{"id":90532,"date":"2025-12-15T14:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=90532"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:14:29","slug":"happy-holidays-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/happy-holidays-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After yet another busy season of covering local sports and community events, I, and many of us in the <em>Astound TV Network<\/em> studios, will be taking the next couple weeks off to recharge our batteries and be back, ready to bring you even MORE in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to be going out with a bang as you get to look at our plans or our last week of high school broadcast on us on <em>Astound TV Network<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday:<\/strong> Northwestern @ BASD Freedom Wrestling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday:<\/strong><br \/>\nNorthampton @ Parkland Basketball<br \/>\nEaston @ASD Dieruff Basketball <em>(Astound video customers only)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday:<\/strong><br \/>\nWilson @ Bangor Basketball<br \/>\n<em>(ND-GP at Southern Lehigh &#8230; Schools rescheduled game to another night)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday:<\/strong><br \/>\nAllen @ Whitehall Boys Basketball<br \/>\nDieruff @ Emmaus Girls Basketball<em> (Astound video costumers only)<br \/>\n(Central\/Parkland boys\/girls doubleheader rescheduled by schools to another night)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Freedom @ Liberty Boys Basketball<br \/>\nNotre Dame-Green Pond @ Catasauqua Girls Basketball<em> (Astound video costumers only)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday:<\/strong><br \/>\nEaston @ Nazareth Basketball <em>(1pm start time)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before we do, we want to leave you with more video highlights from <em>ATVN<\/em>&#8216;s coverage this year (see below).<\/p>\n<p>We also want to thank all our viewers for your patronage and also to all the people who have reached out to us again this year, appreciating the job done by all of our crew members and Astound staff personnel, bringing you so many different events through the past 12 months. \u00a0We have even more special plans in store for our viewers and customers in 2026&#8230;but you&#8217;ll have to check back to th<em>e ATVN<\/em> website in the coming weeks and months to find out more about them!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, have a wonderful holiday season and a great start to the New Year!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports: Basketball &#8211; Parkland vs. Whitehall (12\/25)<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2L-091o8Hw?si=aWvJRMZkZTcaen4q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports: Wrestling &#8211; Easton vs. Nazareth (12\/25)<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x6B4cxTgrCw?si=Uf4H1bI036zp4m8M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports: Basketball &#8211; Allen vs. Emmaus (12\/25)<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rqXPaByRlLg?si=D-bKXeXYqerTOibL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Schedule is subject to change. 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