Area Pittsburgh Steelers fans won’t be able to watch their team play on television this Sunday without having access to DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket package.
According to WHP-TV’s Web site, Channel 21 will show the Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins game at 1 p.m. Sunday instead of the Jacksonville Jaguars at Steelers game. (Yes, the winless Miami Dolphins.)
In an online message to viewers, Jim Berman — vice president and general manager of WHP-TV, the Harrisburg-based CBS affiliate — said the station was told by the NFL it had to show the Ravens-Dolphins game.
“When the Ravens are on the road, we have no choice,” Berman said, reminding fans that the Harrisburg TV market is considered by the NFL to be a secondary market for Baltimore. “To our viewers who are fans of the Steelers, we are sorry to disappoint you.
“This is the only Steelers game that we have been forced to pre-empt this season, but we realize that is little consolation since you cannot see this big game on CBS 21.”
WHP also filed this story on the decision.
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