Trail Blazers Announce 2007-08 Broadcast Schedule

The Trail Blazers have bolstered their TV broadcast team with the additions of Rebecca Haarlow as sideline reporter, Tony Luftman as studio host and Michael Holton as studio analyst.

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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers announced today the team will televise a franchise-record 76 regular season games in addition to one preseason game for the 2007-08 season.

Of the team’s 82 regular season games, 53 will air on Comcast SportsNet (CSN) and 23 can be seen on KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8.

The Oct. 24 preseason game vs. Seattle will also air on KGW, giving fans a rare preview of the upcoming season.

The team’s remaining six games not covered by CSN or KGW will air nationally on TNT.

Additionally, six games are scheduled to be televised on ESPN and seven on NBA TV. Those 13 appearances will be locally aired simultaneously by either CSN or KGW.

The 24 games on KGW will be broadcast throughout the state on the Trail Blazers Television Network in Eugene, Bend and Medford.

The Trail Blazers continue to expand the number of games shown in High-Definition, with 34 dates now being broadcast in HDTV. That number is up from 10 last season, the first year of Trail Blazers basketball in HD.

Mike Barrett, with nine seasons of experience as a member of the Trail Blazers broadcast team and author of the popular “Barrett’s Blog” on trailblazers.com, will mark his fifth season as television play-by-play announcer, while Mike Rice enters his third season as television commentator and 18th overall as a Trail Blazers broadcaster.

The Trail Blazers have bolstered their TV broadcast team with the additions of Rebecca Haarlow as sideline reporter, Tony Luftman as studio host and Michael Holton as studio analyst.

Luftman and Holton will anchor the team’s expanded pre-and postgame shows.

Haarlow, who has worked the sidelines for the Big Ten Network, the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors, joins the Trail Blazers from FSN Los Angeles.

Luftman comes to Portland from the Memphis Grizzlies, where he served as the team’s sideline reporter and pregame radio host.

Holton, a former Trail Blazer from 1986-88, and University of Portland head coach, has extensive coaching experience at the collegiate level in addition to his duties as a college basketball analyst for ESPN.

All Trail Blazers games, preseason and regular season, will again be broadcast on Newsradio 750 AM KXL and on the Trail Blazers’ statewide radio network, with Brian Wheeler calling the play-by-play for his 10th season and Antonio Harvey beginning his third season as commentator.

Jay Allen, KXL’s Sports Director, will host the radio pre-and postgame shows.

October

Wed. 24 *Seattle 7:00 KGW

Tue. 30 at San Antonio 5:00 TNT

November

Fri. 2 at New Orleans 5:00 CSN

Sat. 3 at Houston 5:30 KGW/NBATV

Wed. 7 New Orleans 7:30 CSN/ESPN

Fri. 9 Memphis 7:00 CSN

Sat. 10 Dallas 7:00 CSN

Tue. 13 Detroit 7:00 CSN

Wed. 14 at Denver 6:00 KGW

Fri. 16 at Philadelphia 4:00 CSN

Sat. 17 at Washington 4:00 KGW

Mon. 19 at Charlotte 4:00 CSN

Wed. 21 New Jersey 7:00 CSN

Fri. 23 Sacramento 7:00 CSN

Mon. 26 Orlando 7:00 CSN

Wed. 28 Indiana 7:00 CSN

Fri. 30 at Dallas 5:30 KGW

December

Sun. 2 at San Antonio 12:30 CSN

Mon. 3 at Memphis 5:00 KGW

Thu. 6 Miami 7:30 TNT

Sun. 9 Milwaukee 3:00 CSN

Tue. 11 at Utah 6:00 KGW

Wed. 12 Golden State 7:00 CSN

Fri. 14 Utah 7:00 CSN

Sun. 16 at Denver 5:00 CSN/NBATV

Mon. 17 New Orleans 7:00 CSN

Wed. 19 Toronto 7:00 CSN

Fri. 21 Denver 7:00 CSN

Tue. 25 Seattle 5:00 KGW/ESPN

Fri. 28 Minnesota 7:00 CSN

Sun. 30 Philadelphia 3:00 CSN

Mon. 31 at Utah 5:00 KGW

January

Wed. 2 at Minnesota 5:00 CSN

Thu. 3 at Chicago 5:00 TNT

Sat. 5 Utah 7:00 CSN/NBATV

Wed. 9 Golden State 7:00 CSN

Sun. 13 at Toronto 9:30 AM KGW

Mon. 14 at New Jersey 4:30 CSN/NBATV

Wed. 16 at Boston 4:30 CSN

Fri. 18 at Miami 4:00 CSN/ESPN

Sat. 19 at Orlando 4:00 CSN

Mon. 21 at Atlanta 11:00 AM CSN

Wed. 23 at New Orleans 5:00 KGW

Fri. 25 Houston 7:00 CSN

Sun. 27 Atlanta 3:00 CSN

Wed. 30 Cleveland 6:00 KGW/ESPN

February

Fri. 1 New York 7:30 CSN/ESPN

Mon. 4 Denver 7:00 CSN/NBATV

Wed. 6 Chicago 7:00 CSN

Fri. 8 at Detroit 5:00 CSN

Sat. 9 at Indiana 4:00 KGW

Mon. 11 at Houston 5:30 CSN

Wed. 13 at Dallas 5:30 KGW

Tue. 19 Sacramento 7:00 CSN

Thu. 21 Seattle 7:30 TNT

Fri. 22 at Seattle 7:30 KGW

Sun. 24 Boston 3:00 CSN

Tue. 26 at L.A. Lakers 7:30 KGW

Wed. 27 at L.A. Clippers 7:30 CSN

Fri. 29 L.A. Lakers 7:30 KGW/ESPN

March

Sun. 2 at Golden State 6:00 KGW

Tue. 4 Phoenix 7:00 CSN

Fri. 7 at Milwaukee 5:30 CSN

Sat. 8 at New York 4:30 KGW

Mon. 10 at Cleveland 4:00 CSN

Tue. 11 at Minnesota 5:00 CSN

Thu. 13 at Sacramento 7:00 CSN

Sat. 15 Minnesota 7:00 CSN

Tue. 18 Phoenix 7:30 TNT

Fri. 21 L.A. Clippers 7:00 CSN

Sat. 22 at L.A. Clippers 7:30 KGW

Mon. 24 at Seattle 7:00 KGW/NBATV

Tue. 25 Washington 7:00 CSN

Thu. 27 at Golden State 7:30 CSN

Sat. 29 Charlotte 7:00 CSN

April

Wed. 2 at L.A. Lakers 7:30 KGW

Thu. 3 Houston 7:30 TNT

Sun. 6 San Antonio 3:00 CSN

Tue. 8 L.A. Lakers 7:00 CSN

Fri. 11 at Sacramento 7:00 KGW

Sat. 12 Dallas 7:00 CSN/NBATV

Tue. 15 Memphis 7:00 CSN

Wed. 16 at Phoenix 7:00 KGW

*Preseason game

All times Pacific

All times PM, unless otherwise noted

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