CLEVELAND – FSN Ohio announced today it will televise the American Hockey League game between the Cleveland Barons and the Syracuse Crunch on Wednesday, January 12@ 7:00 pm. Steve Liverani, Senior Vice President and General Manager, FSN Ohio, made the announcement.
The new Blue Jackets/FSN Ohio television team of play-by-play announcer, Jeff Rimer and color analyst, Brian Engblom will call the action live from Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
The Syracuse Crunch is the minor-league affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Cleveland Barons represent the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. The telecast will mark the first Barons game to be televised locally in their four-season history.
“FSN Ohio is thrilled to bring AHL action to hockey fans throughout the state,” said Liverani. “Blue Jackets fans in Columbus will have the opportunity to watch their prospects in the Crunch’s line-up, while Barons fans in Cleveland will see their team on television for the first time.”
“We’re very pleased to be able give our fans the opportunity to see the NHL’s stars of tomorrow by bringing the Crunch and Barons to Nationwide Arena,” said Blue Jackets Executive Director of Marketing Marc Gregory. “We are equally excited that FSN Ohio and Sports Radio 1460 the Fan will allow hockey fans across the state to enjoy some of the game’s top young players through their live broadcasts of the game.” “We are very excited to air our game in Columbus against Syracuse on FSN Ohio,” stated Lehr. “It has been our goal to televise a game since the beginning of the season and the nature of the game makes this a perfect fit. We appreciate FSN Ohio and the Blue Jackets for making this game available to Barons fans.”
FSN Ohio reaches more than four million households in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia. FSN Ohio’s programming includes the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Cleveland Cavaliers, The Best Damn Sports Show Period, I Max, The Sports List, NASCAR and Totally NFL. FSN Ohio is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks.
Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). FSN reaches more than 80 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 FSN Ohio and Fox Sports National Advertising and the ownership and management of FSN regional networks in five of the nation’s largest markets: Chicago, Florida, Ohio, New England and San Francisco.