HBCU GO kicks off season at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Seven years ago, former BET Executive Curtis Symons brought back some of his former BET colleagues and funded his vision to help broaden the exposure of HBCU’s with HBCU GO, a digital network. This spring Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) bought the free-streaming digital platform, HBCU GO -- the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and announced an 11-game television schedule of football games that will air in 60% of US Households.
Because the Black College Football Hall of Fame was at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he decided to kick off the fall sports season on September 3rd with a star-studded pre-season show featuring the nation’s top Gridiron NFL and Black College Hall of Famers and HBCU alums.
Television trucks rolled into the Hall on Monday and Tuesday August 29-30 to record the three hour pregame “HBCUGO Sports Presents Football Kickoff ”. Hosted by Black College Football Hall of Famer Charlie Neal, with analyst Black College Football Hall of Famer Greg Coleman and reporter Ashley Holder. The TV team transformed the BCFHOF Rotunda into a television studio and were done by Tuesday night.
Guests on the show include Chief Relationship Officer for the Black College Football Hall of Fame and Hall of Famers, Adrian Allison, Executive Director of the BCFHOF Marques Fitch, BCFHOR’er Nate Newton, Deion Sanders, Donald Driver, Ben Coates and many others. HOFP supplied features for the show, including “Why Canton for the BCFHOF”, and interiors and exteriors of the Hall.
Executive Producer Curtis Simmons “The high level cooperation and from the Hall and the staff was unexpected. It was obvious that their team has been in the “broadcast business” many times before. It was a great collaboration and we look forward to working again with the Hall and its production team”
The show airs on Friday at 7 p.m. -10 p.m. on many CBS stations and streamed at https://hbcugo.tv/how-to-watch.
Because the Black College Football Hall of Fame was at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he decided to kick off the fall sports season on September 3rd with a star-studded pre-season show featuring the nation’s top Gridiron NFL and Black College Hall of Famers and HBCU alums.
Television trucks rolled into the Hall on Monday and Tuesday August 29-30 to record the three hour pregame “HBCUGO Sports Presents Football Kickoff ”. Hosted by Black College Football Hall of Famer Charlie Neal, with analyst Black College Football Hall of Famer Greg Coleman and reporter Ashley Holder. The TV team transformed the BCFHOF Rotunda into a television studio and were done by Tuesday night.
Guests on the show include Chief Relationship Officer for the Black College Football Hall of Fame and Hall of Famers, Adrian Allison, Executive Director of the BCFHOF Marques Fitch, BCFHOR’er Nate Newton, Deion Sanders, Donald Driver, Ben Coates and many others. HOFP supplied features for the show, including “Why Canton for the BCFHOF”, and interiors and exteriors of the Hall.
Executive Producer Curtis Simmons “The high level cooperation and from the Hall and the staff was unexpected. It was obvious that their team has been in the “broadcast business” many times before. It was a great collaboration and we look forward to working again with the Hall and its production team”
The show airs on Friday at 7 p.m. -10 p.m. on many CBS stations and streamed at https://hbcugo.tv/how-to-watch.
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