The Kentucky women?s basketball game vs. Florida on Thursday, Feb. 10 in Memorial Coliseum will be televised locally by WKYT-TV. The game will be available on the following channels: UPN, which is Insight Cable Channel 5 in Lexington; Adelphia Cable Channel 99 in Central Kentucky; and WKYT?s digital channel 27.2. Game time is changed to 8 p.m. ET.
Host Communications Inc. along with Gray Television Inc. begin a 10-year agreement with UK athletics next season that will include televising a number women?s basketball games.
?We are excited about our upcoming relationship with UK women?s basketball,? Gray Television’s Regional Vice President and WKYT?s President Wayne Martin said. ?Televising this game gives us an opportunity to jump-start our relationship with them. We are proud to showcase the UK women?s basketball team this year and be a part of helping build their program to new heights.?
?We are excited about the commitment that Host Communications and Gray Television have made to UK women’s basketball,? UK Coach Mickie DeMoss said. ?Their willingness to find time in their television lineup to televise our game before the start of the new contract is a sign of their dedication to ensure that women?s basketball in the state of Kentucky will become a household name.?
WKYT-TV sports director Dick Gabriel will call the play-by-play and sports anchor Christi Thomas will serve as the color analyst.