PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH CLASSIC GAMES MARATHON, WATCH PARTIES, AND A NEW WAY TO WATCH!

Trail Blazers press release: PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH CLASSIC GAMES MARATHON, WATCH PARTIES...

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH CLASSIC GAMES MARATHON, WATCH PARTIES, AND A NEW WAY TO WATCH!

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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH CLASSIC GAMES MARATHON, WATCH PARTIES, AND A NEW WAY TO WATCH!

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PORTLAND, Ore. (December 31, 2024) – The Portland Trail Blazers have announced a celebration of the new year with a new way to watch Blazers games, a marathon of classic games on the new Portland flagship television station of the Rip City TV Network – KUNP – and Watch Parties at select Rip City Bar Network locations on January 4 when the team takes on the Bucks in Milwaukee.

Beginning January 1, Rip City will have even more ways to access Trail Blazers games as KUNP within the Portland Market will officially be the Portland flagship station of the Rip City TV Network. The station will air all local and non-exclusive nationally televised games as well as pre and postgame coverage, episodes of the Emmy-Award winning team docuseries – The Trail, and more Trail Blazers content. Fans can still access games via KATU’s 2.2 channel as they have all season long, as well as via the team’s direct-to-consumer streaming service – BlazerVision – with season-long subscriptions now available for $89.99 or monthly subscriptions at $19.99. See below for a list of channel numbers for KUNP or visit Trailblazers.com/Watch to learn more.

To celebrate the recent launches of the Rip City Bar Network and the Portland flagship station of Rip City TV Network, KUNP, the organization is hosting Watch Parties at eight Portland-area bars and restaurants. Beginning at 4:30 with pregame coverage, the first 77 fans at each location will receive a free drink on the Trail Blazers tab, plus opportunities to win digital antennas, prizes, and more.

Participating Rip City Bar Network locations include:

· The Independent Sports Bar & Grill (225 SW Broadway)

· Jackie’s (930 SE Sandy Blvd.)

· North 45 (517 NW 21st Ave)

· Paddy’s Bar & Grill (65 SW Yamhill St.)

· Rogue Eastside Pub (928 SE 9th Ave.)

· Satellite Tavern (5101 N Interstate Ave.)

· Spirit of 77 (3932 N Mississippi Ave.)

· Wooden Chicken Pub (12500 NE Sandy Blvd.)

A special 40+ hour marathon of classic Trail Blazers games will tip off the launch of KUNP as the new Portland flagship station of Rip City TV Network beginning at Midnight on January 1. The marathon will begin with the 2019 Western Conference First Round Game 5 at Midnight, and run all day through the afternoon of January 2, leading right into pregame coverage of the Trail Blazers road matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers at 7:30 p.m.

Marathon Classic Games (in order they will air, on a loop):

· 2019 Western Conference First Round Game 5 vs. Oklahoma City

· 2011 Western Conference First Round Game 4 vs. Dallas

· 2019 Western Conference Semifinals Game 7 vs. Denver

· 1977 NBA Finals Game 6 vs. Philadelphia

· 1992 NBA Finals Game 2 vs. Chicago

KUNP Channel Numbers:

· Over-the-Air Antenna Signal – 47.1

o KATU 2.2 Simulcast – 2.2

· Xfinity – 16, 302, 1170

· DirecTV – 47

· Spectrum – 184