On The Gridiron

On the Gridiron is a name of broadcasts of American High School Football games, as well as highlight shows, produced and broadcast by stations owned by Lake Hill Broadcasting. A national highlight show of various games captured by its stations is broadcast by H Channel on Saturday nights, as well as the Overnight Television Network, which is produced by WALA in Ridgecrest, Alabama. 
== History ==
Lake Hill was previously involved in the production of a national highlights show, Saturday Night Lights, which aired on its overnight programming block. However, the company lacked a format for a high school football show that could be used local and nationally, as well as to broadcast the games itself, either via a station's main channel or a subchannel. 
On July 13, 2022, Lake Hill announced via an internal memo that it would be providing its stations with the ability to broadcast a high school football highlights show, a local high school football game, or both, via a united franchise name and graphics package, On the Gridiron. It also announced a similar scheme for High School Basketball coverage, as well as national highlights show produced by WALA and broadcast by Lake Hill's H Channel, Overnight Television Network, and via syndication.
The local version of the show started broadcasting on various dates, depending on the start of a local league's season. For example, Lake Hill's flagship station, WLHB, began broadcasting its local version of On the Gridiron's highlights show on August 26, 2022, but began broadcasting actual games on September 2, 2022. The national highlights show began broadcasting on August 19, 2022.