Tribune Inks Deal with National Football League
Company Wins Local Market Over-The-Air Rights to Six Games Carried by NFL Network

CHICAGO, September 2, 2008 -- Tribune Company today announced that it has obtained the local market over-the-air broadcast rights for six National Football League games carried by the NFL Network during the regular season. The agreement allows Tribune’s stations in New York, Dallas, San Diego, New Orleans, Denver, and Indianapolis to broadcast games that would otherwise be available only to cable and satellite television subscribers in those markets.

The schedule includes one of two regular season games between the New York Jets, led by newly-acquired quarterback Brett Favre, and last year’s AFC Champion New England Patriots.

"Partnering with the NFL to bring these games to a broad audience in these markets is a real demonstration of our commitment to staying hyper-focused on local programming," said John Hendricks, Tribune Broadcasting’s executive vice president/interactive and broadcast sales. "There’s nothing bigger than the NFL and these games will deliver big ratings for our advertisers."

The full schedule is as follows:

Game
Broadcast Date
Station
City

Denver Broncos v.
Cleveland Browns
November 6, 2008
KWGN-TV
Denver

New York Jets v.
New England Patriots
November 13, 2008
WPIX-TV
New York

Oakland Raiders v.
San Diego Chargers
December 4, 2008
KSWB-TV
San Diego

New Orleans Saints v.
Chicago Bears
December 11, 2008
WGNO-TV
New Orleans

Indianapolis Colts v.
Jacksonville Jaguars
December 18, 2008
WXIN-TV
Indianapolis

Baltimore Ravens v.
Dallas Cowboys
December 20, 2008
KDAF-TV
Dallas-Fort Worth


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posted by Ed Padgett | ¶ 4:03 PM