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Cable ONE Announces Carriage of Boise State/Wyoming Football Game on the mtn.
Sept. 15, 2006 BOISE, Idaho - It is with great pleasure that Cable ONE will add the MountainWest Sports Network, the mtn., to its Digital Service on channel 329. This addition takes place on Saturday September 16 2006, in time for carriage of the Boise State /Wyoming game 1:30PM MDT. The mtn. is the first ever sports network dedicated solely to an intercollegiate athletic conference, the Mountain West Conference. Cable One of Boise, Garden City and Greater Western Idaho and Eastern Oregon is presently the only provider of Mountain West Sports Network in the area. "We are always working hard to meet our customer requests and needs for new programming," according to Celynda Roach, General Manager of Cable ONE Boise and Michelle Cameron, General Manager of Cable One's western Idaho systems." "We welcome our new viewers in Idaho in time for this weekend's game, and are thrilled to have Cable ONE as a distribution partner," said Kim Carver, Vice President and General Manager of the mtn. "We are delivering more Mountain West games, news and analysis than college sports fans have ever had before. To date we have secured agreements with eleven providers reaching viewers in six states, and have established a solid foundation for continued growth." The mtn. is bringing viewers Mountain West Conference athletics across 19 different conference sports. This year's schedule will include 30 football games, 75 men's basketball games, women's basketball games, conference championships, and men's and women's Olympic sports. The mtn. will also carry press conferences, coaches' shows, pep rallies, and feature stories on athletes and coaches. Current Cable ONE Digital customers will see this channel with the equipment they already have today. Customers living in Boise that do not have a Digital receiver can pick up equipment at 8400 Westpark St. near Boise Towne Square Mall, and customers living in Eagle, Meridian, Ada County, Nampa, Caldwell and other Canyon Counties cities can pick up equipment at 2101 E. Karcher Rd. in Nampa near Centennial Golf Course. Office hours will be extended for Cable One customers wishing to pick up a digital receiver: Friday hours are 8AM to 7PM and Saturday 9AM to 1PM. Current cable rates will remain unaffected. Here is a sample of the MWC football games scheduled to air on the mtn.: September 23rd - Utah State at BYU, 1PM MT
For further game information you can go to: www.themtn.tv The mtn. network will carry Saturday's BSU game vs. Wyoming. The game begins at 1:30pm and can only be seen on the mtn. For more information contact Cable ONE's local office in Boise at 375-8288 or in Nampa at 455-5555. Cable ONE, the cable division of The Washington Post Company, operates 52 cable systems serving 720,000 subscribers in 19 states. |
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