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Live LA Clippers Basketball Returns to Free Over-the-Air TV on KTLA 5
KTLA 5 Will Exclusively Air 15 Clippers Games This Season and Produce Pre-game, Halftime, and Post-Game Programming KTLA Clippers Broadcasts Will Be
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nKTLA 5 Will Exclusively Air 15 Clippers Games This Season and Produce Pre-game, Halftime, and Post-Game Programming\n\nKTLA Clippers Broadcasts Will Be Syndicated Throughout Southern California\n\n LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nKTLA-TV (KTLA 5), Los Angeles’ #1 TV station, and the LA Clippers today announced a broadcast television partnership that will return live Clippers games to over-the-air TV in Southern California. Eleven regular season and all four pre-season games will be exclusively accessible to all TV viewers in Southern California, bringing the Clippers back to KTLA 5 for the first time since 2009. The station’s regular season schedule is highlighted by games against the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trailblazers.\n\nKTLA 5 broadcasts of LA Clippers basketball games also will be carried by a number of Nexstar Media Inc.’s local television stations across Southern California, including KSWB-TV in San Diego, KGET-TV in Bakerfield, and KSEE-TV in Fresno.\n\n“A critical way fans engage with the Clippers is by watching games on TV, and there is no better broadcast partner than KTLA, Los Angeles’ #1 TV station,” said LA Clippers President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker. “The segmentation of the television market has become difficult for consumers. We believe it’s incredibly important for Clippers basketball to be accessible to as many people as possible, and the return of the NBA to KTLA is a critical step.”\n\nAs an “official broadcast television home of the LA Clippers,” KTLA 5 will produce live pre-game, halftime, and post-game programming for games broadcast by the station and carry special programming related to the team including a “Countdown Clock to Gameday-Buzzer,” game-day weather forecasts, and frequent features on “LA Unscripted,” “Off the Clock,” and “California Cooking.” KTLA 5 will carry Clippers news across all of its broadcast, digital, and mobile platforms, and be anchored by its veteran team of news and sports personalities.\n\n“Starting with the opening of Clippers training camp, LA’s Very Own KTLA 5 will be there every exciting step of the way,” said KTLA-TV’s Vice President and General Manager Janene Drafs. “Clippers fans across Southern California can count on KTLA for exciting pre- and post-game shows, insightful analysis, up-to-the-moment Clippers news, special feat...