The Football Network to Sponsor Chester McGlockton's 3rd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament
Business Wire - April 29, 1999 11:20
LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--April 29, 1999--The Football Network, TFN (OTC BB: TFNK) a cable TV network totally dedicated to football, announced today that it will sponsor Chester McGlockton's 3rd annual NFL Celebrity Golf Tournament that will benefit the North Carolina and South Carolina Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The tournament will be held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on May 2nd & 3rd at the Arcadian Shore Golf Club. The expected list of professional football players include: Junior Seau, Bruce Smith, Keyshawn Johnson, Howie Long, Ronnie Lott, Eric Dickerson and many more. In addition to The Football Network, other participating sponsors for the Tournament include: All Star Cafe, Golf Dimensions, House of Blues and Novartis.
Jantonio Turner, President of The Football Network stated, " As a socially responsible, publicly traded company, we are continually committed to sponsoring events that will help the youth of our nation. We are very proud to be chosen as one of the sponsors and look forward to the opportunities and awareness that the tournament can provide for TFN and the North Carolina and South Carolina Boys & Girls Club of America."
Russell Ebelherr, Tournament Director commented, " We are very pleased to have TFN join us this year as one of the corporate sponsors for the 3rd Annual Chester McGlockton's Celebrity Golf Tournament. In addition to the tournament, we will be hosting an auction with the proceeds going towards the NC/SC Boys & Girls Clubs, at the North Myrtle Beach, House of Blues on Sunday, May 2nd beginning at 7:00 p.m. EST time and it will be open to the general public."
The Football Network is an emerging high growth national football cable and television network providing programming 24 hours a day, available to the home backyard satellite dish market, to cable television systems, and to direct satellite television providers. TFN plans to offer a channel totally dedicated to Football which will preview games, highlights, news, press conferences, events, football programs and movies, education and instructions on the game. TFN is currently negotiating to acquire rights to programming at all levels of football, from NFL coverage, to college, junior college, semi-pro, high school and youth football. Talks are also under way to secure coverage of alternative forms of football such as Canadian, Arena, Professional Indoor and Australian Rules Football. TFN will generate revenue in six primary ways: Advertising sales, affiliate, subscriber and syndication fees, viewers' calls, program sales, merchandise and licensing agreements. For more information visit our website at footballnetwork.com.
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CONTACT: The Football Network
Marc Mitchell, VP Investor Relations, 323/653-3001
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Hayden, Buczek & Associates, Inc.
Investor Relations, 843/272-4653
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Chester McGlocton's Hotline
Golf Tournament, 910/793-6576
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