HBCU football games get broadcast coverage in the Carolinas

The Allen Media Group has assembled two slates of live football games involving Historically Black Colleges and Universities that will be carried on a network of broadcast stations this season.

One schedule involves primarily Southwestern Athletic Conference teams and will have affiliates in at least eight broadcast markets reaching the Carolinas. Games will also be available on some streaming platforms.

The other schedule has mostly games involving Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams and will be carried on TheGrio TV. For some reason, several markets in the Carolinas have lost their Grio affiliates since last season. The only nearby Grio affiliate I could find was WGCB, Channel 35.4, in Savannah. However, the channel is carried on some streaming, satellite and cable services.

Schedules subject to change; Some stations may not carry every game

HBCU affiliates with signals reaching the Carolinas

Charlotte: WMYT, Channel 55.1.

Columbia: WIS, 10.2.
Greenville-Asheville-Spartanburg: WLOS, 13.2.

Greenville-New Bern: 7.2.

Norfolk/Tidewater: WSKY, 4.1.

Piedmont Triad: WMYV, 48.1.

Raleigh: WRDC, 28.1.

Charleston: WCIV, 36.1.

(Thanks to Kathy Yevak of WSKY in Norfolk for her help with this. I hope to add info for the Augusta, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville and Savannah markets - which have signals reaching the Carolinas - at a later date).

HBCU schedule
Aug. 31: Virginia Union at Kentucky State, 3 p.m.

Sept. 7: Tuskegee at Grambling, 7 p.m.

Sept. 14: Tennessee State at Arkansas Pine Bluff, 7 .m.

Sept. 21: Clark Atlanta at Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m.

Sept. 28: Alabama State at Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m.

Oct. 5: Arkansas Pine Bluff at Alcorn State, 3 p.m.

Oct. 12: Bethune-Cookman at Alabama A&M, 3 p.m.

Oct. 19: Arkansas Pine Bluff at Grambling State, 3 p.m.

Oct. 26: Jackson State at Bethune-Cookman, 3 p.m.

Nov. 2: Southern at Alabama A&M, 3 p.m.

Nov. 9: Mississippi Valley State at Jackson State, 3 p.m.

Nov. 16: CIAA Championship, Salem, Va., 3 p.m.

Nov. 23: Texas Southern at Arkansas Pine Bluff, 3 p.m.

The Grio affiliates with signals reaching the Carolinas
Savannah: WGCB, 35.4.

The Grio schedule

Aug. 31: Clark Atlanta at Fort Valley State, 1 p.m.

Sept. 7: Savannah State at Southern, 7 p.m.

Sept. 14: Kentucky State at Fort Valley State, 1 p.m.

Sept. 21: Winston-Salem State at Virginia State, 1 p.m.

Sept. 28: Miles at Allen, 1 p.m.

Oct. 5: Bowie State at Fayetteville State, 1 p.m.

Oct. 12: Clark Atlanta at Central State, 1 p.m.

Oct. 19: Bluefield State at Bowie State, 1 p.m.

Oct. 26: Johnson C. Smith at Winston-Salem State, 1 p.m.

Nov. 2: Benedict at Fort Valley State, 1 p.m.

Nov. 9: Virginia Union at Virginia State, 1 p.m.

Nov. 16: Mississippi Valley State at Florida A&M, 1 p.m.

Nov. 23: Alabama A&M at Mississippi Valley State, 1 p.m.