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Butler’s BCTV to produce ESPN+ broadcast

The National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) has announced that, for the second season in a row, Butler Community College students will serve as the primary production team for an ESPN broadcast.The Butler Grizzlies football team will play Snow College of Ephraim, Utah, on Saturday, September 28, at 1:30 p.m at BG Veterans Memorial Stadium, and Butler Creative TV (BCTV) will produce the game in partnership with the NJCAA and California’s Tourbeau Sports.Butler students will be involved in directing, running replays, creating graphics and operating nine cameras for the broadcast, which will be live-streamed on the ESPN+ app.BCTV Station Manager Matt Jacobs notes that the game will be Butler’s second ESPN-branded event and second national-level partnership after last year’s matchup against Dodge City Community College.

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