Wolves Announce 2007-08 TV Schedule

The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team's local television schedule for the 2007-08 NBA campaign. A total of 70 Timberwolves games will be televised locally this season. The Wolves' over-the-air television schedule will feature 35 games on FSN North cable and satellite package, 34 games on KSTC.TV Ch. 45 and one game on KSTP-TV (Dec. 8 vs. Phoenix). The schedule will include 36 Target Center dates and 34 telecasts from the road.

The Wolves' local television schedule begins with the season opener on Nov. 2 vs. the Northwest Division rival Denver Nuggets at Target Center on KSTC.TV Ch. 45 starting at 7 p.m. The FSN North schedule tips off on Sunday, Nov. 4 with Minnesota's first road game of the year at the New York Knicks (5 p.m.). FSN North also will air Wolves Live before and after every telecast.

"Through our partnerships with KSTC.TV Ch. 45 and FSN North we continue to provide our fans with the highest quality of Timberwolves broadcasts possible," said Timberwolves Sr. Vice President of Communications and Chief Marketing Officer Ted Johnson. "With several new players on our roster, we will be providing our fans with even more content about our players and our team during our broadcasts. Both KSTC.TV Ch. 45 and FSN North are leaders in local Minnesota sports coverage and we are extremely pleased with our partnerships through the years with both outlets."

Highlights in the Wolves' local broadcast schedule include both games against the Boston Celtics and former Timberwolf Kevin Garnett on KSTC.TV Ch. 45 (Jan. 25 and Feb. 8); both contests against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on KSTC.TV Ch. 45 (Nov. 21 and Feb. 29); three games against 2007 No. 1 overall draft pick Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers on FSN North (Dec. 28, Jan. 2 and March 11); and three games against the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs (Nov. 30 and Jan. 12 on KSTC.TV Ch. 45 and Feb. 21 on FSN North).

FSN North reaches more than 3 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year. The Emmy Award-winning regional sports network provides comprehensive coverage of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks, the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, the NHL's Minnesota Wild, MLB's Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers, the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, as well as the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin athletic events.

KSTC.TV, Channel 45, the Twin Cities only independent television station, begins its third season as the exclusive over-the-air broadcast partner of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Along with the excitement of the NBA's Timberwolves, KSTC.TV, Channel 45 sports broadcasts include the Emmy Award-winning Minnesota State High School League Championship Tournaments, the NHL's Minnesota Wild and Saint Paul Saints baseball. Part of the rich broadcasting heritage of Hubbard Broadcasting, one of the only family-owned television groups in the country, Ch. 45 is the station to turn to for top rated network syndication and local sports action. Reaching more than 1.6 million television homes, KSTC.TV, Channel 45, is also available on cable channel 12 (on most metro cable stations) and is carried on DirecTV and Dish Network satellite systems.

The entire Timberwolves 2007-08 local broadcast schedule is attached.

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