The Nexstar CW affiliate will exclusively air 15 games this season and produce pre-game, halftime, and post-game programming. The broadcasts will be syndicated throughout Southern California.
Live LA Clippers Basketball Returns To KTLA Los Angeles
Nexstar’s CW affiliate KTLA Los Angeles and the LA Clippers today announced a broadcast television partnership that will return live Clippers games to over-the-air TV in Southern California. Eleven regular season and all four pre-season games will be exclusively accessible to all TV viewers in Southern California, bringing the Clippers back to KTLA for the first time since 2009. The station’s regular season schedule is highlighted by games against the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trailblazers.
KTLA broadcasts of Clippers games also will be carried by a number of Nexstar Media’s stations across Southern California, including KSWB San Diego, KGET Bakerfield and KSEE Fresno.
“A critical way fans engage with the Clippers is by watching games on TV, and there is no better broadcast partner than KTLA, Los Angeles’ No. 1 TV station,” said LA Clippers President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker. “The segmentation of the television market has become difficult for consumers. We believe it’s incredibly important for Clippers basketball to be accessible to as many people as possible, and the return of the NBA to KTLA is a critical step.”
As an “official broadcast television home of the LA Clippers,” KTLA will produce live pre-game, halftime, and post-game programming for games broadcast by the station and carry special programming related to the team including a Countdown Clock to Gameday-Buzzer, game-day weather forecasts, and frequent features on “LA Unscripted,” “Off the Clock,” and “California Cooking.” KTLA will carry Clippers news across all of its broadcast, digital and mobile platforms, and be anchored by its veteran team of news and sports personalities.
“Starting with the opening of Clippers training camp, LA’s Very Own KTLA 5 will be there every exciting step of the way,” said KTLA-TV’s Vice President-General Manager Janene Drafs. “Clippers fans across Southern California can count on KTLA for exciting pre- and post-game shows, insightful analysis, up-to-the-moment Clippers news, special features on the players and coaches, and one-of-a-kind related programming throughout the 2022-23 basketball season.”
KTLA previously aired live Clippers games from 1985 to 1991.
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The schedule of Clippers games airing on KTLA this season is below. The full Clippers broadcast schedule will be announced closer to the start of the 2022-23 season.
All Clippers Pre-Season Games (all times PT)
- Friday September 30, 7 p.m. (Maccabi Ra’anana, Climate Pledge Arena Seattle)
- Monday October 3, 7:30 p.m. (Trail Blazers, Climate Pledge Arena Seattle)
- Sunday October 9, 7:30 p.m. (Timberwolves, Crypto.com Arena LA)
- Wednesday October 12, 7:30 p.m. (Nuggets, Toyota Arena Ontario, CA)
Select Regular Season Games (all times PT)
- Tuesday, October 25, 5:00 p.m. (@ Thunder)
- Monday, October 31, 7:30 p.m. (vs. Rockets)
- Sunday, November 6, 7:00 p.m. (vs. Jazz)
- Saturday, November 19, 7:30 p.m. (vs. Spurs)
- Friday, November 25, 7:30 p.m. (vs. Nuggets)
- Tuesday, November 29, 7:00 p.m. (vs. Trailblazers)
- Saturday, December 17, 1:00 p.m. (vs. Wizards)
- Saturday, December 31, 12:00 p.m. (@ Pacers)
- Sunday, January 15, 12:00 p.m. (vs. Rockets)
- Saturday, March 18, 12:00 p.m. (vs. Magic)
- Saturday, April 1, 5:30 p.m. (@ Pelicans)
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