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Classics Sports Radio Network announces 2010 schedule
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POSTED: Aug 15, 2010
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For the third-straight year Classics Sports Radio Network will broadcast the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney, the Southern Heritage Classic, the Atlanta Football Classic and the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic, all of which CSRN will broadcast for the second-straight year.
Classics Sports Radio Network will also broadcast four games which could have conference championship implications.
"We are pleased that our partnerships with the respective organizations that operate these outstanding football events have extended into year three, which is our third year of broadcasting exciting college football games," said Donal Ware, president of DWCommunications, LLC the parent company of Classics Sports Radio Network.
"We are particularly proud to service HBCU football fans and our sponsors through these broadcasts as DWCommunications, LLC also celebrates five years of servicing the HBCU Sports community nationally through radio."
The MEAC/SWAC Challenge is in its sixth season and owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television while the Southern Heritage Classic, which is owned and operated by SMC Entertainment, will celebrate 21 years.
The State Fair
Classic, which is owned by ALW Entertainment, saw one of its most
exciting games in recent memory last year as Prairie View A&M
defeated Grambling State 35-32.
Classics Sports Radio Network
also for the third year will broadcast the CIAA and SWAC Championship
games.
Classics Sports Radio Network will kickoff the season with
doubleheader action on Sunday, September 5 with the broadcast of the
MEAC/SWAC Challenge, followed by a first for the network, with the
broadcast of the annual Labor Day Classic in Houston between Prairie
View A&M and Texas Southern.
Other doubleheader action includes the
broadcast of the State Fair Classic and the Atlanta Football Classic on
September 25.
In addition to the Labor Day Classic, first time
broadcasts for Classics Sports Radio Network include the Circle City
Classic which this year pits North Carolina A&T against Tennessee
State, and the Down East Classic between Elizabeth City State and
Fayetteville State.
Radio stations around the country will
carry the games. All games can also be heard online at
www.classicsportsradio.com. Broadcasts will include a pre-game,
halftime and post game show.
CSRN will kick the season off on
September 5 in Orlando with the broadcast of Delaware State vs. Southern
in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. That same day, the network will broadcast
the Labor Day Classic.
On September 11 the network will broadcast
Tennessee State vs. Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic from
Memphis. In addition to the State Fair Classic on Sept. 25, the network
will also broadcast Florida A&M vs. Tennessee State in the Atlanta
Football Classic.
Classics Sports Radio Network will announce other broadcasts during the course of the season.
The
Web site, www.classicsportsradio.com, will not only carry the live
broadcast of the games, but will be an information source where fans can
get updated HBCU football scores every 30 minutes, information about
the CSRN Game of the Week, and football game stories as well as the
opportunity to listen to archived games.
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