The Liberty Flames Sports Network (also known as LFSN) is an American syndicated regional

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and

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with occasional broadcasts. The network broadcasts

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty i ...

Flames football, volleyball, softball and baseball as well as men's and

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basketball games over the air on television and radio.

Radio broadcasts

The Victory Radio Network provides Flames football and basketball games to 25

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s in

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(mainly from

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eastward and 7 stations in northeastern

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in areas east of

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. The network also has limited coverage in north-central North Carolina, eastern and southern

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, southern

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and the

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area. Flagship stations include

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and

WFIR WFIR (960 kHz "WFIR 960 AM - 107.3 FM") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the Roanoke Valley. It is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. and airs a News/Talk radio format. WFIR broadcasts at 10,000 wat ...

for men's basketball.

Television programming

The LFSN broadcasts Liberty Flames men's and women's basketball, volleyball, softball and baseball games to select television stations in Virginia. Liberty Flames football, on the other hand, can be seen in up to 90 million households throughout the contiguous 48 states and the

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area. The LFSN's nationwide availability of Flames football on television is due in part of religious television networks and stations having syndication rights to carry them well beyond the Lynchburg/ Roanoke

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, especially when not featured on major commercial television networks. The networks include

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(a unit of the

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, available on the third

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of all TBN

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s), The Walk TV, and the

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network. All three of those networks are available over-the-air, cable,

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, as well as on the

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digital media receiver. In addition, all three channels are also available through the use of

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satellite television equipment. Cable-exclusive children's religious network

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(

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channel 264) also airs Liberty Flames football. ''Game On'' is a LFSN-produced sports show that features sport stories throughout the world of sports. It, too, is also available through the networks that run LFSN-produced football games.LFSN Game On Distribution Report 2/1/2015
(PDF). Liberty Flames (Liberty University). Retrieved June 10, 2015. The two over-the-air television flagship stations are formerly-Liberty University-owned

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WZBJ-CD WZBJ-CD (channel 19) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It is a translator of Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ (channel 24) which is owned by Gray Television; the WZBJ stations ...

in Lynchburg, and

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affiliate

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in Roanoke.

References

External links

* {{authority control, state=expanded College basketball on the radio in the United States College football on the radio College football on television Liberty Flames and Lady Flames Sports radio networks in the United States Television stations in Virginia Television stations in Roanoke, Virginia