Dec. 29, 2008

COMPLETE PENN STATE COVERAGE AT BOWL CENTRAL

2008 Rose Bowl Call-In Show Hotline Affiliates
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Approximately 35 radio stations in four states and www.GoPSUsports.com will carry the Penn State Sports Network's Rose Bowl Preview Edition of the Nittany Lion Hotline.

The call-in program will air on Tuesday, Dec. 30 from 6:05-7:00 p.m. ET and will originate from here at the Lobby Court and Patio at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza (3:05-4:00 p.m. PT).

Steve Jones, the radio play-by-play voice of the Nittany Lion football and basketball teams, will host the Nittany Lion Hotline Rose Bowl Preview. He will be joined by broadcast partner Jack Ham. Penn State assistant coaches Tom Bradley and Galen Hall also are scheduled to participate in the program.

Fans can call 1-800-52-LIONS (525-4667) to ask questions of Jones and the other guests.

The Nittany Lion Hotline airs every Thursday at 6:05 p.m. from late August through mid-March. Coach Joe Paterno is on the program during the football season. The basketball season features Nittany Lion coach Ed DeChellis.

In addition to the 50 stations that carry the Nittany Lion Hotline every week, the program and all Penn State football and basketball broadcasts can be heard at www.GoPSUsports.com, the official website of Penn State Athletics. In order to listen to streamed Hotline broadcast on GoPSUsports.com, listeners will need to subscribe to Penn State All-Access on the website.

All Penn State football games can be heard on more than 50 Penn State Sports Network stations in four states and www.GoPSUsports.com, with Jones and Ham, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, who are in their ninth season together calling Nittany Lion football. A complete listing of stations that carry Penn State football and basketball can be found at www.GoPSUsports.com. Penn

The Penn State Sports Network's coverage of the 95th Rose Bowl presented by Citi will begin on New Year's Day at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT. Sixth-ranked Penn State (11-1) clashes with No. 5/4 USC (11-1) Thursday at 5:10 p.m. ET/2:10 p.m. PT at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif.