DC50 has partnered with ESPN Regional Television, the syndication home for the Southeastern Conference, to broadcast SEC Basketball, beginning January 2012 as an SEC Network affiliate with a multi-year deal exclusively on DC50 in the Washington DC area. Coverage begins this Saturday, Jan 7 with the 1:30 p.m. broadcast of the SEC Network pre-game show with ESPN’s Dari Nowkhah and Barry Booker leading into the Auburn at Vanderbilt game followed by the 4 p.m. telecast of South Carolina at Kentucky. Each Saturday, DC50 will air a pre-game show produced from the ESPN Charlotte, N.C. studios at 1:30 p.m. followed by a men’s basketball game double header. The 2012 basketball schedule includes matchups between Kentucky and LSU (Saturday, Jan 28 at 4 pm) Mississippi State and the University of Florida (1:45 pm) as well as Alabama and Ole Miss (Saturday, March at 4 pm.) DC50 will also air several rounds of the SEC Tournament in March.
