Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 25 Northern California Basketball Games

LIVERMORE, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Hometown Network (http://www.comcasthometown.com), Comcast's regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, today announced that it will televise 25 basketball games as part of its ever-expanding Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS) programming (see complete schedule below or at http://comcastcalifornia.mediaroom.com). The games, which will be available on Channel 104 to all Comcast digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California, will include both high school and college contests featuring both men's and women's teams. The telecasts will begin on Saturday, January 9th at 7:00 p.m. when Clovis East (#16 in the ESPN Rise preseason poll) visits Modesto Christian High School.

Comcast Hometown Network's basketball schedule will feature a number of highly ranked prep programs throughout Northern and Central California, including St. Francis, Sheldon, Clovis East, Bishop O'Dowd, McClymonds and St. Mary's of Berkeley on the boy's side, and St. Mary's of Stockton, Bishop O'Dowd and St. Mary's of Berkeley on the girl's side. The network will also televise the CIF San Francisco Section Finals for both boys and girls on March 6th.

Play-by-play duties for all games will be handled by Dan Dibley of sports radio station KNBR 680-AM, who has worked on Comcast Hometown Network's sports broadcasts for the last two years. Color commentary for the majority of the contests will be provided by longtime KCBS 740-AM sports anchor Dave Lewis who has spent 12 years as the voice of Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball, and has also done play-by-play work for Fox Sports Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Color commentary for the six Chico State games will be handled by former Chico State women's assistant coach Kathy Brandt. All games will be produced by CHN sports director Erik Alves and directed by Gary Wasley.

"These top-flight match-ups continue Comcast Hometown Network's long-standing commitment to provide compelling, local programming," said Jeff Giles, Director of Comcast Hometown Network. "Basketball fans throughout Northern and Central California have a new network to add to their list of sports channels."

All of the telecasts will also be available via Comcast's popular On Demand platform, which is free to Comcast digital customers and allows viewers to pause, rewind and fast forward the games. To view the games via On Demand, Comcast digital customers should tune to Channel 1 (On Demand) and select Get Local > Local Sports > High School Basketball.

Following is Comcast Hometown Network's telecast schedule for the 2010 season:

    Saturday, January 9     7:00 PM     Clovis East @ Modesto      (from 1/8)
                                        Christian - Boy's

    Wednesday, Jan. 13      7:00 PM     St. Ignatius vs. Sacred    (from 1/12)
                                        Heart Cathedral - Girl's

    Wednesday, Jan. 13      8:30 PM     St. Ignatius vs. Sacred    (from 1/12)
                                        Heart Cathedral - Boy's

    Saturday, January  16   7:00 PM     St. Mary's Berkeley @      (from 1/15)
                                        St. Joe's - Boy's

    Saturday, January 16    8:30 PM     St. Mary's Berkeley @      (from 1/15)
                                        St. Joe's - Girl's

    Wednesday, Jan. 20      7:00 PM     Branson @ Marin Catholic   (from 1/19)
                                        - Girl's

    Wednesday, Jan. 20      8:30 PM     Branson @ Marin Catholic   (from 1/19)
                                        - Boy's

    Saturday, January  23   7:00 PM     Cal State Los Angeles @    (from 1/22)
                                        Chico State - Women

    Saturday, January  23   8:30 PM     Cal State Los Angeles @    (from 1/22)
                                        Chico State - Men's

    Saturday, January  30   4:00 PM     UC Riverside @ University  LIVE
                                        of Pacific - Women's

    Thursday, January 28    7:00 PM     Jesuit @ Sheldon - Boy's   (from 1/27)

    Thursday, February 4    7:00 PM     Harbor @ Santa Cruz        (from 2/3)
                                        - Girl's

    Thursday, February 4    8:30 PM     Harbor @ Santa Cruz        (from 2/3)
                                        - Boy's

    Saturday, February 6    7:00 PM     San Leandro @              (from 2/5)
                                        Bishop O'Dowd - Girl's

    Saturday, February 6    8:30 PM     San Leandro @              (from 2/5)
                                        Bishop O'Dowd - Boy's

    Tuesday, February  9    7:00 PM     Miramonte @                (from 2/8)
                                        St. Mary's - Girl's

    Thursday, February 11   7:00 PM     Bellarmine @               (from 2/10)
                                        St. Francis - Boy's

    Saturday, February 20   7:00 PM     Sonoma State @             (from 2/19)
                                        Chico State - Women's

    Saturday, February 20   8:30 PM     Sonoma State @             (from 2/19)
                                        Chico State - Men's

    Sunday, February 21     7:00 PM     Humboldt State @           (from 2/20)
                                        Chico State - Women's

    Sunday, February  21    8:30 PM     Humboldt State @           (from 2/20)
                                        Chico State - Men's

    Thursday, February 25   7:00 PM     UC Riverside @ University  LIVE
                                        of Pacific - Men's

    Friday, February 26     7:00 PM     McClymonds @ Oakland       (from 2/24)
                                        - Boy's

    Saturday, March 6       7:00 PM     San Francisco Section      (from 3/5)
                                        Finals - Boy's

    Saturday, March 6       8:30 PM     San Francisco Section      (from 3/5)
                                        Finals - Girl's


    SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

About Comcast Hometown Network

Comcast Hometown Network (CHN) (www.comcasthometown.com) is a regional cable network produced by Comcast and available in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California on Digital Channel 104. Available to more than 1.6 million homes in Northern and Central California, Comcast Hometown Network is a 24/7 channel that includes Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS), original regional programming, and unique local content that can't be found anywhere else.

Comcast Hometown Network has fast become a mecca for local sports coverage. The network recently produced and televised more than 20 LIVE minor league baseball games from the Class A Advanced California League, featuring the San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports, Modesto Nuts and the Visalia Rawhide. CHN also produces and televises coverage of prep football and basketball throughout Northern and Central California.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.8 million cable customers, 15.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.4 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

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