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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Former Steelers Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley Host New Weekly Sports Magazine TV Show

Former Steelers Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley Host New Weekly Sports Magazine TV Show

"In the Locker Room with Tunch and Wolf" Radio Show Moves to Comcast CN8 and On Demand

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The popular sports talk tag team of former Pittsburgh Steelers Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley (http://www.tunchandwolf.com/) announced today that they have moved their popular In the Locker Room with Tunch and Wolf radio show to television. The weekly sports magazine television show airs Thursdays on CN8, the Comcast Network (Channel 188 - Pittsburgh) from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Comcast will then rebroadcast each weekly Locker Room Show "On Demand" in its "Your Town - Local Sports" folder.

"We were pioneers two years ago, successfully breaking new ground and filling a void as Pittsburgh's first, local and live morning drive sports talk radio show," said Tunch Ilkin. "We had a terrific ride developing a loyal base of listeners, however the demands on our time were too consuming. Now, we're breaking new ground again taking the best parts of the Locker Room Show and packing it into an entertaining, one-hour, weekly All Sports Magazine television show. We will be broadcasting to a much larger audience via Comcast and On Demand making it the best of all worlds for our fans, our advertisers and us."

"With the season's opening kick off right around the corner, football fans across Southwestern Pennsylvania are primed to catch all the action with Comcast," remarked Doug Sansom, Sr. Vice President of Comcast's Three Rivers Region. "We are excited to welcome two of Pittsburgh's most popular sports figures - Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley to Comcast. 'In the Locker Room with Tunch and Wolf' will be Pittsburgh's premier insider sports show. Comcast is the place to be for Sports."

About "In the Locker Room with Tunch and Wolf"

The powerful broadcasting team of former Pittsburgh Steelers Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley bring their wit and In the Locker Room (http://www.tunchandwolf.com/) wisdom to western Pennsylvania television every Thursday night from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Comcast's CN8 (Channel 188 - Pittsburgh). In addition, every televised broadcast can be conveniently viewed on Comcast's On Demand channel in its "Your Town - Local Sports" folder.

In the Locker Room with Tunch and Wolf includes a who's who list of top personalities from the local and national sports, entertainment, health and fitness worlds. Informed, outrageous, personable and engaging, Tunch and Wolf are every Pittsburgh sports fan's sports talk team. Tunch and Wolf provide lively, entertaining, unique and expert insight, unmatched opinions and in- depth interviews of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins and Pirates and other All-Pro sports and local Major College, Small College and High School sports and more. For more information visit http://www.tunchandwolf.com/ or http://tunchandwolf.blogspot.com/.

About Comcast

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable (http://www.comcast.com/) is a division of Comcast Corporation, the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.7 million cable customers, 9 million high-speed Internet customers and 1.5 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content. Its Northern Division serves 2.8 million customers in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The division is based in Manchester, New Hampshire and employs more than 7,000 professionals. CN8 (http://www.cn8.tv/) is Comcast's award-winning 24-hour cable network, which airs in 7.1 million homes throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic. CN8 has been widely recognized for its quality regional programming and has been nominated for 208 Emmy awards since its inception in 1996.

Media Contact:
Stephen Wayhart, BrandMill
stephen.wayhart@brandmill.com; 412.401.0555

Source: In the Locker Room with Tunch and Wolf

CONTACT: Media, Stephen Wayhart of BrandMill, +1-412-401-0555, or
stephen.wayhart@brandmill.com

Web site: http://www.tunchandwolf.com/
http://tunchandwolf.blogspot.com/
http://www.cn8.tv/
http://www.comcast.com/

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