Tribune Inks Deal With National Football League

Tribune Inks Deal With National Football League

Company Wins Local Market Over-The-Air Rights To Six Games Carried By NFL Network

CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 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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