Lineups for Morning Call TV and radio shows; plus Comcast SportsNet's 'Super Saturday'

FROM KEITH GROLLER

The Morning Call's "Calling All Sports" radio show on Saturday morning will feature new Bethlehem Catholic boys basketball coach Michael Frew along with Mike Clark, the GM of the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks and Morning Call writers Steve Miller and Mark Wogenrich.

Miller will update the local high school baseball scene and Wogenrich will provide the latest from Penn State's Blue and White Game.

The show is heard 9-11 a.m. on AM 1470, the Fox, and can also be heard online at fox1470.com.

Call 610-432-5767 to participate with questions, comments, trivia answers.

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The Morning Call's "Calling All Sports" TV show early next week will feature the Lehigh Valley IronPigs radio team of Matt Provence and Jon Schaeffer talking about Ryne Sandberg and the early part of the IronPigs 2011 season.

Because the IronPigs have a doubleheader on Monday night, the show will be seen at 4 p.m. on Service Electric TV2 and at 6 p.m. Tuesday on RCN, Channel 4.

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Also, Comcast SportsNet has put out a release detailing its coverage of a big sports Saturday in Philadelphia. The coverage involves both Comcast SportsNet and the Comcast Nework. Here's the complete rundown:

Pre and Postgame Talent include:

Sixers: Ron Burke, Marc Zumoff, Marc Jackson and Jim Lynam

Flyers: Michael Barkann, Rick Tocchet, Al Morganti, Lisa Hillary and Ian Laperriere

Phillies: Greg Murphy, Ricky Bottalico and Ben Davis

Union: JP Dellacamera, Taylor Twellman and Bob Rigby

SportsNite: John Boruk and Amy Fadool

SportsRise: Amy Fadool

CSNPhilly.com Insiders: Sixers: Dei Lynam, Flyers: Tim Panaccio and Phillies: Jim Salisbury and columnist Reuben Frank.



Broadcast talent include:

Flyers: Steve Coates, Jim Jackson and Bill Clement

Phillies: Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler and Gary Matthews

Union: JP Dellacamera, Bob Rigby and Taylor Twellman



Live Game Chats: Flyers: John Boruk and Sixers: Marshall Harris



Saturday, April 16’s lineup is as follows:

Comcast SportsNet

3 p.m. Sixers Pregame Live

4:30 p.m. Flyers Pregame Live from the AT&T Pavilion

5 p.m. Flyers vs. Sabres Game 2

7:45 p.m. Flyers Postgame Live

8:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live replay

10 p.m. SportsNite

10:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live replay

1 a.m. SportsRise



The Comcast Network

3:30 p.m. Union Pregame Live

4 p.m. Union vs. Seattle Sounders

6:15 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live (simulcast on CSNPhilly.com)

6:30 p.m. Phillies Pregame Live

7 p.m. Phillies vs. Marlins

10 p.m. Phillies Postgame Live



Sixers Playoffs

Comcast SportsNet and The Comcast Network will air games two and three of the Sixers playoff series against the Miami Heat. Throughout the playoffs, Comcast SportsNet will have extensive coverage of the Sixers playoff run with daily reports in “Daily News Live,” “SportsNite,” “Sixers Pregame Live” and “Sixers Postgame Live.”

Comcast SportsNet’s schedule through the first four game follows:



Saturday, April 16 – Game One

3 p.m. Sixers Pregame Live on Comcast SportsNet

3:30 p.m. Sixers at Heat on ABC

6:15 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live on The Comcast Network and CSNPhilly.com

8:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live replay

10 p.m. SportsNite

10:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live replay on Comcast SportsNet

1 a.m. SportsRise



Monday, April 18 – Game Two on The Comcast Network

6:30 p.m. Sixers Pregame Live

7 p.m. Sixers at Heat

9:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live

*** Phillies vs. Brewers will now air on PHL17 at 7 p.m.



Thursday, April 21 – Game Three on Comcast SportsNet

5 p.m. Daily News Live

6 p.m. SportsNite

7 p.m. Sixers Pregame Live from AT&T Pavilion

8 p.m. Sixers vs. Miami

10:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live

11 p.m. SportsNite

1 a.m. SportsRise



Sunday, April 24 – Game Four

12:30 p.m. Sixers Pregame Live from the AT&T Pavilion

1 p.m. Sixers vs. Heat on ABC

3:30 p.m. Sixers Postgame Live



Programming for the possible three remaining games will be announced once the NBA releases the schedule.



Sixers Ratings

Sixers ratings on Comcast SportsNet and The Comcast Network climbed for the second-straight year. Sixers game broadcasts on Comcast SportsNet delivered a 1.6 rating this season, a 33% increase over 2009-10, while game ratings on The Comcast Network increased 120% from a .5 rating in 2009-10 to a 1.1 rating in 2010-11. Sixers Postgame Live ratings also this season with Comcast SportsNet recording a 100% increase (.8 in 2010-11 over a .4 in 2009-10) and The Comcast Network delivering a 500% increase (a .1 in 2009-10 season and a .6 in 2010-11).

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