UO FOOTBALL RECRUITING SPECIAL AIRING ON KEZI-9

(Eugene, OR—1/16/03) KEZI-9, The Exclusive Home of the Oregon Ducks, is featuring a special half-hour program devoted to football recruiting at the U of O. “Signing Day 2003” will air on KEZI-9 Wednesday, February 5th at 7pm. Oregon Head Coach Mike Bellotti will join Joe Giansante to discuss the strengths of the Duck’s newest class, and Oregon fans will get their first look at many of these young recruits in action.

KEZI-9 and the Oregon Sports Network reaches three states and is large enough to carry the Ducks to 95% of Oregon’s population.

KEZI-9 became the OSN affiliate in 2000. Since then KEZI-9 has grown Duck Sports programs from 18 hours to nearly 100 hours. In addition, KEZI-9 has produced almost 60 separate shows during the past year. Those shows include several coaches shows for football and basketball, as well as “Oregon Game Day” and “Oregon Football with Mike Bellotti.” That doesn’t include live coverage for Duck football and Men’s and Women’s basketball games.

OSN’s affiliates are KEZI-9 Eugene, KWBP-Portland, KDRV-Medford and KDKF-Klamath Falls.

KEZI-9 is one of three ABC Network affiliates owned and operated by Chambers Communications Corp. of Eugene.