Bounce TV (http://www.bouncetv.com), the nation’s first and only over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, will launch in the Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, and Midland TV market Monday, April 16, 2012. Bounce TV is one of the fastest growing networks in the industry,
already available in nearly 75% of African American television homes since coming on theair in September 2011.
Bounce TV will be seen over the air on WEYI’s 25.3 digital channel. Charter Cable has agreed to carry it on channel 445 and Comcast will begin airing Bounce TV on May 24, 2012 on channel 291.
“We are very excited to be launching another television station in the Genesee and Great Lakes Bay Region. Bounce TV gives our viewers another option for programming and entertainment, and we are very happy to be affiliated with Bounce TV”, said Becky Butcher President and CEO of WEYI and WBSF television.
Bounce TV will air twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. The new network will feature a programming mix of theatrical motion pictures, live sporting events, documentaries, specials, inspirational faith-based programs, off-net series, original programming and more.
It will feature hundreds of African American-skewing motion pictures, including: Jamie Foxx’s 2004 Academy Award-winning performance as Ray Charles in Ray; Denzel Washington’s Academy Award-nominated role in The Hurricane; The Bone Collector, which pairs Washington with Angelina Jolie; Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Mo’ Better Blues; The Nutty Professor I and II, starring Eddie Murphy; Bowfinger starring Murphy and Steve Martin; Michael Jackson and Diana Ross headlining The Wiz; the 1995 comedy Major Payne with Damon Wayans; Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2005), the 1976 classic Car Wash and more.
For more information, contact Becky Butcher at (810) 687-1000, or at bbutcher@nbc25.net. NBC25 WEYI-TV is the local NBC affiliate covering Bay City, Saginaw, Flint and Midland and the entire 13-county Mid-Michigan region. Bounce TV will air on WEYI’s third Channel, 25.3. It also operates CW46 WBSF-TV, the local affiliate of the CW network formed by the merger of the WB and UPN networks. NBC25 & CW46 are owned and operated by Barrington Broadcasting Corporation.
