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Thursday's game will mark UND's debut as a Big Sky Conference member.
Football opener can be seen on multiple stations
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Updated: Monday 08/28/2012 10:15:45 (ET)
by Jayson Hajdu, UND Athletic Media Relations
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota's 2012 season opener on Thursday against South Dakota School of Mines, UND's first game as a member of the Big Sky Conference, will be available on Midco Sports Network (MidcoSN) and will be carried by several cable companies throughout the region.

Thursday's game can be seen on the Midco Sports Channel on channel 27 (standard definition) and channel 622 (high definition) in the Grand Forks viewing area. The following affiliates will also be carrying all MidcoSN/UND Athletics events throughout the 2012-13 season (additional affiliates pending):

Alliance
Cable Services
Consolidated Cable Vision Inc.
Dakota Central Tel.
Dickey Rural Services
Halstad Tele Company
ITC
James Valley Coop.
Loretel Systems
NCC
Polar Cablevision
RTC
Sjoberg's Inc.
SRT Communications
Swiftel
Tekstar Comm.
United Tele Mutual Aid Co.
Valley Communications
Wikstrom Systems LLC

Thursday's game kicks off at 7:05 p.m. Veteran broadcaster Dan Hammer will call the action, with former North Dakota quarterback Tony Stein providing color analysis and UND Sports Show host Danny Luetzen serving as sideline reporter.

A free video webcast of the game is also available via Big Sky TV at www.bigskyconf.com.

UND and Midco Sports Network reached a 5-year television agreement in June that includes a minimum of 40 live UND Athletics events, plus up to 40 weekly special shows, each year of the contract. UND will also receive $1 million in rights fees over the length of the contract with live game broadcasts moving to high definition in the third year (2014-15) of the agreement.

 

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