YES National Launches

• Yankees Batting Practice Today -- features, analysis, matchups, interviews, news and statistics, as well as batting-practice coverage of the New York Yankees and their opponents.
• Yankeeography – YES' Yankees biography series, which has won 16 Emmy Awards in seven years.
• The Joe Girardi Show – weekly show featuring Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
• Yankees Magazine – year-round weekly magazine show covering all things Yankees.
• Yankees Classics – special presentations of some of the greatest and most exciting games in Yankees History.
• Yankees on Deck – the Emmy-winning children’s show featuring Yankees players and hosted by former Yankees pitcher and current YES analyst David Cone.
• Yankees Hot Stove – weekly studio program featuring all the off-season trade and free-agency activity, as well as other news, analyses and interviews.
• Center Stage – Emmy-nominated one-on-one interview show hosted by YES' Michael Kay and featuring stars of sports and entertainment such as Michael Phelps, Dwyane Wade, Danica Patrick, Charlie Gibson, Jim Nantz and Jay Z.
• Mike'd Up: Francesa on the FAN – live weekday simulcasts of Mike Francesa's top-rated WFAN radio show.
• Forbes SportsMoney – monthly half-hour program covering the latest sports business news and trends.
• This Week in Football – weekly studio show durning the NFL season, capturing all the action around the league, with an emphasis on the Giants and Jets.
• Nets Magazine – weekly magazine show covering all aspects of the Nets.

NFL RED Zone Launches

NFL RedZone provides fans the crucial pays and every touchdown on Sunday afternoons this season.

Blue Ridge Communications has agreed to carry NFL Networks new NFL RedZone this season. Starting Sunday, September 13, NFL RedZone will be available to Blue Ridge Communication HD Plus subscribers.

"The NFL RedZone is a great addition to our expanding High Definition lineup, said Mark Masenheimer, VP of Operations, Blue Ridge Communications. With the NFL Network, NFL On Demand and now the NFL RedZone, football fans have lots of programming options.

NFL RedZone is hosted by Scott Hanson from the new state-of-the-art NFL RedZone studio at NFL Networks headquarters in Los Angeles and debuts on the first Sunday of the 2009 NFL regular season September 13 at 1:00 PM ET.

Produced by NFL Network, NFL RedZone whips around every NFL game on Sunday afternoons delivering the touchdowns and most exciting moments as they happen and in high definition. When a team goes inside the 20-yard line, fans see the crucial plays live. The channel keeps fans up-to-date in real time, switching from game to game with live look-ins, highlights and a chance to see every important play.

NFL RedZone will be on channel 644. Current HD customers that do not have HD Plus, can order the tier from their remote. For more information on NFL RedZone, visit www.nfl.com/redzonetv

Fox WNYW/WTXF

WOLF exercised its exclusive right to the Wilkes Barre Scranton Market thus forcing us to remove WNYW and in some areas WTXF. Blue Ridge tried everything to not let this happen but WOLF would not agree to rescind their rights. Effective May 28th, some FOX channels will no longer be available in the Wilkes Barre/Scranton market because WOLF-56 has requested we remove them from our channel lineup. We did everything possible to keep these channels on, but the Networks required us to remove them. At this time, we are currently looking into our options as to what we will be doing with the channels that are being removed from the lineups.
We regret that WOLF has required us to remove these channels. Comments can be directed to WOLF at 570-970-5600.