All Jazz games will be on TV this season

For the first time in Utah Jazz franchise history, all 82 regular-season games of the 2005-06 schedule will be televised.

KJZZ TV and Fox Sports Net Utah will share the local broadcast duties, each airing 40 games throughout the season. The remaining games will be televised nationally.

"We are excited that all 82 games will be on television this year," said Randy Rigby, general manager of KJZZ Ch. 14. "This is the strongest broadcasting schedule we have had in franchise history because of the effective mix of games on both TV and cable, evenly distributed over the season."

The 2005-06 season will tip off as the Jazz host the Dallas Mavericks on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. on KJZZ. Fox Sports Net Utah will air the first Jazz road game on Nov. 4 at the Golden State Warriors at 8:30 p.m.

Craig Bolerjack will become only the second play-by-play voice in the history of the Jazz franchise and will be joined by longtime Jazz analyst Ron Boone on both KJZZ TV and Fox Sports Net Utah broadcasts. Longtime Jazz broadcaster Hot Rod Hundley will move to radio only for the 2005-06 season.

As part of an initiative by FSN and the Jazz to bring even more local programming to sports fans in the region, FSN Rocky Mountain plans to rebrand its network FSN Utah for viewers in Utah. FSN Rocky Mountain has been the regional television home for the Utah Jazz since the 1988-89 season.