WKOW-TV Debuts High School Sports in HDMarch 7, 2010
 MADISON, WIS.: WKOW-TV
is taking local high school sports HD. The Quincy Newspapers-owned ABC
affiliate is covering Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association High
School Boys and Girls Hockey and Basketball Tournament Championships, for the
first time, in high definition. The coverage is being broadcast on WIAAs state
network of eight stations--WKOW in Madison; WQOW-TV, the ABC in Eau Claire;
WXOW-TV, The CW in La Crosse; WAOW-TV,
the ABC in Wausau; WYOW, WAOW’s satellite for Eagle River; WACY-TV, the MyNet
in Green Bay’ WMLW-CA, an indie in Milwaukee; and KBJR-TV, the NBC in Duluth-Superior.
WKOW said the initiative started Saturday at noon with girls’ and boy’s hockey
championships. On Thursday, March 18-20, the WIAA statewide network will air
the Boys State High School Basketball Tournament and Thursday, March 25-27 will
air the Girls State High School Basketball Tournament, all in HD.
The Madison ABC affil has broadcast the WIAA Hockey Championships for 10 years
and the WIAA Basketball Tournaments, all 32 games, for more than 30 years.
| COMMENTS (1) | | 03/14/2010 | | Time Warner has been broadcasting our local champ games in HD for the past 2 years |
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