The Rockies on News First Now!
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Source: KOAA
All season long, the Colorado Rockies played every weekend on News First Now, Comcast channel 9 in Colorado Springs and Comcast digital channel 247 in Pueblo. We've reached the end of the 24-game schedule. Talks with the Rockies about next season will begin very soon.
Expect to see more Colorado Rockies baseball on News First Now and on KOAA-TV!
Here's the original press release from Spring 2008:
SOUTHERN COLORADO'S NEW HOME FOR COLORADO ROCKIES BASEBALL IS "NEW FIRST NOW"
Colorado Springs, CO – The reigning National League Champions, The Colorado Rockies, have a new television home in Southern Colorado. KOAA-TV, News First 5/30, has secured the rights to 24 Rockies games in the 2008 Major League Baseball season. One game, Saturday, September 6 at Houston, will air on KOAA-TV, while the remaining 23 games will be carried on KOAA-TV’s Comcast cable channel “News First Now.”
News First Now currently provides local news, weather, sports, and traffic information, including live newscasts at 4pm and 9pm. News First Now can be seen exclusively on Comcast channel 9 in Colorado Springs and Comcast digital channel 247 in Pueblo.
From the start of the season through the final playoff push, baseball fans can follow the Rockies every weekend on News First Now. The first 20 games are on Sunday afternoons; the final 4 games are on Saturday nights.
KOAA-TV is proud to have served Southern Colorado’s television viewers since 1953. News First 5/30 is Southern Colorado’s News Leader, dedicated to being your first choice for local news, weather, sports, and traffic information. News First is always online at www.koaa.com.
