CL Football on Television, 2006

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   With the support from Archdiocese of Philadelphia Director of Secondary School Student Services Patrick T. Boyle and sponsors such as Temple University Health System, Under Armour, PHEAA, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency and Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's Bureau of Alcohol Education, SPORTSfever Television Network will launch a series of Philadelphia Catholic League Football "Prime Time" regular season and playoff game telecasts beginning this Saturday night, October 14, that will be available to all cable subscribers, satellite subscribers and non cable-non satellite television households throughout the Delaware Valley, South Jersey and the Lehigh Valley.
   STN's Catholic League "Prime Time" Game of the Week on Saturday features Father Judge at St. Joseph's Prep. STN's Cingular Wireless Pregame Show begins at 7 p.m. and kickoff is 7:30 p.m. The telecast can been seen live on STN affiliate WTVE (Cable listings below), which is available to an estimated 2 million cable, satellite and over-the-air households throughout the region.
   The lineup of Catholic League Prime Time telecasts includes:
   Sat. Oct. 21: St. Joe's Prep at La Salle at Wissahickon HS Stadium, Kickoff 1 p.m., "Instant Replay" telecast 6:30 p.m.
   Sat. Oct. 28: Cardinal O’Hara vs Roman Catholic at Northeast HS Stadium in Philadelphia.
The game will air (taped) on Sunday Oct.  29, beginning at 8 p.m. 
   Sat. Nov. 11: Playoff game (to be determined)
   Sat. Nov. 18: Playoff game, Philadelphia PCL Blue Semifinal
   Sat. Dec. 2: Catholic League championship doubleheader. Airtime 4 p.m.
   For the fifth straight season, SPORTSfever TV Network (based in Lancaster County) is televising live high school football games throughout Pennsylvania. STN has expanded its list of affiliates to include WBGN in Pittsburgh; WTVE in Philadelphia-Reading-Lehigh Valley; WHP (CBS, CW & MY Network), WHBG & Comcast in Harrisburg-Lancaster-Carlisle-Chambersburg; and WHVL State College-Altoona (due on air winter 2007). These TV stations are available on cable, over-the-air and on satellite to an estimated 4.6 million households in PA.
   The SPORTSfever Television Network was founded by Gorden Blain, Editor and Publisher of SPORTSfever Magazine and pasportsfever.com, in 2002 with its sole mission to televise high-profile Pennsylvania high school sports events. Since September 2002, SPORTSfever Television Network has telecast 132 football and basketball games during the regular season and playoffs—more than 400 hours of airtime.

STN telecasts are available at these cable listings:

SYSTEM

PRINCIPAL CITY

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES SERVED

CHANNEL

Comcast

Atlantic City

Absecon, Corbin City, Margate City, Port Republic

98

Comcast

Bala Cynwyd

Ardmore, Gladwynne, Lower Merion, Narberth

95

Comcast

Bensalem

Tullytown, Upper Southampton, Warminster

25

Comcast

Chester

Honeybrook, Modena, Parkesburg, West Brandywine

78

Comcast

Coatesville

Downingtown, East Fallowfield, Upper Ulchwan

64

Comcast

Franklinville

Commercial, Penns Grove, Salem, Swedesboro

98

Comcast

Glenolden

Brookhaven, Clifton Heights, Media, Wallingford

78

Comcast

Jamison

Buckingham, Chalfont, Doylestown, Richboro

25

Comcast

Kennett Square

Avondale, Chadds Ford, Pennsbury, Upper Oxford

95

Comcast

King of Prussia

Collegeville, Gulph Mills, Skipjack, Wayne

25

Comcast

Levittown

Bristol, Langhorne, Penndel, Yardley

25

Comcast

Malvern

Edgmont, Tredyffrin, West Whiteland, Willistown

97

Comcast

NE Philadelphia

Frankford, Kensington, Olney, Torresdale

68

Comcast

New Castle, DE

Ardentown, Bellefonte, Newark, Wilmington

17

Comcast

Newtown

Makefield, Milford Square, Penns Park, Pinefield

25

Comcast

Norristown

Bridgeport, Conshohocken, Lower Providence

25

Comcast

Philadelphia

Center City, Columbus Blvd., S. Philadelphia

95

Comcast

Plymouth Mtg.

Ambler, Flourtown, Oreland, Penllyn, Wyndmoor

25

Comcast

Pottstown

Phoenixville, Red Hill, Royersford, South Coventry

25

Comcast

Radnor

Broomall, Havorford, Lower Gwynedd, Springfield

78

Comcast

Reading

Hamburg, Mount Penn, West Lawn, Wyomissing

24

Comcast

Sellersville

Bedminster, Hatfield, Perkasie, Quakertown

25

Comcast

Trappe

Perkiomen, Schwenksville, Upper Merion

25

Comcast

Turnersville

Buena Vista, Folsom, Monroe, Washington

98

Comcast

Vineland

Bridgeton, Hammonton, Millville, Newfield, Shiloh

98

Comcast

Willow Grove

Abington, Bryn Athyn, Cheltenham, Jenkintown

75

Blue Ridge

Ephrata

South Heidelberg; western area of Berks County

8

Hometown

Kutztown

Lyons, Maiden Creek, Richmond, Rockland

5

RCN

Northampton

East Allen, Hellertown, Lower Saucon, Nazareth

51

RCN

Trooper

Audubon, Eagleville, Evansburg, Spring City

17

Service Electric

Allentown

Catasauqua, Pen Argyl, Roseto, Wind Gap

63

Service Electric

Birdsboro

Amity, Elverson, Fleetwood, Kutztown

30

Service Electric

Easton

Bethlehem, Palmer, Plainfield, West Easton

63

Service Electric

Emmaus

Lower Macungie, Salisbury, Upper Milford

63

Time Warner

Philadelphia

Overbrook, Roxborough, Manyunk, W. Philadelphia

20