SALEM, VA (July 20, 2023) – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announces its broadcast schedule for the 2023 football season, with games set to be shown on HBCU GO, as well as the conference’s very own CIAA Sports Network.
Five CIAA games will be televised live on HBCU GO, including the 2023 CIAA Football Championship, which will be held in Salem, VA on November 11 this year.
HBCU GO's four-game regular season slate, which features seven of the league’s 12 teams, begins Saturday, September 16 when Shaw visits Bowie State with kickoff set for 1 p.m.. The next week (Saturday, September 23), Virginia Union hosts the defending CIAA Champions of Fayetteville State at 6 p.m. in the Willard Bailey Classic. The Saturday, October 14 contest will feature Winston-Salem State visiting Shaw at Durham County Stadium at 1 p.m. The final HBCUGo regular season game of the season will pit a true battle on the gridiron as Virginia State makes a short trip up I-95 on Saturday, November 4 to take on arch-rival Virginia Union in the Doug Wilder Classic at Hovey Field at Hovery Field. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
HBCUGO will conclude its CIAA football broadcast schedule with the conference champioship game on Saturday, November 11 at Salem Stadium. The scheduled 3 p.m. kickoff will be between the respective CIAA Northern and Southern Champions.
Every conference game will also still be available on the CIAA Sports Network. Local listings of each game's broadcast will be available at a later time.
About the CIAA
Founded in 1912, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is the first and longest-running, African American athletic conference in the U.S. and one of the most recognized conferences in Division II. The CIAA conducts 14 championships attended by more than 150,000 fans from around the country. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the CIAA is governed by the Presidents and Chancellors of its 13 member institutions: Bowie State University, Bluefield State University, Claflin University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine's University, Shaw University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, and Winston-Salem State University. For more information on the CIAA, visit theciaa.com, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
About HBCU GO
HBCU GO is a cultural lifestyle destination and leading sports media provider that embraces and represents the voice of Black Excellence every day of the year through an all-new platform that captures the rich history, diversity, perspectives, and cultural experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The network also provides a platform for emerging creatives in media production, branding, and broadcasting. We offer our viewers the best in live sports, original series, documentaries, films, comedy, and edutainment programming produced by African American leading producers, directors, and students from select HBCUs.
Launched in 2012, the free-streaming service HBCU GO was purchased by Byron Allen in 2021 and is part of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG). AMG is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Charleston, SC. AMG owns 27 ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network affiliate broadcast television stations in 21 U.S. markets and twelve 24-hour HD television networks serving nearly 220 million subscribers.
