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Fairmont State Football to be Featured on MASN/AT&T Sportsnet Game on October 20

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- The Mountain East Conference today announced that the Fairmont State University at Frostburg State University football matchup on Thursday, Oct. 20 will be regionally televised live on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) and AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh.

The game is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Frostburg State's Bobcat Stadium with Travis Jones and Reed Williams on the call.

The duo broadcast on MASN and AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh will reach nearly 10 million homes. In addition to being available in Maryland, MASN is available in six other states in the region stretching from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Charlotte, North Carolina. MASN is on 30 cable and fiber optic providers and is televised nationally via satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network. AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, which has broadcast multiple Mountain East Conference events in recent years, stretches across five states and delivers more than 350 live events each year – all of which are available in high definition. AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh is available on cable and satellite providers throughout most of Pennsylvania, almost all of West Virginia, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, southwestern border areas of New York and Ashland, Kentucky – reaching 2.4 million homes in the region.

"Since the MEC formed nearly a decade ago, we have consistently aimed to cultivate television opportunities throughout and beyond our conference footprint," said Commissioner Reid Amos. "We are very pleased to once again work with MASN and AT&T SportsNet to showcase a 2022 MEC football matchup between Fairmont State and Frostburg State."

Frostburg State enters the 2022 season coming off a 10-1 campaign in 2021. The Bobcats won a share of the MEC Football Championship a season ago. Fairmont State went 5-6 during the 2021 season, winning the final two games on its regular-season slate.

The 2022 MEC football season begins on Thursday, Sept. 1 and will continue with a full slate of non-conference action on Saturday, Sept. 3. MEC play begins in week two (Sept. 8 and Sept. 10).

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