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*** CBS SPORTS MEDIA ADVISORY *** CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKEND CONFERENCE CALL
TUESDAY, JAN. 13 (3:30 PM, ET/12:30 PM, PT)
DIAL: (719) 325-2458
CBS Sports, home of the AFC Championship, will host a conference call on Tuesday, Jan. 13 (3:30 PM, ET/12:30 PM, PT) featuring Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, and Executive Producer, THE NFL ON CBS; THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms; and THE NFL TODAY analyst Tony Gonzalez to discuss Conference Championships weekend.
THE NFL ON CBS, in its 55th year broadcasting the NFL, travels to Foxborough, Mass. for coverage of the 2015 American Football Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 18 (6:30 PM, ET) as the AFC South Division Champions and #4-seeded INDIANAPOLIS COLTS take on AFC East Champions and #1-seeded NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS live on the CBS Television Network.
THE NFL ON CBS’s coverage begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s studio show, at 6:00 PM, ET on Sunday, live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
THE NFL ON CBSlead announce team of Nantzand Simms call the action, along with Tracy Wolfson reporting, live from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. Lance Barrow is the coordinating producer and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director.
THE NFL ON CBS’s coverage begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s studio show, at 6:00 PM, ET on Sunday, live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City with host James Brown and analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Bart Scott and Gonzalez, as well as NFL Rules Expert Mike Carey, NFL TODAY “Insider” Jason LaCanfora and Lesley Visser reporting, live from THE NFL TODAY studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
(Playbacks can be heard by dialing: 719/457-0820 – Conf. Code 7259882)
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Robin Brendle (212) 975-1533 rlbrendle@cbs.com
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