Out of Town Fans Out of Luck for Steelers-Buccaneers Broadcast

If you’re an out-of-town Pittsburgh Steelers fan looking to tune in to this Sunday’s Week 6 game between the Black and Gold and Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you’re probably out of luck.

The game, which will be broadcast by FOX affiliate WPGH-TV Channel 53 in Pittsburgh, will be seen in scant few other markets around the country.

In addition to Pittsburgh and Tampa, the game will also be shown in Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Charleston, W.Va.; Burlington, Vt.; Portland, Maine and Orlando, Fort Myers, Tallahassee and Pensacola, Fla., according to 506 Sports.

Most of Pennsylvania will have the game outside of the Philadelphia metro area, the Northern Tier that is part of the Buffalo market and the two counties in south-central Pa. that are part of the Washington, D.C. media market.

The game will have by far the narrowest distribution of any Steelers game this season, which is likely due to the team’s 1-4 start to the season. The surprising New York Jets, meanwhile, have the most-widely distributed FOX 1 p.m. game against the Green Bay Packers.

This is the first of two games this season the Steelers are scheduled to play on FOX. Their week 10 game against the New Orleans Saints is also scheduled for FOX.

Joe Davis and Daryl Johnston are currently scheduled to have the call for the game, though that may change depending on FOX’s needs for broadcasting the Major League Baseball playoffs.

Fans in Pittsburgh will also be able to see the Baltimore Ravens at the New York Giants on CBS at 1 p.m. The late game on CBS will be Buffalo at Kansas City.

The national games this week have Washington at Chicago on Thursday night on Amazon Prime Video, Dallas at Philadelphia on Sunday Night Football on NBC (WPXI) and Denver at the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football on ESPN.