W&J Football to be broadcast on Pittsburgh's CW, KDKA.com this fall

Presidents highlight 9 PAC games to be aired

7/6/2023 10:16:00 AM

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - KDKA-TV announced Wednesday that nine Presidents' Athletic Conference football games, highlighted by six Washington & Jefferson College games, will be broadcast on the Pittsburgh's CW and KDKA.com, as well as the CBS News Pittsburgh App this fall. 

"We are very pleased to be able to air college football on WPCW," said KDKA-TV President and General Manager Chris Cotugno. "And especially excited to spotlight nearby schools from the Presidents' Athletic Conference, for our local communities."

The broadcasts will be produced by JRM Video Production, a Pittsburgh-based video production company specializing in live sports. JRM Video Production has broadcast W&J football the past two seasons. Calling the games will be PAC play-by-play announcer Austin Bechtold, with sideline reporters Matt Farago and Robert Mangino, and color analyst to be determined.

"Washington & Jefferson College is very excited to showcase NCAA Division III football on The CW this fall," said Scott McGuinness, Director of Athletics at W&J. "College football Saturdays are filled with pageantry and tradition at every level and viewers will enjoy talented, hardworking student-athletes playing in the competitive Presidents' Athletic Conference. We can't wait to kick off the season at Cameron Stadium."

All five W&J home games will be broadcast on Pittsburgh's CW, KDKA.com and the CBS News Pittsburgh app this fall. In addition, W&J's road contest at Geneva on Nov. 4 will also be broadcast through the agreement. 

W&J recorded its 39th consecutive winning season last fall when they completed the 2022 season with a strong 9-2 overall record. The Presidents capped the season with a convincing 35-18 win over Hobart College in the ECAC Asa S. Bushnell Bowl at Cameron Stadium on Nov. 19. The Presidents were ranked No. 24 in the annual National 2023 College Football Preview Magazine Top 25 poll presented by Lindy's Sports.


The schedule will also feature three games at Allegheny College, including the initial broadcast of the season when Geneva travels to Meadville to take on the Gators Sept. 9. All four PAC programs who earned postseason bids last season, including W&J, defending conference champion Carnegie Mellon University, Grove City College and Westminster College, have games included on the broadcast schedule, which is listed below.

2023 KDKA.com/Pittsburgh CW College Football Broadcast Schedule
Sept. 9 - Geneva at Allegheny, 1 PM
Sept. 16 - Westminster at W&J, 1 PM
Sept. 23 - Thiel at W&J, 1 PM
Sept. 30 - Carnegie Mellon at Allegheny, 7 PM
Oct. 7 - Allegheny at W&J, 2 PM
Oct. 14 - Grove City at Allegheny, 4 PM
Oct. 28 - Case Western Reserve at W&J, 6 PM
Oct. 4 - W&J at Geneva, 1 PM
Oct. 11 - Waynesburg at W&J, 1 PM

Contributed by W&J Sports Information