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`TAILGATE SATURDAY' Premieres This Weekend; First Time in Florida -- Live Extended Post-Game Coverage From Every FSU and UF Football Game.


Sports Editors/College Football Writers & Columnists

ORLANDO Orlando, city, United States
Orlando (ôrlăn`dō), city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots.
, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003

Sunshine Network Kicks Off 3 LIVE Shows Covering Football in Florida Florida, state, United States
Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and
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Whit Watson Whit Watson (born 1971) is a sportscaster for Sun Sports, the Florida-based regional cable network owned and operated by Fox Television. He joined the network in August of 2003 after nearly seven years at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.  Joins Network as Studio Host

This Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. , August 30, Sunshine Network kicks off one of its most ambitious original programming initiatives with the premiere of TAILGATE A conversion layer that lets IDE devices connect to the IEEE 1394 Firewire interface.  SATURDAY.

Football in Florida is a passion for many and as Florida's premier local/regional sports network, Sunshine Network is positioned to provide college football fans the very best in local coverage of their favorite hometown home·town  
n.
The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence.

Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again"
 teams. Fans across all 10 Florida TV markets from Pensacola Pensacola (pĕnsəkō`lə), city (1990 pop. 58,165), seat of Escambia co., extreme NW Fla., on Pensacola Bay; inc. 1822. It is a port of entry with a natural harbor and shipping and fishing industries.  to the Keys can now tune to Sunshine Network each Saturday as the network kicks off a new lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime.  that stretches from morning to night and includes one-of-a-kind coverage never before available to fans in Florida.

Sunshine Network is also unveiling its new studios and introducing the network's new studio anchor, Whit Watson, who joins Sunshine from ESPN/ESPNEWS.

9:30-10:30 am    Bubba Burger College Kickoff - LIVE!
                 Hosted By Frank Frangie with Brady Ackerman and Terry
                 Norvelle

                 Wake up to the first Saturday morning show previewing
                 all of Florida's major teams for a full hour. Live
                 from the studio or on-location from the biggest games
                 each week, this entertaining show gets fans ready for
                 the action with all the up-to-the-minute news and
                 information about that day's games, including
                 interviews and in-depth analysis that only Sunshine,
                 through its unique relationships, access and Florida
                 focus, can provide.

Afternoons       Tailgate Saturday Postgame - LIVE!
& Evenings       Studio Host: Whit Watson
                 Studio Analyst: Brady Ackerman

                 A first of its kind in Florida. Following the
                 conclusion of every FSU and UF game, Sunshine Network
                 picks up where the networks that carried the games
                 live leave off by giving viewers exclusive extended
                 postgame coverage of each game with highlights, live
                 interviews, postgame press conferences and analysis
                 from Sunshine's team experts.

10:00-11:00 pm   Tailgate Saturday Football Wrap - LIVE!
                 Studio Host: Whit Watson
                 Studio Analyst: Brady Ackerman

                 Now that the games are over, passionate fans want to
                 see more than just highlights of their teams, so
                 Sunshine offers a full, one-hour studio show breaking
                 down all the day's games. Sunshine's partnerships
                 with most of the state's universities, as well as the
                 ACC and SEC, provides fans with inside access. And,
                 most importantly, Sunshine is committing a full hour,
                 a commitment no other Florida TV outlet provides.


Sunshine's TAILGATE SATURDAY focuses on Florida's intense passion for college football and shines the spotlight Spotlight can refer to at least three types of lighting:
  • a searchlight;
  • stage lighting used in theatre to focus an audience's attention on a performer or event, known as a Followspot;
 on the game like never before in the state. The first new network logo in over a decade, new studios and an updated on-air graphics package, along with this and other new programming to be announced To be announced (TBA)

A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered.
, will provide a dynamic viewing experience for fans statewide.
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