Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 13 Northern California High School Football Games

Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 13 Northern California High School Football Games

Schedule Kicks Off on September 12 with Marathon of Four Live Games in One Day From "The Battle at the Capital" Games Will Air on Channel 104 and Also be Available Via ON DEMAND

LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Hometown Network (CHN), Comcast's regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, today announced that it will televise 13 high school football games as part of its ever-expanding Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS) programming (see complete schedule below). The games will be available on Channel 104 to all Comcast digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California. The telecasts will begin on Saturday, September 12 at 11:00 a.m. with an exciting LIVE four game marathon from "The Battle at the Capital," featuring such Northern California powers as Pittsburg (#2 in the final 2008 MaxPreps North Coast Section Rankings), Granite Bay (#3 Sac-Joaquin Section), Cardinal Newman (#3 North Coast Section), Sacred Heart Cathedral (#5 Central Coast Section), and Central Catholic (#6 Sac-Joaquin Section).

"High school football continues to be a key programming element for Comcast Hometown Network as we provide local and regional programming that viewers can't get anywhere else," said Jeff Giles, Director of Comcast Hometown Network. "Our Comcast Hometown Sports programming schedule continues to grow with another terrific block of live sporting events - in this case, some of Northern California's best prep football teams."

The play-by-play announcer for Comcast Hometown Network's high school football games will be Dan Dibley of sports radio station KNBR 680 AM, while former San Jose SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet and University of Nevada football analyst Scott Gordon will split the color analyst duties. Tori Taylor, a former reporter for Current TV, will serve as sideline reporter. Dibley is a mainstay of CHN's prep coverage, having served as sideline reporter for the 2008 football season and the color commentator for the 2009 high school basketball season. All games will be produced by CHN sports director Erik Alves and directed by Gary Wasley. For more information, go to: http://www.comcasthometown.com/

The prep contests will premiere on Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. on Comcast Hometown Network (Channel 104), and will be replayed several times. They will also be available any time of the day or night via Comcast's popular ON DEMAND platform, which is free to Comcast digital customers. To view Comcast Hometown Network games ON DEMAND, Comcast Digital Cable customers can tune to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or press the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, then click on the "Get Local" section, then click on "Local Sports."

In addition to the September 12 "Battle at the Capital," CHN's high school football schedule features many of the top prep teams in Northern and Central California, including prominent Bay Area powers Foothill (#5 in the final 2008 MaxPreps North Coast Section Rankings), California (San Ramon) (#7 North Coast Section), Clayton Valley (#11 North Coast Section), Campolindo (#13 North Coast Section), Las Lomas (#18 North Coast Section), Napa (#15 Sac-Joaquin Section), Gilroy (#6 Central Coast Section), Palo Alto (#13 Central Coast Section), and Kings Academy (Sunnyvale) (#19 Central Coast Section), as well as traditionally strong teams such as Pleasant Grove (#8 Sac-Joaquin Section) and St. Mary's (Stockton) (#2 Sac-Joaquin Section) from the Central California area.

Comcast Hometown Network is fast becoming a mecca for local sports coverage. The network is in the midst of producing and televising 20 LIVE Friday night minor league baseball games from the Class A Advanced California League, featuring the San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports, Modesto Nuts or Visalia Rawhide. In addition, CHN also televised key 2009 high school basketball games in January and February, and produced 10 high school football games featuring prominent prep programs throughout Northern and Central California in 2008.

Following is Comcast Hometown Network's tentative 2009 high school football telecast schedule:

   TELECAST DATE        TIME      TEAMS   -------------        ----      -----   Saturday,            11:00 AM  Battle at the Capital -   September 12         LIVE        Game #1 at Folsom HS                                  Franklin vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            2:00  PM  Battle at the Capital -   September 12         LIVE        Game #2 at Folsom HS                                  Granite Bay vs. Pittsburg   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            5:00  PM  Battle at the Capital -   September 12         LIVE        Game #3 at Folsom HS                                  Central Catholic vs. Cardinal Newman   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            8:00  PM  Battle at the Capital -   September 12         LIVE        Game #4 at Folsom HS                                  California (San Ramon) vs. Del Oro   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  James Logan @ Foothill (Pleasanton)   September 19                     from 9/18   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Gilroy @ Palo Alto   September 26                     from 9/25   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Elk Grove @ Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove)   October 3                        from 10/2   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Central Catholic @ St. Mary's (Stockton)   October 10                       from 10/9   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Menlo Atherton @ The Kings Academy   October 17                     (Sunnyvale)                                    from 10/16   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Concord @ Clayton Valley (Concord)   October 24                       from 10/23   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Manteca @ Oakdale   October 31                       from 10/30   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Napa @ Vacaville   November 7                       from 11/6   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------   Saturday,            7:00  PM  Campolindo @ Las Lomas (Walnut Creek)   November 14                      OR  Los Gatos @ Milpitas                                    from 11/13   -------------        ----      ---------------------------------------    SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE     About Comcast Hometown Network  

Comcast Hometown Network (CHN) 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 as a part of Comcast's commitment to the communities that it serves, Comcast Hometown Network is a 24/7 channel that includes original regional programming, Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS), and unique local content that you can't get anywhere else.

About ON DEMAND

Comcast's signature ON DEMAND service continues to be a one-stop destination for entertainment - from movies, music and top TV shows to the most popular kids, sports and lifestyle programs available anytime a customer wants to watch them with the ability to fast-forward, pause or rewind selections. Comcast's expanding ON DEMAND library today offers more than 10,000 programs throughout the course of a month, including more than 1,000 choices in HD available at any time - the vast majority of which are free.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) (NASDAQ:CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.9 million cable customers, 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.0 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.

Comcast's California Region, based in Livermore, California, serves more than 2.4 million customers in Northern and Central California. Comcast employs more than 7,500 local residents across the region.

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