HERSHEY, Pa. — Editor's Note: The above video is from June 21, 2023.
FOX43 is teaming up with the Hershey Bears and Monumental Sports Network to broadcast all games in the Bears' opening round Calder Cup playoff series against Lehigh Valley.
FOX43 will air Games 3-5 of the best-of-five series on FOX43.2 Antenna TV.
All games in the 2024 Atlantic Division Semifinals will be broadcast on Monumental Sports Network, which is available to Bears and Washington Capitals fans in the greater Washington, D.C. region.
FOX43 and the Hershey Bears are building on a multi-year partnership that saw 25 regular season games broadcast this season.
FOX43 is also teaming with Monumental Sports Network for the second straight postseason. In 2023, both stations partnered to carry the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals and Calder Cup Finals. It all culminated with the Bears game 7 overtime win against the Coachella Valley Firebirds.
“We are thrilled to bring back our partnership with Hershey so fans in the DMV region can watch the Bears try to defend their title,” said Caitlin Mangum, Vice President, Content & Programming at Monumental Sports Network.
The Voice of the Bears, Zack Fisch, will call the action along with analysis from AHL Hall of Famer Mitch Lamoureux, former Hershey Bear and Washington Capitals forward Garrett Mitchell, and FOX43 Sports Director Todd Sadowski.
All Hershey Bears playoff broadcasts will be produced by FOX43's Ed Albert. Home broadcasts will be co-produced with Great Save Productions. Road broadcasts in the Atlantic Division semifinals will be co-produced by Service Electric.
Antenna TV may be found on WPMT 43.2 over-the-air, Xfinity Ch. 247 and 1178, Verizon FiOS Ch. 463, Blue Ridge Ephrata Ch. 91, and Blue Ridge Newberry/Duncannon Ch. 88.
2024 Atlantic Division Semifinals TV schedule:
- Game 1 - Wednesday, May 1 vs. Lehigh Valley | 7 p.m. | Monumental Sports Network
- Game 2 - Saturday, May 4 vs. Lehigh Valley | 7 p.m. | Monumental Sports Network
- Game 3 - Wednesday, May 8 at Lehigh Valley | 7 p.m. | FOX43.2 Antenna TV & Monumental Sports Network
- *Game 4 - Saturday, May 11 at Lehigh Valley | 7 p.m. | FOX43.2 Antenna TV & Monumental Sports Network
- *Game 5 - Sunday, May 12 vs. Lehigh Valley | 7 p.m. | FOX43.2 Antenna TV & Monumental Sports Network
* If Necessary
All games will continue to be heard on the Bears Radio Network and via the Bears Mobile app as games will be simulcast. Games will also be available on the AHL's streaming video platform, AHLTV.
Games on Monumental Sports Network will be available to DC area hockey fans both on linear tv (on MNMT or overflow station MNMT2) and via Monumental's digital streaming platform within the network's footprint. Fans can watch the games through their Pay TV subscription on linear tv, on monumentalsportsnetwork.com, or by downloading the Monumental streaming app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV and using an eligible TV Everywhere log-in.