Service Electric to Broadcast 25 Games
(Reading, Pa.)---In conjunction with Service Electric Cable TV and Communications, the Reading Phillies, Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, have announced their schedule of televised games for the 2012 season.
Starting with the Baseballtown 222 Showcase between the Reading Phillies and Triple-A affiliate Lehigh Valley IronPigs on April 3, Service Electric will air 25 games throughout the upcoming season on its sports station, 2Sports. For the first-time, each 2Sports game will be broadcast in sparkling, crisp high-definition.
“Service Electric has been committed to providing its subscribers the best local programming since 1969, and today we are pleased to be able to produce our award winning programming in high-definition,”said Service Electric 2Sports GM Andy Himmelwright. “We are extremely excited about continuing this partnership once again with the Reading Phillies. With our relationship with Reading and Lehigh Valley, 2Sports is the one-stop place to catch Phillies prospects before they break into the majors.”
Back for another season in the booth for all R-Phils games on 2Sports will be longtime R-Phils radio broadcaster, Steve Degler. Degler, who served as the R-Phils primary radio voice since 1992, was the longest tenured broadcaster in the Eastern League before his departure in 2008. The Kutztown University product is now entering his fourth season handling analysis for SECTV 2Sports on all 72 Lehigh Valley IronPigs games.
Joining Degler in the R-Phils TV booth for his fourth season to handle analysis is Tim Neiman. Neiman brings with him nearly 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, plus scouting experience with the Pirates and White Sox.
Based in Allentown, Pa., SECTV 2Sports produces the games which will also be carried by network affiliated Service Electric Cablevision, Service Electric Company, Blue Ridge Cable TV-11, Blue Ridge Cable TV-13, and WYLN-35. Overall, R-Phils game will be carried in more than one million homes.
The 2012 season will be the R-Phils’ seventh on SECTV 2Sports.
2012 Reading Phillies Television Schedule
| Game Date | Opponent | Time |
Tuesday, April 3 |
Lehigh Valley IronPigs | 6:35 p.m. |
| Saturday, April 7 | Portland Sea Dogs | 6:05 p.m. |
Monday, April 9 |
New Hampshire Fisher Cats |
6:35 p.m. |
| Tuesday, April 10 | New Hamshire Fisher Cats | 6:35 p.m. |
| Friday, April 20 | Akron Aeros | 7:05 p.m. |
| Saturday, April 21 | Akron Aeros | 6:05 p.m. |
| Sunday, April 22 | Akron Aeros | 1:35 p.m. |
| Tuesday, May 8 | Trenton Thunder | 6:35 p.m. |
| Wednesday, May 9 | Trenton Thunder | 11:35 a.m. |
| Tuesday, May 29 | Binghamton Mets | 7:05 p.m. |
| Wednesday, May 30 | Binghamton Mets | 7:05 p.m. |
| Thursday, May 31 | Binghamton Mets |
7:05 p.m. |
| Saturday, June 9 | Harrisburg Senators |
6:35 p.m. |
| Sunday, June 10 | Harrisburg Senators |
1:35 p.m. |
| Thursday, July 12 | Bowie Baysox |
7:05 p.m. |
| Friday, July 13 | Bowie Baysox |
7:05 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 14 | Bowie Baysox |
6:35 p.m. |
| Sunday, July 15 | Bowie Baysox |
1:35 p.m. |
| Saturday, July 28 | New Britain Rock Cats |
6:35 p.m. |
| Sunday, July 29 | New Britain Rock Cats |
6:05 p.m. |
| Tuesday, August 14 | Trenton Thunder |
7:05 p.m. |
| Wednesday, August 15 | Trenton Thunder |
7:05 p.m. |
Thursday, August 16 |
Trenton Thunder |
7:05 p.m. |
| Thursday, August 23 | Erie Seawolves |
7:05 p.m. |
| Friday, August 24 | Erie Seawolves |
7:05 p.m. |