Saturday, August 11, 2007

First Preseason Game of 2007


Tonight, the Green Bay Packers open the 2007 NFL season with a game against the Steelers on the road at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field. Game time is 6:30 p.m. GBST (Green Bay Standard Time).

It will be carried on the following television stations: WFRV, Green Bay; WTMJ, Milwaukee; WKOW, Madison; WAOW, Wausau; WXOW, La Crosse; WQOW, Eau Claire; WYOW, Eagle River; WJMN, Marquette, Mich.; and KQDS, Duluth, Minn. The broadcast will feature Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon as the announcers. The same network of state stations will carry two other preseason games: The Aug. 18 game against Seattle and the Aug. 30 game at Tennessee. Fox will carry the Aug. 23 game against Jacksonville.

This network is put together each year solely for the purpose of carrying three preseason games.

If you can't get any of those stations, and you have a satellite dish, here are the broadcast coordinates: C-band, AMC-6, Transponder 23.

If you get NFL Network via satellite, the Packers-Steelers game will be shown on tape delay at 4 p.m. Sunday.