Thursday, March 31, 2011

Soul snares local TV Deal

The Philadelphia Soul and WMCN TV jointly announce an exclusive local television carriage deal for the remainder of the 2011 season.  The schedule of six live televised games kicks off on Saturday, April 9, and concludes on Saturday, July 2.

WMCN TV, available to customers of Comcast, Verizon FiOS, DIRECTV, and The Dish Network, reaches more than 2.6 million households throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, central and southern New Jersey, and Delaware. 

With the addition of the six games to be shown on WMCN TV, the Soul will also be featured in three NFL Network games to a national audience.  Now, eight of the nine road games can be seen on television.  All of the Soul’s games can also be seen via “AFL Live” (live video stream) on the team’s website – www.philadelphiasoul.com

PHILADELPHIA SOUL 2011 TV BROADCAST SCHEDULE
WEEK
OPPONENT
DATE
NETWORK
TIME*
5
Orlando Predators
Saturday, April 9
WMCN
7:30 p.m.
6
TAMPA BAY STORM
Friday, April 15
NFLN
7:05 p.m.
7
San Jose SaberCats
Saturday, April 23
WMCN
10:30 p.m.
8
Iowa Barnstormers
Saturday, April 30
WMCN
8 p.m.
11
Cleveland Gladiators
Saturday, May 21
WMCN
7 p.m.
14
Spokane Shock
Saturday, June 11
NFLN
8 p.m.
16
ARIZONA RATTLERS
Saturday, June 25
WMCN
7:05 p.m.
17
Dallas Vigilantes
Saturday, July 2
WMCN
8:30 p.m.
18
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS
Friday, July 8
NFLN
8 p.m.
CAPS are home games; *All times listed are Eastern Time

“We are pleased to be able to bring the Soul to the fans with a great partner like WMCN,” said Soul VP/COO John Adams.  “This partnership with WMCN provides us the best opportunity to supplement our NFL Network coverage with local television exposure worthy of an ArenaBowl champion.”
The Soul are 1-1 after two games and open their home season on April 15 at the Wells Fargo Center.  

“We are very excited to add the world champion Soul to our lineup,” said Jon Gorchow, President of Lenfest Broadcasting LLC, the parent company of WMCN.  “We look forward to providing our viewers with more and more of these of high-profile, high-quality original programs in the future.”

Veteran sports broadcaster Lou Tilley will provide play-by-play for the Soul games. Tilley will be joined in the broadcast booth by Bill Osborn, who will provide color commentary. 

Soul fans should check local listings for WMCN channel locations.

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