/ 03.19.2010 12:00AM
WTTV-TV Picks Up High School Sports
BLOOMINGTON, IND.: WTTV-TV, the CW affiliate for the Indianapolis
market, has picked up the rights to area high school sporting events, local
media reports say. The Tribune-owned station signed a three-year contract with
the Indiana High School Athletic Association this month to broadcast state
championship sporting events. IHSAA events were previously carried on limited
cable channels. The organization is working with TV stations around the state
to create its own Indiana High School Athletic Association Championship
Television Network.
WTTV will carry 21 championship games. Baseball, boys and girls basketball,
football and volleyball will be featured live, while soccer, softball,
wrestling, swimming and diving will be taped and televised.
The
Evansville Courier & Press has more details.
Several stations across the country have increased coverage of high school
sports with multicast channels, but WKOW-TV in Madison, Wis., last week went a
step further. The ABC affiliate announced coverage of the Wisconsin
Interscholastic Athletic Association High School Boys and Girls Hockey and
Basketball Tournament Championships in HD. (
See
“WKOW-TV Debuts High
School Sports in HD”) The telecasts started March 6 and will progress
through the end of the month. -- Deborah
D. McAdams