February 6, 2014
HERSHEY, Pa. – The
Hershey Bears Hockey Club, in conjunction with ABC-27, today announced that this Saturday’s home game between the
Hershey Bears and Portland Pirates will be broadcast to fans across central Pennsylvania. The announcement was made by Bears President/GM Doug Yingst.
The first two in a series of games were broadcast on December 11, when the Bears battled the Binghamton Senators, and on January 24, when Hershey visited the Syracuse Crunch.
The channel lineup for Saturday’s game at GIANT Center – and all future games to be announced – is as follows, and is subject to change:
CHANNEL LINEUP:
ABC-27’s RTV Channel 27.2
Comcast Channel 246
Verizon Fios Channel 461
Blue Ridge Cable Channel 152
Kuhn Communications Channel 67
Giant Food Stores LLC and Capital BlueCross proudly present the broadcasts to central Pennsylvania viewers in 2013-14.
The Bears and ABC-27 also announce that five more games will be broadcast, upon confirmation from host teams. Such an announcement will be made in the coming days.
“Voice of the Bears” Scott Stuccio will provide game play-by-play, while ABC-27 sports director Gregg Mace will again provide in-game analysis and special features to air during intermissions. Saturday’s game, and all Bears games, will also be carried on the Bears Radio Network of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460, WRBT-FM 94.9 HD-2 and via the iHeart Radio application for mobile devices.
ABC-27, which carried the 2013 Capital BlueCross AHL Outdoor Classic last January and portions of the 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 Calder Cup Finals, has been the proud flagship television station of the
Hershey Bears for over 13 years.