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FOX 50 To Broadcast Durham Bulls' Games |
 FOX50 will multicast 37 Durham Bulls games on its digital channel during the 2002 season. |
FOX50 began another season of multi-casting Durham Bulls games in high definition on Friday, April 12, 2002. Triangle digital cable subscribers and HD set owners will again have the opportunity to watch 37 Bulls games from the comfort of their own living rooms. The Post 50 Explorer Scouts will once again become the production team for the broadcasts.
Thirty-seven games between April 12 and September 2, 2002 will be multicast on WRAZ-DT, FOX50's digital channel. Viewers can access the games via digital receiver tuned to channel 49 or via the Time-Warner digital cable service on channel 251. Time Warner's digital cable service s currently available to approximately 150,000 households.
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2002
Games to be carried on WRAZ-DT
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| Apr 12 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Louisville River Bats |
| June 6 | Thu | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Columbus Clippers |
| June 7 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Columbus Clippers |
| June 8 | Sat | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Columbus Clippers |
| June 9 | Sun | 5:00-8:00pm | v. Columbus Clippers |
| June 10 | Mon | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Toledo Mud Hens |
| June 11 | Tue | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Toledo Mud Hens |
| June 12 | Wed | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Toledo Mud Hens |
| June 13 | Thu | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Toledo Mud Hens |
| June 18 | Tue | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
| June 19 | Wed | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
| June 22 | Thu | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Buffalo Bisons |
| June 23 | Sun | 5:00-8:00pm | v. Buffalo Bisons |
| June 24 | Mon | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Buffalo Bisons |
| June 25 | Tue | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Buffalo Bisons |
| June 28 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Louisville River Bats |
| June 29 | Sat | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Louisville River Bats |
| July 2 | Tue | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
| July 3 | Wed | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
| July 11 | Thu | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Ottawa Lynx |
| July 12 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Ottawa Lynx |
| July 13 | Sat | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Ottawa Lynx |
| July 14 | Sun | 5:00-8:00pm | v. Ottawa Lynx |
| July 23 | Tue | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Pawtucket Red Sox |
| July 24 | Wed | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Pawtucket Red Sox |
| July 25 | Thu | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Pawtucket Red Sox |
| July 26 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Pawtucket Red Sox |
| July 27 | Sat | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Indianapolis Indians |
| July 28 | Sun | 5:00-8:00pm | v. Indianapolis Indians |
| Aug 9 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Richmond Braves |
| Aug 10 | Sat | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Richmond Braves |
| Aug 11 | Sun | 5:00-8:00pm | v. Richmond Braves |
| Aug 16 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
| Aug 30 | Fri | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Richmond Braves |
| Aug 31 | Sat | 7:00-10:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
| Sept 2 | Mon | 1:00-4:00pm | v. Charlotte Knights |
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**Note:
This schedule is subject to change.
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"We are fortunate to have the ability to offer this service to our viewers," said FOX 50 General Manager Tommy Schenck. "Multicasting allows us to provide our regularly scheduled programming, while at the same time providing coverage of Triple-A Baseball to loyal, Triangle area Bulls' fans."
The Emmy-nominated production crew of Explorer Scouts, a division of the Boy Scouts of America, will orchestra getting the games from the field to the airwaves. Twenty 14 to 19 year-olds from Durham area high schools run the camera, direct and produce the games. Part of the group traveled to Nashville for the regional Emmy awards in February where one of their digitally produced broadcasts was nominated for a student Emmy.
Play-by-play for the broadcast will be supplied by WDNC-AM 620, the flagship station of the Durham Bulls. Steve Barnes, the voice of the Durham Bulls, will call the action. Ken Tanner will provide color commentary.
The Bulls are celebrating their 100th anniversary in minor league baseball in the 2002 season.