Royals Road Games Return to BCTV

Reading, PA – The Reading Royals of the ECHL, Berks Community Television (BCTV), America ONE Sports, Boscov’s Travel, and Apple Vacations today jointly announced the renewal of the partnership to televise Royals’ road games during the 2013-2014 season on BCTV in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Royals TV presented by Boscov’s Travel and Apple Vacations will launch its fourth season on October 5, 2013, at 7:00 pm with a replay of the decisive Game Five of the Kelly Cup Championship Finals against the Stockton Thunder, which was played on May 25, 2013, in Stockton Arena. The video replay, which is scheduled to coincide with the opening of the Royals’ Pre-Season Training Camp, will have an encore running on Sunday, October 6, 2013, at 9:00 am. The first live television broadcast on Royals TV for the 2013-14 will take place on the Friday, October 25, 2015, (7:05 pm), which will be televised from First Arena in Elmira, New York, where the Royals open the road portion of their schedule against the Elmira Jackals.

Royals TV will carry all thirty-six regular season away games, as well as all road playoff games, live and on BCTV cable channels throughout Berks County, Pennsylvania, which can be accessed on Comcast Reading Cable Channel 2, Service Electric Cable Channel 19, and Comcast Southern Berks Channel 965. The televised feed, which will be provided by America ONE Sports, will include the simulcast of the Royals Radio Network audio feed courtesy of Cumulus Media, Inc. and Sports Radio Berks 1240 am and 98.5 fm in Reading. As with last season, BCTV will also re-broadcast Friday night games the following Saturday morning at 9:00 am; and all Saturday night road games will be replayed on the following Sunday morning at 9:00 am.

“We’re thrilled to be back on BCTV for the fourth consecutive year,” said Royals’ General Manager Mark Wallace. “We continue to get an amazing amount of positive feedback from our fans regarding the television coverage of our road games. The Royals once again want to thank Boscov’s Travel and Apple Vacations, as well as the management and staff at BCTV, all of whom were such an important part of our championship season last year. We also want to thank once again our radio partner, Cumulus Media and Sports Radio Berks, for permitting the simulcast of the game night radio broadcast.”

Ann Sheehan, the Executive Director of BCTV, stated, “We’re looking forward to another exciting season of Royals’ hockey. We received an immense amount of positive feedback from the Berks community during last year’s championship run, and we look forward to another successful season for the Royals along with our partners at Boscov’s Travel and Apple Vacations.”

“Boscov’s Travel is excited to once again join forces with Apple Vacations this season to bring Royals hockey to Berks County on BCTV,” stated Janet Papilla, the Vice-President of Boscov’s Travel. “Last year, we helped out a number of fans who traveled with the Royals during the team’s championship run; but for those who can’t make the road trips, we still think that Royals TV is the next best thing to actually being there.”

The Royals kick off the defense of the team’s 2013 Kelly Cup Championship with a two-game weekend set at Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, against the South Carolina Stingrays. On Saturday, October 19, 2013, the Royals open the 2013-14 season against the Stingrays at 7:35 pm, followed by a 4:05 pm start against South Carolina in Game Two of the season on Sunday, October 20. Season Tickets for the 2013-14 Reading Royals are currently available. Call 610-898-7825 or visit www.royalshockey.com for more information.

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