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UB's Deal with WGRZ (NBC)
Text of the Buffalo Bulls Agreement with WGRZ http://sbn.to/1cNEBwX

The contract calls for 32 coaches shows half coming from Bobby Hurley and half from Jeff Quinn. The shows will be produced by UB and delivered to Channel 2. In those shows WGRZ will get 6 minutes of advertising. By contract WGRZ will show the UB show at 7:30-8:00pm on Saturday and rerun it the next morning at 6:00am.

These same shows will be shown twice on the D2 network. Once at 8:00-9:30pm and the second time at 9:00 to 9:30 pm. WGRZ will pick the days.

Buffalo is also obligated to produce two games for broadcast on WRGZ and 10 games on WGRZ-D2 (A digital sub channel of WGRZ). During each of these games WGRZ will get 15 minutes of advertising. Like the coaches programs the cost for production and the authority to pick the personnel lies in the hands of UB.
01-20-2014 04:52 PM
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RE: UB's Deal with WGRZ (NBC)
(01-20-2014 04:52 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  Text of the Buffalo Bulls Agreement with WGRZ http://sbn.to/1cNEBwX

The contract calls for 32 coaches shows half coming from Bobby Hurley and half from Jeff Quinn. The shows will be produced by UB and delivered to Channel 2. In those shows WGRZ will get 6 minutes of advertising. By contract WGRZ will show the UB show at 7:30-8:00pm on Saturday and rerun it the next morning at 6:00am.

These same shows will be shown twice on the D2 network. Once at 8:00-9:30pm and the second time at 9:00 to 9:30 pm. WGRZ will pick the days.

Buffalo is also obligated to produce two games for broadcast on WRGZ and 10 games on WGRZ-D2 (A digital sub channel of WGRZ). During each of these games WGRZ will get 15 minutes of advertising. Like the coaches programs the cost for production and the authority to pick the personnel lies in the hands of UB.

Good deal, looks like UB is being proactive with this and the radio deal in NYC.

I'd guess the new 2 games on the main channel will be football and the 10 games on the sub-channel will be basketball.

I was just looking at UB's 2013 schedule and if you add in these two OTA broadcast games then all games will have at least KGRZ/ESPN3 coverage in the future.

6 football home games - 2 on WGRZ(local)/ESPN3, 1 or 2 on TWCSC(regional)/ESPN3, and 2 or 3 on ESPN2/ESPNU (national).

16 basketball home games - 10 on WGRZ-D2/ESPN3 and 6 on TWCSC/ESPN3 (if ESPN picks a UB game up on the wildcard then UB can give WGRZ a women's game)

All your home games are now covered. The rest of the MAC needs a similar set-up so that all games home or away if not on national TV are at least on local/regional TV with ESPN3 simulcasting nationwide.

I think the MACDN will be getting phased out in the next couple years (already for football, soon for basketball) and replaced with ESPN3 as the floor for all games.
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01-20-2014 06:16 PM
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RE: UB's Deal with WGRZ (NBC)
(01-20-2014 06:16 PM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  
(01-20-2014 04:52 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  Text of the Buffalo Bulls Agreement with WGRZ http://sbn.to/1cNEBwX

The contract calls for 32 coaches shows half coming from Bobby Hurley and half from Jeff Quinn. The shows will be produced by UB and delivered to Channel 2. In those shows WGRZ will get 6 minutes of advertising. By contract WGRZ will show the UB show at 7:30-8:00pm on Saturday and rerun it the next morning at 6:00am.

These same shows will be shown twice on the D2 network. Once at 8:00-9:30pm and the second time at 9:00 to 9:30 pm. WGRZ will pick the days.

Buffalo is also obligated to produce two games for broadcast on WRGZ and 10 games on WGRZ-D2 (A digital sub channel of WGRZ). During each of these games WGRZ will get 15 minutes of advertising. Like the coaches programs the cost for production and the authority to pick the personnel lies in the hands of UB.

Good deal, looks like UB is being proactive with this and the radio deal in NYC.

I'd guess the new 2 games on the main channel will be football and the 10 games on the sub-channel will be basketball.

I was just looking at UB's 2013 schedule and if you add in these two OTA broadcast games then all games will have at least KGRZ/ESPN3 coverage in the future.

6 football home games - 2 on WGRZ(local)/ESPN3, 1 or 2 on TWCSC(regional)/ESPN3, and 2 or 3 on ESPN2/ESPNU (national).

16 basketball home games - 10 on WGRZ-D2/ESPN3 and 6 on TWCSC/ESPN3 (if ESPN picks a UB game up on the wildcard then UB can give WGRZ a women's game)

All your home games are now covered. The rest of the MAC needs a similar set-up so that all games home or away if not on national TV are at least on local/regional TV with ESPN3 simulcasting nationwide.

I think the MACDN will be getting phased out in the next couple years (already for football, soon for basketball) and replaced with ESPN3 as the floor for all games.

Im guessing that it will be one FB and one Hoops... Keep in mind that WGRZ is UB's third tier now. ESPN - Time Warner..
01-20-2014 07:35 PM
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Did not know that Bobby Hurley was UB's hoops coach. Getting your games broadcast on a major network station in your market area is a great achievement and something the rest of us in the MAC need to get done. 01-ncaabbs
01-21-2014 08:06 PM
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What is the likelihood the MAC can land multiple networks, at least for basketball, with the next TV deal? For the second time in three days there are two AAC games on at the same time, ESPN News and CBS Sports. Its a little discouraging when the MAC can't even get one game on a regional network within its entire footprint. I like the idea of not necessarily putting everything with ESPN at least for hoops. Its not like we are getting much hoops coverage from them anyway and typically buried on ESPNU.
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01-21-2014 08:56 PM
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