Sept. 5, 2002
- 2002 Lafayette Football TV Schedule
EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - The 2002 Lafayette football season will see a total of nine contests hit the television airwaves live via the Lafayette Sports Network (RCN-TV 4 and WBPH-TV 60). In addition, all 12 regular-season contests will be broadcast on WEST-AM 1400 for the 67th consecutive season, and the live audio and video feed of all broadcasted events will be available simultaneously on Lafayette's award-winning Web site. All webcasts will be done this season through RealNetworks, Inc., the global leader in Internet media delivery.
The Lafayette Sports Network, the most expansive television package in the Patriot League five years running, can be seen by more than 9.1 million viewers in the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, the Pocono region, western and central New Jersey, New York City and Boston. The Emmy-nominated staff of RCN handles the production elements of all telecasts.
Regionally, all telecasts will be aired on RCN TV-4 and WBPH-TV 60, and will cover the entire Lehigh Valley and all of Philadelphia, as well as Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Mercer, and Warren counties in New Jersey. Games can be seen on RCN Cable channels 4 and 60, Service Electric Cable channel 51, Suburban Cable channel 17, Blue Ridge Cable channel 5, and broadcast channel 60.
Empire Sports Network will also pick up a live feed of the Leopards' contest at Colgate on Nov. 2, while the Nov. 9 game at Bucknell will be aired live on Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh. Both contests will also be available live through DirecTV's Sports Pack.
To help accommodate the Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh broadcast schedule, kickoff of the Lafayette-Bucknell contest will be moved up 30 minutes to 12:30 p.m.
Popular local television sports broadcaster Gary Laubach will handle all of the Leopards' play-by-play duties for the fifth straight season. John Leone, Lafayette's Director of Alumni Affairs, will provide color analysis for the fourth straight season. Reporting from the Leopards' sidelines will be Scott Barr and Dan Mowdy.
One of the longest running radio broadcast relationships in college football, WEST-AM 1400 and Lafayette football will again fill the Lehigh Valley airwaves. WEST sports director Dick Hammer, one of the most highly respected radio broadcasters in the Northeast, enters his 36th season of handling play-by-play duties. Providing color analysis on most broadcasts will once again be Carl Schumacher.
Nationally recognized as a leader in collegiate sports broadcasting on regional television and radio, Lafayette has seen its Web site become one of the most popular mediums for Leopard fans. The sports portal of www.lafayette.edu received more than 2.1 million page views in the 2001-02 athletic seasons as more than 100 audio or video webcasts were made available.
About the Lafayette Sports Network
The Lafayette Sports Network, the most expansive television package in the Patriot League five years running, can be seen by more than 9.1 million viewers in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. Thirty-six events were televised during the 2001-02 athletic seasons on RCN-TV 4, WBPH-TV 60 and Lafayette's Web site (www.lafayette.edu), and can be viewed on RCN Cable channels 4 and 60, Service Electric Cable channel 51, Suburban Cable channel 17, Blue Ridge Cable channel 5 and broadcast channel 60.
