Dec. 19, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. - UMass is happy to announce that the UMass Basketball Travis Ford TV Show will be aired nationally on CSTV and regionally on NESN beginning in January. Starting with the first week of the new year, the show will air on three different outlets in addition to being streamed live online on UMassAthletics.com.

The most recent show, which debuted on Dec. 18 is available here online: VIDEO: Ford TV Show (Dec. 18)

WGGB Channel 40 will continue to produce the show and air it each Sunday night at 11:35 p.m. following their newscast. After the holiday break, the next show will be Sunday, January 1 and will feature a complete recap of the Panasonic Holiday Festival.

CSTV (College Sports Television) will broadcast the show as part of its "Coast to Coach" programming. UMass' show will air each Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., beginning on January 5. It will also re-air several other times on CSTV when time permits, for example, it will re-show on Friday, January 6 at 9 a.m.

NESN (New England Sports Network) will start the showings on Friday, January 6 at 5 p.m., which will be the normal time slot for the show. Again, it will also air additional times including as a pregame for UMass basketball games which are broadcast on NESN as part of the Atlantic 10 Television package.