“The Maine Principals’ Association is pleased that MPBN will be able to televise the 2016 State
Championship Basketball Games in all five classes, both boys and girls. This will allow for all of us to carry on the MPA/MPBN tradition and partnership first established in 1979. We look forward to the 38th year and beyond of providing this service to the citizens of Maine!” stated Dick Durost, Executive Director of the MPA.
To commemorate MPBN’s 38th year of delivering basketball coverage to Maine, MPBN is planning on creating a “Championship Weekend” of coverage to include live coverage of all the Friday and Saturday games and delivering them to MPBN’s state-wide television audience as well as rebroadcasting the games in their entirety that Sunday.
“We are very excited to once again partner with the Maine Principals Association and continue our tradition of covering high school basketball and thank them for this opportunity. Offering basketball coverage to every community across Maine is very important to us as an organization,” stated Mark Vogelzang, MPBN’s CEO. “We believe our “Championship Weekend” will create conisderable excitement in the state as we showcase the top teams and student-athletes competing for their schools and their communities. You never know what might happen on the court at any given time and MPBN will be there for every play and outcome!”
The State Finals playoff schedule will include games taking place in Portland, Augusta, and Bangor. MPBN will announce its coverage schedule in early February, 2016.
About the Maine Public Broadcasting Network: The Maine Public Broadcasting Network is Maine’s premier, independent media resource, dedicated to creating exceptional opportunities for the communities it serves to engage with critical issues, compelling stories and quality entertainment. MPBN is renowned for creating award-winning programs, as well as airing content from PBS, NPR, and other independent producers.
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