DODGERS ANNOUNCE 2010 SPRING TRAINING BROADCAST SCHEDULE

 
--PRIME TICKET and KCAL to televise more Spring Training games than ever before--


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their 2010 Spring Training broadcast schedule. Fourteen of the Dodgers’ thirty-two spring games will be televised, which is more than the Dodgers and their broadcast partners have ever made available to fans.

PRIME TICKET will carry 11 games live, KCAL 9 will broadcast three and the remainder will air on KABC 790, KHJ La Ranchera 930 and the Dodger Radio Network.

The first telecast of 2010 will air on PRIME TICKET when the Dodgers take on the White Sox at Camelback Ranch – Glendale for their first Spring Training home game. The March 17 St. Patrick’s Day game and the March 20 7:05 p.m. game against San Diego will also air on PRIME TICKET and the 11 televised games are more than the network has ever broadcast for fans. In an effort to provide more Spring Training games to fans than ever before, PRIME TICKET’s “Camelback Vision” telecasts will air with minimized production, as is appropriate for the atmosphere of Spring Training.

Game announcers for the 11 games on PRIME TICKET will be shared across multiple Dodgers broadcast teams including Play-by-play Announcer Eric Collins alongside Analyst Steve Lyons and Play-by-Play Announcer Charley Steiner alongside Analyst Rick Monday.

KCAL 9 will televise the Dodgers’ March 21 contest against the Cleveland Indians and the March 27 game against Seattle. The network will also broadcast the final game of Spring Training when the Dodgers host the Angels at Dodger Stadium on April 3. Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will be behind the microphone for all three games.

Tickets to games at Camelback Ranch – Glendale are available at www.dodgers.com/spring, by calling 1-800-745-300, or in person at the Camelback Ranch box office Mon. - Fri. from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For season seats, mini plans, groups and suites, fans can call (623) 303-4000.

Clippers Announce 2009-10 Broadcast Schedule

The Los Angeles Clippers today announced the team's 2009-10 regular season broadcast schedule.

PRIME TICKET and its sister network, FOX Sports West will regionally telecast a total of 79 regular season and two preseason games during the upcoming season. The remaining three contests not televised on PRIME TICKET will air nationally on TNT, resulting in all 82 regular season Clippers' games being televised in Los Angeles.

The Clippers national television package includes a total of 13 games scheduled to be televised nationally on TNT (three games), ESPN (five games) and NBA TV (five games).

In its 14th season overall as telecast partner - and the first season as the sole television home for the Clippers - PRIME TICKET and FOX Sports West will provide all game telecasts in High Definition (HD). This marks the first complete HD Clippers season for the regional sports network.

Clippers Announce 2009-10 Broadcast Schedule

SECOND ANNUAL THINKCURE! "RADIOTELEWEBETHON" BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that the second annual ThinkCure! Radiotelewebethon will take place from Aug. 21-22 on KABC 790 AM, PRIME TICKET, KCAL 9, 95.5 KLOS FM, and www.thinkcure.org to promote awareness and raise funds for cancer research. Fans can make donations to the Dodgers’ official charity online at thinkcure.org, by calling (866) 554-CURE.

Last season, the inaugural radio telethon raised more than $165,000 for ThinkCure!, an innovative, community-based non-profit that accelerates collaborative research to cure cancers.

“ThinkCure! is dedicated to making a difference in the fight against cancer and last year, we started to show what was possible with an annual event like this,” said ThinkCure! President Janet Clayton. “We’ll offer ways in every medium – radio, television and online – for the community to come together and participate in our common fight against cancer. We’ll also have special opportunities for fans who attend those two games on August 21 and 22. It’s all about doing good while have fun doing it. We know that this event will just get bigger and better every year.”

Last month, ThinkCure! awarded $600,000 in grants for research at City of Hope and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The one-year grants support research in the development of new therapies to treat brain tumors, gene therapy for lymphoma, and a vaccine for leukemia. The grants were the first research-specific grants awarded by ThinkCure!.

For the 2009 Radiotelewebethon, a new element has been added, as thinkcure.org will stream the names of contributors and amounts raised in real time, along with other video content, beginning on Aug. 21 at 5 a.m.

For the second consecutive year, fans will be able to bid online at www.dodgers.com for autographed memorabilia and once-in-a-lifetime experiences that will help raise money for ThinkCure!. The online auction begins on Monday, Aug. 17 and will run through Monday, Aug. 24.

Once again, the Think Blue sign that can be seen in the hills beyond left field and has become one of the signature identification points of Dodger Stadium will be changed to read “ThinkCure” in honor of the Radiotelewebethon and the official ThinkCure! logo will be painted onto the field in foul territory at Dodger Stadium.

Last season, one of the more memorable moments of the year came during the pregame ceremonies on Aug. 16 when nine children and 25 doctors from Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and City of Hope were honored on the field. The team of doctors came in through the center field gates and walked to the pitcher’s mound, where they threw ceremonial first pitches to the entire Dodger team.

ThinkCure! was launched in July 2007 by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the McCourt family, City of Hope, and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.