"MAC Gridiron Preview" Set to Premier on Fox Sports Net

Get a Jump on the College Football Season With Fox Sports Net's
MAC Gridiron Preview on August 16 at 5 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Fox Sports Net will look ahead to the upcoming Mid-American Conference football season on Saturday, August 16 at 5 p.m. with the premier of the MAC Gridiron Preview. Steve Liverani, senior vice president and general manager, Fox Sports Net Ohio, made the announcement.

MAC football broadcaster, David Weekley will recap the 2002 MAC Championship game, and preview all 14 schools in the conference. Also featured in this hour-long special will be interviews with the head coaches, comments from MAC Commissioner Rick Chyst, and an in-depth look at some of the best quarterbacks in the Mid-American Conference.

"Regional programming has been and continues to be the focus of Fox Sports Net Ohio, and the MAC provides some of the most exciting college football in the country," said Liverani. "We're thrilled to be working with the MAC to present this comprehensive season preview."

The following are dates and times of re-airs of the MAC Gridiron Preview on Fox Sports Net:


Sunday, August 17 @ 2 am
Sunday, August 17 @ 4 pm
Tuesday, August 19 @ 3 pm
Thursday, August, 21 @ 7 pm
Friday, August 22 @ 2 pm

Fox Sports Net Ohio reaches more than 4.5 million households in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia. Fox Sports Net Ohio's programming includes the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Cleveland Cavaliers, The Best Damn Sports Show Period, NASCAR and "54321." Fox Sports Net Ohio is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks.

Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). Fox Sports Net reaches more than 82 million households nationwide and is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and Fox Entertainment Group. Rainbow Sports Networks incorporates Rainbow's 50% ownership of Fox Sports Net and Fox Sports National Advertising and the ownership and management of Fox Sports Net regional networks in five of the nation's largest markets: Chicago, Florida, Ohio, New England and San Francisco.

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