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Seattle Storm announce 2006 radio and television broadcast schedules

Published on April 24, 2006 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Seattle Storm News Release


SEATTLE - The Seattle Storm today announced their 2006 radio and television schedules with FSN Northwest and radio flagship station Sports Radio 950 KJR AM.

For the sixth season, Sports Radio 950 KJR AM will broadcast all Storm regular-season games. KJR AM will also air the Saturday, May 7 Storm preseason game against the New York Liberty live from KeyArena.

Play-by-play announcer David Locke enters his seventh season as "Voice of the Storm" on KJR AM. He will again be joined by game analyst Elise Woodward, who begins her sixth campaign as a color commentator for Storm broadcasts.

For the second straight season, FSN Northwest will televise a minimum of three Storm regular-season games including the team's season opener at KeyArena against the Los Angeles Sparks. The other two games to be televised are the matchup at Phoenix on May 25 and the June 4 contest vs. San Antonio.

In addition to the three games broadcast on television locally by FSN Northwest, four of the Storm's 34 games will be broadcast nationally, including a home matchup against defending WNBA Champion Sacramento on Tuesday, June 27 on ESPN2. The Storm's 2006 WNBA regular season will close Saturday, Aug. 12 against the Houston Comets on ABC.

The Storm will open their 2006 season against Western Conference rival Los Angeles at KeyArena beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 21. The opener will be broadcast locally on FSN Northwest. The following Tuesday, May 23, Seattle will host the Houston Comets at 8 p.m. in a game televised to a national audience on ESPN2.

Single-game tickets for all of the Storm's 2006 regular-season home games, as well as their May 7 preseason game against the New York Liberty at KeyArena, will go on sale Monday, May 1 at 10 a.m. All Storm home games will be played at the Key this summer, the team's seventh season in the WNBA. For additional information on 2006 Storm single-game tickets or ticket packages, call 206-217-WNBA or log on to storm.wnba.com.

The Seattle Sonics & Storm organization manages the Puget Sound region's professional basketball franchises - the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics and the WNBA's Seattle Storm. The organization oversees all sales, marketing, finance, public relations and basketball operations for the teams. The Basketball Club of Seattle LLC owns both teams.

2006 Storm Radio and Television Broadcast Schedule

(All Times Pacific)

May

Sunday May 7 New York& 6 p.m. KJR AM

Friday May 12 at Chicago& 5:30 p.m.

Saturday May 13 at Minnesota& 5 p.m.

Sunday May 21 Los Angeles% 6 p.m. FSN/KJR AM

Tuesday May 23 Houston# 8 p.m. ESPN2/KJR AM

Thursday May 25 at Phoenix% 7 p.m. FSN/KJR AM

Wednesday May 31 at Sacramento 7 p.m. KJR AM

June

Friday June 2 Phoenix 7 p.m. KJR AM

Sunday June 4 San Antonio% 6 p.m. FSN/KJR AM

Wednesday June 7 Chicago 7 p.m. KJR AM

Friday June 9 at Connecticut 4 p.m. KJR AM

Sunday June 11 at Indiana 3 p.m. KJR AM

Wednesday June 14 at Minnesota 5 p.m. KJR AM

Thursday June 15 at Chicago 5 p.m. KJR AM

Saturday June 17 at Sacramento 1 p.m. KJR AM

Wednesday June 21 Phoenix 7 p.m. KJR AM

Friday June 23 San Antonio 7 p.m. KJR AM

Sunday June 25 at Houston 3 p.m. KJR AM

Tuesday June 27 Sacramento# 7 p.m. ESPN2/KJR AM

Wednesday June 28 at Los Angeles 7:30 p.m. KJR AM

July

Saturday July 1 Minnesota 7 p.m. KJR AM

Sunday July 9 Indiana 6 p.m. KJR AM

Friday July 14 New York 7 p.m. KJR AM

Sunday July 16 Connecticut 6 p.m. KJR AM

Tuesday July 18 Sacramento 12 p.m. KJR AM

Thursday July 20 at Charlotte 8:30 a.m. KJR AM

Saturday July 22 at New York 4:30 pm KJR AM

Sunday July 23 at Washington 3 p.m. KJR AM

Tuesday July 25 at Phoenix# 6:30 p.m. ESPN2/KJR AM

Friday July 28 Detroit 7 p.m. KJR AM

Sunday July 30 Los Angeles 6 p.m. KJR AM

August

Tuesday Aug. 1 at Minnesota 5 p.m. KJR AM

Thursday Aug. 3 Washington 7 p.m. KJR AM

Saturday Aug. 5 Charlotte 7 p.m. KJR AM

Tuesday Aug. 8 at Detroit 4:30 p.m. KJR AM

Thursday Aug. 10 at San Antonio 5 p.m. KJR AM

Saturday Aug. 12 at Houston* 11 a.m. ABC/KJR AM

& Denotes preseason game

* Denotes game broadcast nationally on ABC and locally on KJR AM

# Denotes game broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and locally on KJR AM

% Denotes game broadcast locally on FSN Northwest and KJR AM

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