Westwood One and National Football League Agree on New Deal
13 March 2009 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
- Westwood One to Continue as the NFL's Exclusive Network Radio
Partner - NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One
and the National Football League (NFL) announced today a new
two-year agreement for Westwood One to continue as the exclusive
network radio partner of the NFL. Westwood One has been an NFL
network radio partner for more than four decades and the exclusive
network radio partner since 1987. "This agreement reflects the
spirit of our long-standing partnership with the NFL," said Rod
Sherwood, President and CFO of Westwood One. "The NFL is a powerful
franchise with programming and a huge audience that bring great
value to Westwood One, our affiliates and our advertisers."
Westwood One will continue to broadcast all national regular season
and postseason NFL games, including the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Game, Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, the NFL
Playoffs, the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl. In addition, Westwood
One's NFL broadcasts will now be streamed online as part of Field
Pass on NFL.com. "We are pleased to continue our partnership with
Westwood One, which has been a long-time part of the NFL family,"
said Howard Katz, NFL Senior Vice President, Broadcasting and Media
Operations. "We continue to reach our fans wherever they may be."
As the exclusive radio partner of the NFL, the Westwood One 2009
NFL broadcast schedule features 57 national games, including: the
Hall of Fame game, Opening Kickoff game, 17 Monday Night games,
including one doubleheader, 16 Sunday Night games, eight Thursday
and Saturday Night games (including Thanksgiving Night),
Thanksgiving Day doubleheader, 12 Postseason games, including the
NFL Playoffs, the AFC and NFC Championship Games, the AFC-NFC Pro
Bowl and Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida. Westwood One also
delivers specialty programs, including: The NFL Today, NFL Preview,
NFL Insider, NFL Sunday, and NFL Fantasy Football Forecast.
"Advertisers have experienced great success with our network of
over 500 radio stations broadcasting the NFL games to millions of
fans across the country," said Gary Schonfeld, President, Westwood
One, Network. "The NFL games are the perfect environment for
delivering advertising messages to an enthusiastic and attentive
audience." Westwood One is the leader in play-by-play sports
broadcasts on radio. In addition to the NFL, Westwood One's sports
lineup also includes NCAA Football and Basketball including the
Final Four; College World Series; Frozen Four; the Olympics; the
Masters and more. About Westwood One Westwood One is the largest
independent provider of network radio programming and the largest
provider of traffic information in the U.S. Westwood One serves
more than 5,000 radio and TV stations in the U.S. The Company
provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk and entertainment
programs, features and live events to numerous media partners.
Through its Metro Traffic division, Westwood provides traffic
reporting and local news, sports and weather to over 2,200 radio
and TV stations. The Company also provides digital and other cross
platform delivery of its network and Metro content. DATASOURCE:
Westwood One CONTACT: Peter Sessa, Westwood One, +1-212-641-2053, ,
or Dan Masonson, National Football League, +1-212-450-2081, Web
Site: http://www.nfl.com/
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