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You won't miss a minute of Phillies action this year as 162 games will be broadcast on both television and radio for the 2007 season, announced Rob Brooks, Phillies Manager of Broadcasting.

Of the 162 games to be televised, 151 will appear locally: 101 games on Comcast SportsNet, a Phillies rightsholder since 1998, 43 on The CW Philly 57, five on CN8 and two on CBS3. CBS3 will televise the season opener on April 2 vs. the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 p.m. and the Fourth of July game vs. the Houston Astros at 2:05 p.m.

The remaining 11 games will be televised locally as well as nationally: nine on FOX and two on ESPN. The Phillies will be featured on FOX Saturday afternoons in April (once), May (three times), June (three times), July (once) and September (once). ESPN has selected the Phillies games on May 6 at San Francisco and July 15 vs. St. Louis for their Sunday night telecasts. Under Major League Baseball's agreements with FOX and ESPN, additional games may be selected to be televised on those two networks.

Spring is in the air as well as on the air as six spring games will be telecast from Florida. Comcast SportsNet will broadcast three games: March 4 and 17 vs. the New York Yankees and March 25 vs. the Minnesota Twins, all from Clearwater at 1:05 p.m. The CW Philly 57 will also broadcast three games: March 18 vs. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, March 24 vs. the Cincinnati Reds (from Sarasota, FL), and March 31 vs. the Boston Red Sox from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, all at 1:05 p.m.

Once again all 162 games will be broadcast over the airwaves on WPHT 1210 AM. In addition, the spring opener on March 1 vs. the Detroit Tigers at 1:05 p.m. and all spring weekend and night games - 15 total dates - will be heard on 1210 AM.

Additionally, seven Phillies spring training games will be available to be heard via the internet on The Official Site of The Philadelphia Phillies: Homepage (March 7 vs. Toronto, March 9 vs. Boston, March 12 vs. Houston, March 19 vs. Pittsburgh, March 22 vs. Boston, March 23 vs. Atlanta and March 26 at New York Yankees).

For the third straight year, the Phillies will also be heard in Spanish on WDAS AM (1480), as all 162 games will be broadcast on the Spanish Beisbol Network. Bill Kulik and Danny Martinez will again be calling the action.

The broadcast team features Hall of Fame play-by-play man, Harry Kalas, entering his 37th season. Also returning are Chris Wheeler, Larry Andersen and Scott Franzke. Former Phillie Gary Matthews joins the broadcast team after four seasons as a coach with the Chicago Cubs.