HEMOTOXIC
11-15-2013, 08:59 AM
http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/11/six-cities-to-broadcast-first-round-hs-football-playoff-games/
Broadcasters in six cities, including Houston, will air first-round high school playoff games this weekend under a new television agreement between the University Interscholastic League and Fox Sports Southwest.
The Class 5A Division II game between Manvel and La Porte, set for 7 p.m. Friday at Deer Park, will air on KUBE (Channel 57) as one of six televised first-round games statewide.
Under a new agreement, the UIL retains TV rights for all playoff games and has licensed them to Fox, which has broadcast championship games since the early 1990s. Fox will sublicense games to local broadcasters, who can show the games live or on tape delay.
UIL rules prohibit live Friday game telecasts during the regular season, but that ban has been lifted for the playoffs. Also waived is the requirement that playoff games must be sold out before they can be televised.
Fox Sports Southwest will air live cut-ins and highlights from the games during its “Fox Football Friday” program, which airs this week at 7 p.m. Friday on Fox Sports Southwest Plus in Houston. The program will move to the main Fox Sports Southwest feed at the conclusion of the Rice-Texas A&M basketball game.
Other televised games this weekend are Arlington Bowie-Southlake Carroll on KXTA in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin Bowie-Cedar Ridge on KBVO in Austin, Port Isabel-Raymondville on Friday and Harlingen-McAllen Memorial on Saturday on KGBT in Harlingen, and Amarillo-Lubbock Monterey on KFDA in Amarillo and KJTV in Lubbock.
Broadcasters in six cities, including Houston, will air first-round high school playoff games this weekend under a new television agreement between the University Interscholastic League and Fox Sports Southwest.
The Class 5A Division II game between Manvel and La Porte, set for 7 p.m. Friday at Deer Park, will air on KUBE (Channel 57) as one of six televised first-round games statewide.
Under a new agreement, the UIL retains TV rights for all playoff games and has licensed them to Fox, which has broadcast championship games since the early 1990s. Fox will sublicense games to local broadcasters, who can show the games live or on tape delay.
UIL rules prohibit live Friday game telecasts during the regular season, but that ban has been lifted for the playoffs. Also waived is the requirement that playoff games must be sold out before they can be televised.
Fox Sports Southwest will air live cut-ins and highlights from the games during its “Fox Football Friday” program, which airs this week at 7 p.m. Friday on Fox Sports Southwest Plus in Houston. The program will move to the main Fox Sports Southwest feed at the conclusion of the Rice-Texas A&M basketball game.
Other televised games this weekend are Arlington Bowie-Southlake Carroll on KXTA in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin Bowie-Cedar Ridge on KBVO in Austin, Port Isabel-Raymondville on Friday and Harlingen-McAllen Memorial on Saturday on KGBT in Harlingen, and Amarillo-Lubbock Monterey on KFDA in Amarillo and KJTV in Lubbock.