HOUSTON - Comcast SportsNet Houston, a partnership between the Houston Rockets, Houston Astros and the NBC Sports Group, will broadcast Saturday's homecoming showdown featuring Prairie View A&M and Alcorn State live at Blackshear Field beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday's game marks the first-ever live SWAC Football contest on the network, which debuted Oct. 1.
In addition to game coverage, Comcast SportsNet provides football fans with the region's deepest local analysis, opinion and debate about area and national programs, led by the new show “Saturday Tailgate Live. “ Produced by Comcast SportsNet each week and hosted by Bill Doleman, “Saturday Tailgate Live” complements the day's live college football programming with highlights and analysis of the world of college football, with a focus on regional teams. “Saturday Tailgate Live” will begin a half-hour prior to the network's first scheduled game of the day, and will continue with halftime and between-game programming as well as a half-hour wrap-up show after the last game of the day.
Announcing teams for games produced by Comcast SportsNet are: Tom Dore with analyst Shea Walker, Dave Raymond with analyst ND Kalu, and sideline reporters Leila Rahimi (LAY-luh RAH-hee-mee) and Lemont Williams.
“Comcast SportsNet Houston has made a commitment to provide coverage of important local college and high school sporting events from around our region,” Comcast SportsNet Houston Director of Programming Janice Schmader said. “These schools and their athletes are an important part of local sports culture and our community.”
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Comcast SportsNet Houston is being made available in both standard and high definition to all local cable, satellite and telco TV providers and today is carried by:
• Coastal Link (channels 31/131 in Brazoria County, Texas).
• Comcast Cable (channels 39/639 in the Houston area; 86/1688 in Houma, La Place, Monroe and Shreveport, Lou.; 269/1687 in Little Rock, Ark.).
• Consolidated Communications (channels 42/723 in the Houston area).
• EnTouch (channels 73/473 in the Houston area).
• Phonoscope (channels 35/293 in the Houston area).
Fans with other TV services should visit IWantCSNHouston.com for the latest distribution developments and to tell their cable, satellite or telco TV provider to add Comcast SportsNet to their channel lineup. Follow Comcast SportsNet Houston on Twitter: @CSNHouston for the latest news and information about the network.
Comcast SportsNet Houston is a partnership between the Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, and the NBC Sports Group, and is the new television home of the Astros and Rockets. The network, which launched on October 1, 2012, is available to viewers in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Broadcasts originate from a state-of-the-art, street-level studio in the Houston Pavilions. Comcast SportsNet Houston takes fans deeper inside the teams they love with comprehensive Astros and Rockets coverage as well as news and talk programming that matters to local viewers. The network is also the home to major college, high school and professional sports coverage from around the region.
NBC Sports Regional Networks, part of the NBC Sports Group, consists of 13 local networks that deliver more than 2,400 sporting events annually, along with breaking news and comprehensive analysis, to more than 50 million cable and satellite homes. The NBC Sports Regional Networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Houston, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, CSS and SNY. NBC Sports Regional Networks also manages NECN (New England Cable News), the nation's largest regional news network, and The Comcast Network, based in Philadelphia and Washington, which delivers community-oriented programming. For more information, see ComcastSportsNet.com.
Contact:
Rich Bocchini
Communications Manager, Comcast SportsNet Houston
713.457.6700
