KFDM-TV/Time Warner Cable Joins Southland Conference Television Network

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Beaumont-based station becomes eighth network affiliate; Will place programming on Time Warner Cable Ch. 35

Lamar fans in the Golden Triangle won't miss any action when the Southland TV Network goes live on KFDM/Time Warner Channel 35.

Sept. 8, 2008

FRISCO, Texas - The Southland Conference, KFDM Television and Time Warner Cable in Beaumont, Texas, have agreed to have the broadcast station provide the new Southland Conference Television Network programming on Time Warner Cable, Channel 35, in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area, league and station officials announced Monday.

"The addition of KFDM and Time Warner Cable in the southeast Texas area is key to the success of the Southland Television Network," league commissioner Tom Burnett said. "Many of our student-athletes come from the area, and our alumni presence there is very strong. We appreciate the interest shown by Larry Beaulieu and KFDM and Time Warner Cable."


Time Warner will carry all 36 telecasts of the league's in-house television offering, including nine football games, 16 basketball games and a monthly magazine show, "Inside the Southland Conference," which debuts this month. "Inside the Southland Conference" will also air on KFDM's broadcast station (Ch. 6).


"Southeast Texans love their sports, so we are very excited about partnering with Time Warner to bring the Southland Conference Network to viewers in the Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange market," Beaulieu, KFDM's general manager, said. "Being home to Lamar University means viewers here are already very familiar with the conference. Lamar University has already begun the process of bringing football back and that has fans excited.


"KFDM has broadcast many Southland Conference basketball games involving Lamar for more than 25 years and we're glad to extend the visibility of the conference in this market."


The first football game on the Southland Conference Television Network will be Saturday at 2 p.m. when Grambling State visits Northwestern State.


KFDM/Time Warner becomes the eighth station to join the Southland Conference Network. Please visit southland.org for a complete list of network affiliates. The Southland expects to announce additional affiliate agreements in the coming weeks.



About the Southland Conference Television Network


As one of the nation's newest and innovative broadcast opportunities, the Southland Conference Television Network will televise 36 events during the 2008-09 academic year, providing the league and its institutions with one of the most unique and effective promotional vehicles in broadcast television. A total of nine football games and 16 basketball contests will be featured on the network that will serve numerous television stations and cable systems in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. The network will also televise the upcoming volleyball and baseball tournament championship games. And, the network package will include "Inside the Southland Conference," a nine-episode monthly magazine show premiering in September that will highlight the great stories of success from the league's 12 campuses and their surrounding communities.