“RANGERS/STARS REPORT” TELEVISION SHOW TO DEBUT SATURDAY
FOR RELEASE: 11:00 a.m. (CST), Friday, March 5, 1999
The “Rangers/Stars Report,” a 30-minute broadcast television program featuring highlights and in-depth profiles of both the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, will debut this Saturday, March 6 at 10:30 a.m. on KXTX–Channel 39.
Rangers’ telecaster LIN Productions, a subsidiary of Southwest Sports Group, Inc., will produce the weekly program. NBC-5 Weekend Sports Anchor John Rhadigan will serve as the show’s host.
“We’re excited to be a part of a synergy between the Southwest Sports Group, LIN Productions, the Dallas Stars, the Texas Rangers and KXTX-Channel 39,” said Lee Spieckerman, President of LIN Productions and Executive Producer of the “Rangers/Stars Report.” “This is the first program of its kind to take a behind-the-scenes look at two local sports teams on a weekly basis.”
In addition to airing on KXTX-39, the show will make its premiere on NBC-5 on March 20 at 5 p.m. The show will then run every Saturday, once at 10 a.m. on KXTX-39 and then at 5 p.m. on NBC-5. The “Rangers/Stars Report” will air at 10 a.m. on March 13 on KXTX-39.
The show will highlight new feature material each week, ranging from team road trips to community involvement from both the Rangers and Stars to a behind-the-scenes look at the personalities of each teams’ players.
“We have a rare group of athletes between these two teams that have a lot of fun on and off the field and ice,” Spieckerman said. “We’re going to capture that fun in a way that no other program has done, while providing glimpses of players, families and teams that can’t be found on any local sportscast.”
Contributing reporters to the “Rangers/Stars Report” include Craig Miller, from KTCK radio and “39 On Deck”, Ginger Geoffery, who joins the show from KUSA-TV in Denver, and the broadcast teams of Ralph Strangis and Daryl Reaugh from the Dallas Stars Hockey Network and Bill Jones and Tom Grieve from the Texas Rangers telecasts. Bob Schmelzle serves as the show’s producer.