
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 22, 1993                   TAG: 9309220189
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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BASKETBALL-NBA SIGNS TV DEAL WITH TBS

The NBA and Turner Broadcasting announced a four-year extension of their television contract that will bring a game of the week to TBS.

Turner will pay $350 million for the four years, beginning in the 1994-95 season, representing an increase of about 25 percent over the past four years.

"We have concluded a lengthy and very amiable negotiations to not only keep the NBA for TNT, but also to expand to a game on TBS," Turner Broadcasting President Ted Turner said at the joint announcement with NBA Commissioner David Stern.

Under terms of the agreement, TNT will broadcast about 45 regular-season games, down from the current 50. TBS also will televise a Thursday night in each of the 25 weeks of the season, while moving its Atlanta Hawks games to the Turner-owned regional sports network, Sports South, or other local independent stations.

TNT will continue to do about 35 playoff games, and TBS also will show about 10.

by CNB