Aviators Home Games Broadcast Live on the Purdue Channel
May 29, 2018 - Prospect League (Prospect)
Lafayette Aviators News Release
Beginning with the home opener Wednesday night, all Aviators home games will be broadcast live on The Purdue Channel - Comcast 5. Purdue's Brian Lamb School of Communication and the Lafayette Aviators are giving students the opportunity to receive real world sports broadcasting experience, while also providing fans with an exceptional new channel to follow the team.
"This is an unparalleled, hands-on opportunity for Lamb School students to work with the Lafayette Aviators and it's yet another way to illustrate how our students are 'practically amazing!'," said Dr. Mattson, Lamb School Communication Head. "It's an excellent example of how the Lamb School tailors our program to the interests and needs of students while emphasizing for students how community engagement complements achieving their career aspirations."
This is the first year that the School of Communication has become involved in live remote production and the first time the school has ever worked in live sports production. While supervised by a professor and a school engineer, everything viewers see will be done by students.
"This opportunity we have with the Lafayette Aviators is how education should work," stated Doug Osman, Associate Professor. "There's no better way for Purdue University students to learn than by actually doing what they study. This is the type of learning that we emphasize in the Lamb School and we're glad we could carry this out with the Aviators."
PROSPECT LEAGUE TV
For those who do not have access to Comcast Channel 5, fans may pick up the Purdue broadcast of Aviators home games via Prospect League TV (PLTV). The Aviators road games - broadcast by the home team's production crew - will also be available via PLTV.
Fans will be able to select from several subscription options for PLTV, ranging from access to all league games on a given day with a Day Pass to accessing all league games throughout the entire season with our Prospect League All-Access Pass. Options for PLTV can be found at - https://portal.stretchinternet.com/plaviators.
Aviators games will be distributed through Stretch Internet and can be watched on web-enabled devices including computers, tablets and smartphones, as well as on televisions via Prospect League-branded AppleTV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV apps.
FOX SPORTS FM TO BROADCAST AVIATORS GAMES
The Aviators will be partnering once again with Fox Sports Radio for the live home broadcast of all Aviators game. This season the broadcasts will be on the FM dial at 104.3.
Harv Fowler, Fox Sports 104.3 FM (and FOX Sports 1410AM) Program Director said "we are proud to team up with the Aviators for another thrilling Prospect League baseball season at Loeb Stadium. We're excited to bring the games to Lafayette and West Lafayette on AM and FM this season, plus the partnership with Purdue University's Brian Lamb School of Communication, to put the games on TV and streaming on the web, is really a plus. It's going to be a great summer!"
OPENING NIGHT - THIS WEDNESDAY
The first pitch of the season is scheduled for 6:35 this Wednesday when the Aviators take the field against Terre Haute. Single game tickets for the home opener and all Aviators games begin at only $8 and are available at www.lafayettebaseball.com.
All fans attending the home opener will receive a poster commemorating the Aviators 2017 Prospect League Championship.
Prospect League Stories from May 29, 2018
- Aviators Home Games Broadcast Live on the Purdue Channel - Lafayette Aviators
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