UNLV vs. Hawaii To Be Shown Live In Las Vegas
Rebels will make first TV appearance of season Saturday on KLAS TV-8.
Sept. 13, 2006
LAS VEGAS - UNLV's football game at Hawaii on Saturday night will be televised live in Southern Nevada on KLAS TV-8 (CBS), director of athletics Mike Hamrick announced.
Hamrick said the details had been worked out to allow the school to bring the game back to the Las Vegas market. The Rebels will kick off at 9 p.m. PDT as the final game of a tripleheader on the CBS station. Earlier in the day, LSU plays at Auburn and then Florida visits Tennessee leading up to the Rebels' first trip to the islands since 2000.
UNLV radio play-by-play voice Dave McCann will move over to the TV booth and partner with analyst Blaine Fowler while John Hanson, sports director at Lotus Broadcasting, will call the game on radio along with analyst Mike Pritchard on ESPN 920 AM.
UNLV will return late Sunday heading into a bye week. The Rebels will then host Nevada, Reno on Sept. 30 in their final non-conference game of the season. Tickets are on sale by calling (702) 739-FANS or logging on to unlvrebels.com.