MBC to Air Black College Sports

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Major Broadcasting Cable Network will telecast several college-basketball
games from two black college conferences.

MBC will televise a combined six regular-season games from the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Southwestern Athletic Conference
beginning in February and running through April.

College-basketball fans will also see complete game coverage of the CIAA
tournament in Raleigh, N.C., and the SWAC tournament in Birmingham, Ala.

MBC will wrap up its college-basketball schedule with live coverage of the
Black College All-Star Game in Baltimore.

'MBC Network provides a great extension of my commitment to support
historical black colleges and universities, and airing live black college sports
games will ultimately enhance college sports programs and increase enrollment,'
MBC chairman and CEO and civil-rights attorney Willie E. Gary said in a prepared
statement.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.