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Remaining Real Monarchs SLC USL 2015 Home Games Televised on KMYU

April 23, 2015 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Real Monarchs News Release


SALT LAKE CITY / SANDY, Utah (Thursday, April 23, 2015) - Each of Real Monarchs SLC's remaining 12 home regular-season matches will air locally in Utah on KMYU (2.2 over air / 12 satellite / 22/643 Comcast HD), Monarchs/RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen and KUTV / KMYU General Manager Kent Crawford announced today, in an expansion of the entities' partnership. Seven of the USL club's remaining 12 televised home games will air live, five on delay.

This weekend, on Saturday, April 25, KMYU will air both clubs' games - Real Salt Lake at New England (coverage kicks off from Gillette Stadium at 5p MT) and Monarchs v LA Galaxy II (8p MT kickoff from Rio Tinto Stadium) - LIVE, back-to-back, composing a five-hour window of local soccer on KMYU, which has enjoyed excellent ratings and response to its first four RSL broadcasts this season. This week's five-hour RSL/Monarchs block on KMYU is the first of five such occurrences throughout the 2015 season (April 25, July 11, August 1, August 8, Sept. 12).

"As mentioned in January, we are elated at the alignment of our teams, our brand, our sport with KMYU and KUTV," said RSL Owner Dell Loy Hansen, referring to the announcement of a multi-year carriage and production agreement for RSL and KMYU/KUTV/Sinclair/ASN. "The symbiotic relationship and the manner in which we work cooperatively will certainly deliver not just for both properties, but for sports and soccer fans across the region."

On top of the 12 remaining Real Monarchs SLC home games in USL competition being added to the KMYU slate, the local independent channel has also chosen to add Real Salt Lake's May 1 home match against San Jose Earthquakes and the Pioneer Day Celebration on July 24 against Sporting Kansas City, games televised nationally on the Univision family of networks but in need of more extensive local Utah distribution.

"We have always recognized the value of RSL's passionate fan base, and seeing that translate to viewership for KMYU so early in the partnership has been exciting," said Kent Crawford, General Manager of KMYU MY UTAH TV / KUTV 2 NEWS. "RSL is a great community asset to the state of Utah, and having the Monarchs extend the very strong "Real" brand provides entertaining content, along with giving our viewers a glimpse of the club's up-and-coming talent pipeline."

In arrangement with Sinclair Broadcast Group, parent company of KMYU/KUTV in Utah, a total of 28 RSL games will feature a 30-minute pre-game show as well as a 30-minute post-game wrap-up. In addition to the three-hour game window, KMYU's Thursday Night "Talkin' Sports" with David James and Brian Dunseth focuses on all things RSL. The additional dozen Monarchs games and the pair of RSL additions increase the total dedication by KMYU to nearly 130 hours of local soccer content to the entire Utah DMA throughout the 2015 seasons.

All 28 of Real Salt Lake's local TV games produced by ASN currently appear live on Sinclair-owned affiliates in surrounding areas, including; KYUU Boise, ID; KVMY Las Vegas, NV; and KAME Reno, NV. Distribution opportunities are currently pending in Albuquerque, Tucson and Phoenix, proximate to the club's revered youth academy in Casa Grande, Ariz.

WHEN / WHERE TO WATCH REAL MONARCHS SLC on KMYU (2.2 AIR / 12 SAT. / 643 COMCAST)

DAY/DATE MATCHUP KICKOFF TV WINDOW

SAT, APRIL 25 MONARCHS v LA GALAXY II 8:00 p.m. MT LIVE*

WED, APRIL 29 MONARCHS v Sacramento 7:00 p.m. MT DELAYED 11:00 p.m.

FRI, MAY 1 RSL v San Jose Earthquakes 8:00 p.m. MT 7:30 p.m. pre-game

SAT, MAY 16 MONARCHS v Portland Timbers 2 7:00 p.m. MT LIVE

WED, JUNE 3 MONARCHS v Vancouver 7:00 p.m. MT DELAYED 11p

WED, JULY 1 MONARCHS v. Sacramento 7:00 p.m. MT DELAYED 11p

SAT, JULY 11 MONARCHS v Austin 7:00 p.m. MT DELAYED 9:30p*

FRI, JULY 24 RSL v Sporting Kansas City 9:00 p.m. MT 8:30 p.m. pre-game

SAT, AUGUST 1 MONARCHS v O.C. Blues 7:30 p.m. MT LIVE*

SAT, AUGUST 8 MONARCHS v Tulsa 7:30 p.m. MT DELAYED 10:30p*

WED, AUGUST 26 MONARCHS v Colo. Springs 7:00 p.m. MT LIVE

FRI, AUGUST 28 MONARCHS v Seattle Sounders 2 7:00 p.m. MT LIVE

WED, SEPT. 2 MONARCHS v OKC Energy 7:00 p.m. MT LIVE

SAT, SEPT. 12 MONARCHS v Arizona United 4:00 p.m. MT LIVE*

*part of five-hour Monarchs/RSL programming block

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