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Athens, GA (Dec 9, 2007) - Leon Schweir is Executive Producer/Vice President, Production of for The Big Ten Network. This is his profile as published by The Big Ten Network.

Leon Schweir was named Executive Producer/VP, Production of the Big Ten Network in January 2007 and comes to the Network with more than 25 years of production, programming and management experience. His work has been recognized with two national and 27 local Sports Emmy Awards.

Prior to joining the Big Ten Network, Schweir spent 26 years at Madison Square Garden Networks in New York City. From 2000 until his new appointment, he served as Executive Producer/Vice President of Programming, overseeing the programming for two regional sports networks - Madison Square Garden Network (MSGN) and FSN New York. He also served as Coordinating Producer for MSGN and for many years was the lead producer for New York Yankees telecasts, including the team's four World Championship seasons from 1996 to 2000.