and colleges. These local, live, exclusive games will be broadcast in different regions of the country, including where the conferences are located. Sinclair's broadcast stations will either be carrying the games and original content as part of the primary program line-up (generally on the Company's CW and MyNet affiliates) or as part of second channels (sub-channels of the primary station's signal), complimented by access and distribution on digital platforms. Subject, among other things, to successfully securing carriage agreements with distributors in the future, the Company's plans may include potential development of new cable networks and digital platforms focused on these new content initiatives. In addition, other television broadcasters have expressed an interest in distributing the games in their markets. Additional content and distribution elements will include programming that showcases the colleges, students, and student-athletes, focusing on their aspirations and achievements.
Hopefully this helps us see more of our games in the future. Even if they’re not national broadcasts, simply being able to watch the games on a television station instead of an internet stream will be nice.
Saturday, August 30 Hampton at Old Dominion 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, August 30 Bethune Cookman at FIU 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 6 JC Smith at Charlotte 12:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, September 6 Rhode Island at Marshall 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 13 Alabama A&M at UAB 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 13 New Mexico State at UTEP 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 20 Nicholls State at North Texas 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 20 Appalachian State at Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, September 27 FIU at UAB 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 4 Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee 12:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, October 4 New Mexico at UTSA 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 4 Hawaii at Rice 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 11 North Texas at UAB 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 11 Old Dominion at UTEP 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 18 WKU at Florida Atlantic 12:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, October 18 Southern Miss at North Texas 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 25 Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT
Saturday, October 25 UTEP at UTSA 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, November 1 Rice at FIU 12:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT
Saturday, November 1 UAB at Florida Atlantic 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Saturday, November 8 Louisiana Tech at UAB 12:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. CST
Saturday, November 8 FIU at Old Dominion 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 8 Marshall at Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 15 Wesley at Charlotte 12:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. CST
Saturday, November 15 Middle Tennessee at FIU 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 22 FIU at North Texas 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 22 Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 29 Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic 12:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. CST
Saturday, November 29 UAB at Southern Miss 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, November 29 Middle Tennessee at UTEP 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CST
I’m assuming this means that our Wesley and JCSU games will be broadcast in Raleigh as the CW affiliate there is owned by the company this agreement was signed with.
[quote=“NinerAdvocate, post:5, topic:28893”]I think its is promising that we already have 2 games on the schedule as an FCS team.
Maybe 4-5 our first FBS season?[/quote]
In addition to C-USA, they signed a deal with the SoCon, Big South, CAA, and Patriot League so it seems like they have plenty of FCS games, but C-USA football looks to be their big attraction.
This would have to be in addition to WCCB, since SBG does not currently have a station in the Charlotte TV market. I does however have them in most of the surrounding markets.
[quote=“49RFootballNow, post:8, topic:28893”]This would have to be in addition to WCCB, since SBG does not currently have a station in the Charlotte TV market. I does however have them in most of the surrounding markets.
Myrtle Beach, SC - Florence, SC[/quote]Correct. The games will be available for syndication though, so I’m sure WCCB will be willing to pick them up since they won’t have to incur any production costs. I hope so anyway.
[quote=“Niner National, post:9, topic:28893”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:8, topic:28893”]This would have to be in addition to WCCB, since SBG does not currently have a station in the Charlotte TV market. I does however have them in most of the surrounding markets.
Myrtle Beach, SC - Florence, SC[/quote]Correct. The games will be available for syndication though, so I’m sure WCCB will be willing to pick them up since they won’t have to incur any production costs. I hope so anyway.[/quote]
Well this year WCCB is still supposed to broadcast our home games with their crew. Maybe SBG is picking up the WCCB feed?
[quote=“49RFootballNow, post:10, topic:28893”][quote=“Niner National, post:9, topic:28893”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:8, topic:28893”]This would have to be in addition to WCCB, since SBG does not currently have a station in the Charlotte TV market. I does however have them in most of the surrounding markets.
Myrtle Beach, SC - Florence, SC[/quote]Correct. The games will be available for syndication though, so I’m sure WCCB will be willing to pick them up since they won’t have to incur any production costs. I hope so anyway.[/quote]
Well this year WCCB is still supposed to broadcast our home games with their crew. Maybe SBG is picking up the WCCB feed?[/quote]That would be the smart thing to do. I can’t imagine we’ll have two broadcasts running for the same game. Who knows though.