Newspaper Plans to Broadcast State Softball Championship Series

The best-of-three state softball championship series is planned to be broadcast 
live and free of charge.

Wayne Academy faced Bowling Green (La.) Wednesday at home in Game 1 of 
the series to decide the Class 3A Division II State Champion. That game 
was broadcast live at www.thewaynecountynews.com.

Game 2 is Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. in Bogalusa, La. The newspaper 
will be broadcasting that game free of charge as well.

"We are proud of the Lady Jaguars for their accomplishments this year 
and we are happy and proud to broadcast the game through live streaming 
on our website and other platforms," said Publisher Paul Keane.

Broadcasts can be accessed at www.thewaynecountynews.com then by 
clicking on the "WCN-TV" link on the home page. The link features a 
video camera icon.

Once you have clicked on that, you will be asked to click on a secondary 
link. Click there and the broadcast will begin when it goes live.

The broadcast will also be available on the newspaper's Facebook page, 
it is recommended that you go through the main website.

"Sometimes, there are issues with Facebook regarding copyright music 
being played that is beyond our control," Keane said. "That music is 
played by the public address system at the fields and sometimes Facebook 
can bumped your broadcast off due to copyright issues. 

"We understand fully why Facebook does that, but we want to warn viewers 
of that issue along with if delays with Wi-Fi become too long Facebook 
will drop the broadcast."

In addition to the newspaper's website, the broadcast can be accessed on 
Amazon Fire, Roku TV, AppleTV, Android TV and will automatically be 
played on the newspaper's indoor digital billboards at 15 locations 
around the county, including Pizza Inn, Buddy's Food and Fuel, Boondock 
Eddie's and The Huff Sports Bar Grill and any other businesses with the 
billboards who are open at the time of the broadcast.

Keane said to be sure and notice the sponsors of the broadcasts.

"These are the folks that keep these broadcasts from becoming 
pay-per-view," he said. "Be sure to take note of all of our advertisers 
on our broadcasts because they all help cover the costs, which can 
sometimes be plentiful.

"Stop by the businesses you see as sponsors and tell them how much you 
appreciate them doing this. More importantly, show your gratitude by 
doing some business with these companies."