Catch 47

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Catch 47 (Bright House cable only)
St. Petersburg, Florida
Branding	Catch 47
Slogan	Tampa Bay's Sports Television
Channels	cable 47 analog
Affiliations
Owner	Bright House Networks
Founded	2004
Website	www.catch47.com

Catch 47 is a 24-hour regional sports network in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. The station began in 2004 and is owned by Bright House Networks, seen exclusively on their systems on cable channel 47.

Programs include "Bay Sports with Dick Crippen" and "Bucs Xtra Point." The station also televises baseball and softball games of the University of South Florida, as well as baseball games in the Florida State League. Catch 47 also broadcasts most home games and an occasional road game of the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm. The anouncing team for Storm games generally consists of Drew Fellios and former NFL punter Mark Royals. On March 25, 2007, SportsNet New York (a similar regional sports network in the New York metropolitan area) re-aired Catch 47's coverage of a Storm-New York Dragons game from two days earlier. SNY opted to broadcast the game in its original Catch 47 form, niether editing any part of the coverage nor dubbing the game with their announcers.

[edit] External links

• Catch 47 Website