New England Surge & WWFX 100FM The Pike Announce Broadcast Affiliation

July 3, 2007 - Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL)
New England Surge News Release


Worcester, MA. WWFX, 100FM ¡§The Pike¡¨ will be the new broadcast affiliation of the Surge and look forward to broadcasting Saturday July 7's, playoff game. 100FM The Pike is part of the cluster radio stations of Citadel Worcester that also includes 104.5 WXLO, and Oldies 98.9 WORC. Bonnie Gomes, General Manager of Citadel Broadcasting Worcester states, ¡§We at Citadel Broadcasting Worcester are extremely pleased to be the broadcast affiliation of the fabulous New England Surge. We are honored to play such an important role in making history, by being the on-air partner to this successful team. We plan to work closely with the team and their management, to add even more excitement to the growth in Downtown Worcester, with innovative events and promotions.¡¨ The games will be broadcasted from 100FM The Pike commencing with Saturday¡¦s play off game. Planned strategy by both the Surge and Citadel Worcester management is to co host innovative events and promotions that will add even more excitement to professional indoor football.

Roy Lucas, Jr, Owner/President/Interim Head Coach states, ¡§We are pleased to have the Citadel Broadcasting team be our broadcasting partner for the playoffs and as a long-term relationship. Partnering with The Pike 100 FM gives us a strong football oriented partner and Citadel Broadcasting¡¦s family of popular broadcasting stations will ensure that the excitement of a Surge game will reach and be recognized throughout the greater Worcester region now and in our second season

Are you ready to rumble!!!! Surge Playoff game Sunday July 7, 2007

The Surge will be facing # 3 Lehigh Valley OutLawz who they beat in two previous games, the first on May 12 at home with a winning score of 53¡X23 and the second game at Lehigh with a score of 70¡X42. The winner of the first round Playoff game on July 7 will be facing the playoff winner of the Atlantic Division on July 14th to

determine the Division Champion. The Division Champs, Atlantic and Great Lakes respectively, will clash on July 28th at a location to be determined. Play off tickets are now on sale.

About CIFL Play Offs

July 7th The top four teams in each division play in the play offs as follows:

„« The 4th place team Chesapeake play 1st place team Rochester Raiders at the 1st place team¡¦s home field

„« The 3rd place team Lehigh Valley plays the 2nd place team The New England Surge at the DCU Center

July 14--Top two division play off winners play against each other for Atlantic Division Championship

„« Same as above for Great Lakes Division playoffs

CIFL Championship July 21 or July 28th Atlantic Division against Great Lakes Div



Continental Indoor Football League Stories from July 3, 2007


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central