High School Football Game of the Week Comes to MyTV9

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Now, you don't have to make it to the field to see the big game. High school football is coming to Connecticut's Sports Zone, MyTV9. Every week a selected High School Football Game of the Week will be streamed live on wtnh.com and then broadcast later the same weekend on MyTV9. From September through November, games will be chosen from match-ups of Division 1 football teams across the state. The High School Football Game of the Week will be one of the biggest high school match-ups of that week. The first game in the line-up is between the Whalers of New London and the Tigers of Hand High, on September 11th.

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"Many thanks to WCTX/MyTV9 for its commitment to broadcast high school football," said Al Carbone, Southern Connecticut Conference Commissioner. "More important, what a thrill this will be for our student-athletes who can showcase their hard work and talents on the gridiron."

The High School Football Game of the Week will be streamed each week, live at 7pm on wtnh.com. It will then be broadcast on Saturday night, at 7pm on Connecticut's Sports Zone, MyTV9. Now, local fans and friends who can't make the game will be able to watch the game on Saturday night. Plus, fans anywhere in the world will be able to watch the games and follow their teams live on the internet.

"With an exciting base of sports programming that features: UConn Football, UConn Men's Basketball, and the WNBA's Connecticut Sun- the High School Football Game of the Week is a tremendous addition to our station's commitment to showcase local sports," said Jon Hitchcock, Vice President and General Manager of WTNH News Channel 8 and WCTX MyTV9.

MyTV9's High School Football Game of the Week will be hosted by the Sports Team 8 staff of Marc Robbins, John Pierson and Noah Finz. Sports Team 8 already produces another show dedicated to local sports, the Emmy Award winning, monthly magazine show, Huskies All Access highlighting University of Connecticut athletics.

About LIN TV

WTNH-TV, an ABC affiliate, and WCTX-TV, a My Network TV affiliate, are both LIN Television stations. LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries ("LIN TV" or "the Company"), is a local television and digital media company, owning and/or operating 29 television stations in 17 U.S. markets, all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast network. LIN TV's highly-rated stations deliver important local news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 10 million households per week.

LIN TV is also a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its television station web sites and a growing number of local online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband households. LIN TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TVL". Financial information about the company is available at http://www.lintv.com/.

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