PIAA/PAB partnership means discounts for broadcasters
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Billy Splain | September 30, 2025
PAB, PIAA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
This initial partnership will continue through the end of 2026.
The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (PAB) and the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc, (PIAA) have entered a partnership through
December 2026 that will assist local broadcasters and help bring more exposure to
student-athletes across PIAA member schools. Both organizations hope to renew this
partnership on an annual basis. The PAB and PIAA have initiated a working group to
meet annually to continue and enhance this spirit of cooperation.
With the partnership, PIAA and PAB will produce several public service announcements
for audio, video and digital content highlighting PIAA student athletes. Both organizations
have a shared commitment to local community and secondary school media programs
that offer the potential for students to get hands-on industry experience. This will boost
cross-marketing opportunities, with PAB member stations assisting in production.
Included in the agreement, PAB member radio stations will receive a 25% audio
broadcasting rights fee discount to cover all rounds of the PIAA playoffs and
championship games. In addition, PAB member radio stations who broadcast 75% of a
member school’s regular season home contests will be afforded the opportunity to video
stream that member school’s post-season contests, up to the championships (finals).
In 2019, PIAA cut the cost of broadcasting fees to help promote local broadcasters and
bring more exposure to high schools across the state. They will continue to keep the same
media rights fees through 2025-2026 school year
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