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World Poker Tour® Announces New National Syndication Package for 2020
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WPT® today announced a new distribution deal to air the World Poker Tour® television show in syndication across 15 million
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[{"type":"text","content":" LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nWPT® today announced a new distribution deal to air the World Poker Tour® television show in syndication across 15 million additional homes in the United States. With the new agreement, the WPT television show will now be available in 102 million households countrywide.\n\n\nThe deal includes 22 markets across all regions of the country, including KDOC-TV in Los Angeles, KBPX-TV in Houston, and KOOL-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The full list of markets and their respective stations are as follows:\n\n\n\nLos Angeles: KDOC-TV\n\n\nHouston: KBPX-TV 46\n\n\nMinneapolis-St. Paul: KOOL-TV\n\n\nRaleigh-Durham: WLFL/WRDC-TV\n\n\nSalt Lake City: KUTV/KMYU/KJZZ-TV\n\n\nKansas City: KCMI-TV\n\n\nColumbus, OH: WCSN-TV\n\n\nMilwaukee: WVTV/EVTV\n\n\nLas Vegas: KSNV/KVCW/NVCW-TV\n\n\nNorfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News: WSKY-TV\n\n\nBirmingham: WOTM-TV\n\n\nLouisville: WMYO-TV\n\n\nMobile-Pensacola: WPMI/WJTC-TV\n\n\nHonolulu: Hawaii TV Channel 4.3\n\n\nRochester, NY: WBGT-TV\n\n\nToledo: WMNT-TV\n\n\nMadison: ETVW\n\n\nReno: KNSN-TV\n\n\nLansing: WSYM-TV\n\n\nMonterey-Salinas: KOTR MY TV 11\n\n\nLa Crosse-Eau Claire: WKBT-TV\n\n\nErie: ENN+\n\n\n\nThe syndication airings started on January 6 with the WPT Legends of Poker event from Season XII of the World Poker Tour.\n\n\nHighlights from Season XII on the World Poker Tour include Anthony Zinno’s first WPT win at the WPT Borgata Poker Open, Mohsin Charania stepping into the WPT winner’s circle at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, WPT commentator Tony Dunst becoming a WPT Champion at WPT Caribbean, and Eric Afriat defeating the largest field in WPT Main Tour history at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.\n\n\nThis latest syndication deal to enhance the growth of the WPT TV show was spearheaded by Loc Sondheim, Director of Ad Sales and Distribution for WPT, in partnership with CAP Sports Group.\n\n\n“The World Poker Tour continues to expand its reach, and we are thrilled to be syndicating some of the most popular seasons of the WPT in markets across the U.S.,” Sondheim said. “Audiences can look forward to watching some of the most exciting and entertaining poker action that the World Poker Tour has to offer on their beloved local stations.”\n\n\n“WPT is moving forward into the new decade with more widespread distribution than ever, and this syndication deal is the...