Ask the skipper
Do you have a question deep down inside for R-Phils manager Steve
Roadcap that you're going crazy to get the answer to?
Email your
question to R-Phils play-by-play man Anthony Oppermann and you might hear it on the air.
Anthony will ask the R-Phils skipper select questions, submitted
by the fans, during his extended pre-game interview and podcast
each Friday.
Be sure to include your name and
home town so Anthony can recognize you on the air.
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Broadcasts
Online | email
Anthony Oppermann at radio@readingphillies.com
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ONLINE
All Reading Phillies radio broadcasts can
be heard online at our web site. Broadcasts begin 30 minutes prior to
first pitch except on Friday's when the pre-game show begins and hour
before game time. Post-game shows follow each game and fans can find a
Podcast on the home page every game day.
Radio
| email Anthony Oppermann at radio@readingphillies.com
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ESPN
1240 and the R-Phils are celebrating 10 seasons together in 2009. ESPN 1240, based in
Ephrata, PA, has been broadcasting R-Phils baseball since the 2000 season.
Every game will be carried. The pre-game show starts a half hour
before first pitch and an hour before first pitch on Friday's. Post-game shows follow
each broadcast.
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Television | email
Steve Degler at broadcast@readingphillies.com

Reading, PA – T Service Electric Cable TV-2 Sports will serve as the
flagship provider for an extensive television network that will carry many
Reading Phillies home games in 2009.
SECTV 2 Sports,
which reaches homes in the Lehigh Valley, will produce the games which
will also be carried by network affiliates Service
Electric Cablevision, Service
Electric Company, Blue
Ridge Cable TV-11, Blue
Ridge Cable TV-13 and WYLN-35.
Overall, R-Phils games will reach over one million homes during the 2008
season.
Coverage Area
Service Electric TV 2 and Service Electric Company deliver to subscribers
in the Lehigh Valley, central and northeastern Pennsylvania and
northwestern New Jersey.
Service Electric Cablevision provides for subscribers in eastern Berks
County.
Blue Ridge Cable TV-11 reaches Ephrata and northern Lancaster County.
Blue Ridge Cable TV-13 covers Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Lehigh, Wayne, and
Bradford Counties.
WYLN-35 will bring the R-Phils to households in Hazelton, Conyngham, Drums
Valley, Sugarloaf, Weatherly, Berwick, Shenandoah, Wilkes-Barre,
Mountaintop, Danville, Williamsport and portions of the Poconos on cable
and over the air.
Reading Phillies 2009 Television Schedule
| DATE |
TIME |
TEAM |
| 4-7-09 |
6:30 PM |
LV IronPigs (Phillies AAA,
exhibition game) |
| 4-23-09 |
6:30 PM |
Bowie Baysox (Orioles) |
| 5-8-09 |
7:00 PM |
Altoona Curve (Pirates) |
| 5-9-09 |
6:00 PM |
Altoona Curve
(Pirates) |
| 5-10-09 |
1:00 PM |
Altoona Curve
(Pirates) |
| 5-14-09 |
6:30 PM |
Harrisburg Senators
(Nationals) |
| 5-15-09 |
7:00 PM |
Harrisburg Senators
(Nationals) |
| 6-3-09 |
7:00 PM |
Akron Aeros (Indians) |
| 6-4-09 |
7:00 PM |
Akron Aeros (Indians) |
| 6-9-09 |
7:00 PM |
Trenton Thunder (Yankees) |
| 6-10-09 |
7:00 PM |
Trenton Thunder (Yankees) |
| 6-20-09 |
6:30 PM |
Harrisburg Senators
(Nationals) |
| 6-21-09 |
1:00 PM |
Harrisburg Senators
(Nationals) |
| 7-5-09 |
1:00 PM |
Connecticut Defenders
(Giants) |
| 8-14-09 |
7:00 PM |
Binghamton Mets (Mets) |
| 8-26-09 |
1:00 PM |
Erie SeaWolves (Tigers) |
| 8-27-09 |
7:00 PM |
Erie SeaWolves (Tigers) |
| 8-28-09 |
7:00 PM |
Bowie Baysox (Orioles) |
| 8-29-09 |
7:00 PM |
Bowie Baysox (Orioles) |
| 8-30-09 |
7:00 PM |
Bowie Baysox (Orioles) |
Coverage Maps (Shaded areas can view
Reading Phillies games)

The map above represents cable systems from
Service Electric TV 2, Service Electric Company, Service Electric
Cablevision, Blue Ridge Cable TV-11 and Blue Ridge Cable TV-13.
The map below represents WYLN-35’s
coverage area.


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Broadcasters
Anthony
Oppermann, radio & online
Anthony
Oppermann is the Reading Phillies new radio play-by-play broadcaster.
He’ll handle all 143 broadcasts for the team on ESPN 1240 WIOV and
readingphillies.com.
Oppermann has spent the last two seasons with the Potomac Nationals, the
Class-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals in the Carolina League.
In 2006, Oppermann was the voice of the Daytona Cubs (Chicago, NL) in the
Class-A Florida State League. Prior to his season in Daytona,
Oppermann spent time with the Round Rock Express as an in-booth producer.
The Express are the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros and play in
the Pacific Coast League. He also broadcast for the Coppell Copperheads
and Weatherford Wranglers of the Texas Collegiate League.
Oppermann is native of La Grange, TX and a 2004 graduate of Texas
Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. He earned a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film
with emphasis in Sports Broadcasting. Tony
Zonca, radio & online
Post-game
shows with interviews by Tony Zonca, are a regular part of
R-Phils radio broadcasts. Video of Zonca's post-game interviews can also be
seen on RTV on the hoe page at readingphillies.com.
With
over 40 years of sports writing experience, including several years on the
Philadelphia Phillies beat for the Reading Eagle, Zonca is also the
lead writer for the club’s Web site at readingphillies.com.
Steve Degler, TV
The
2009 season will be Steve Degler's 18th season in the booth with the
R-Phils but the first he'll exclusively do TV. He is
the “dean” of Eastern Leauge broadcasters. Degler has
Major League experience as well. He hosted the Philadelphia Phillies pre
and post-game shows on numerous occasions in 1999 and performed for the
big club two weeks in 2000.
He'll also handle color analysis for every
televised Lehigh Valley IronPigs game.
During the baseball off-season Degler handles television play-by-play
duties for Lehigh University athletics, Niagara University, high school
sports on The Comcast Network and provides color commentary for LaSalle
University basketball radio broadcasts. Degler is a Kutztown University
graduate. He also played baseball for the Golden Bears.
Tim
Neiman, TV
Tim
Neiman is in his third season as the analyst on televised Reading Phillies
games. Neiman's insights are fueled by nearly 30 years of experience
coaching at the collegiate level, plus scouting experience with the
Pirates and Brewers.
He's
been in his current position as the head coach at DeSales University in
Center Valley, PA since 1990 and owns a career record of 473-256-4 (.645)
and several NCAA appearances including a trip to the 2003 Division III
College World Series . Several of Neiman's players have been signed
or drafted by professional teams.
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