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Portland State Athletics and Comcast SportsNet Northwest have an agreement to televise four Viking home football games this fall. All four games will be live on CSNNW (channel 37/HD737 on Comcast systems).
The games include the home opener against Carroll College on Sept. 1 (5 p.m.), the Big Sky Conference opener against Southern Utah on Sept. 22 (5 p.m.), an Oct. 6 game with Idaho State (5 p.m.) and the regular season finale against rival Eastern Washington on Nov. 17 (1 p.m.).
PSU's games on CSNNW continues a partnership with the local cable network that began back in 2007.
Portland State was recently chosen to place fourth in Big Sky Conference preseason polling. The league recently expanded to 13 football teams. The Vikings were 7-4 in 2011, 5-3 in Big Sky play.
CSNNW and Portland State anticipate adding other televised events later this fall and winter.
Other metro-area affiliates aside from Comcast are:
· Beavercreek Cooperative Telephone SD 38/HD 638
· Canby Telcom SD 33/HD 733
· Oregon Cable Group SD 53/HD 753
· Frontier Communications SD 77/HD 577
· Wave Broadband SD 37or 45(depending upon location)/HD 737
Visit www.csnnw.com for additional TV providers.
About Comcast SportsNet
Comcast SportsNet is the 24/7 home of Northwest sports featuring the Portland Trail Blazers, NHL coverage, in-depth regional college coverage, and outdoors. Comcast SportsNet offers daily sports news updates, talk and analysis to give fans the inside look at the teams and players that matter most in the region. Visit CSNNW.com for more information.
NBC Sports Regional Networks, part of the NBC Sports Group, consists of 14 local networks that deliver more than 2,400 sporting events annually along with breaking news and comprehensive analysis to more than 50 million cable and satellite homes. The NBC Sports Regional Networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet California, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, SNY, CSS, Comcast Sports Southwest, and Comcast SportsNet Houston (launching October 2012). NBC Sports Regional Networks also manages NECN (New England Cable News), the nation's largest regional news network, and The Comcast Network, based in Philadelphia and Washington, which delivers community-oriented programming. For more information, see ComcastSportsNet.com.
