U.S. COAST GUARD ON BOARD SPONSORING FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY PROGRAMMING

Big Bend, WI (June 8, 2005) – The only television network dedicated exclusively to hunting and fishing programming, The Sportsman Channel, is pleased to announce the U.S. Coast Guard is officially on board sponsoring Friday night’s exclusive fishing programming, Friday Night Fish Fry, starting on July 4th.   

The Sportsman Channel (TSC) is dedicated exclusively to airing quality hunting and fishing programming with no infomercials or variety content – not even overnight. The Friday evening line up will include such quality programs as, Lunkerville, The Dimestore Fisherman and The Angler’s Experience.   

“We are very pleased the U.S. Coast Guard sees value in our programming as a way to reach out to anglers with an important message during this Friday night block,” stated Todd Hansen, Sr. Vice President of TSC. “This just shows that our sponsors realize the high value of our network dedicated to the serious sportsman.”   

The U.S. Coast Guard joins other major marketers supporting the ad-based channel such as Cabela’s and Walker’s Game Ear. TSC named a brand new night of programming on Sundays titled Sunday Night Sportsman, while Walker’s Game Ear promotes Big Game Thursdays. Other evening blocks of programming include Monday Night Bow & Blackpowder, Woods & Waters Tuesdays and Wednesday Night Wing Shooting. Instead of offering motor-cross sports or other variety programming during these evenings, sportsman can tune into TSC for an evening dedicated to the genre they love, be it coastal fishing, whitetail tracking or duck calling.   

About U.S. Coast Guard  

The United States Coast Guard is a military, multimission, maritime service and one of the nation’s five Armed Services. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests – in the nation’s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security. For more information on the U.S. Coast Guard, visit http://www.uscg.mil/USCG.shtm  

About The Sportsman Channel

Launched in 2003, TSC is presently in 11.5 million broadcast and cable households nationwide. TSC is the only channel that can deliver 100% hunting and fishing programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The network will provide the most feature rich, instructional and genre-specific VOD content by the end of 2005, with HD-VOD to follow in 2006. Please visit TSC’s newly unveiled Online Store and download a complete program schedule at www.thesportsmanchannel.com. The Sportsman Channel: All Hunting. All Fishing. All The Time.