FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 7, 2010 CONTACT: Arthur Triche, Jon Steinberg or Jason Roose, Hawks Media Relations (404) 878-3800

2010-11 HAWKS TV SCHEDULE RELEASED All 82 regular season games available on local television and High Definition (HD) SportSouth becomes new regional home for Hawks basketball

ATLANTA, GA ----- The Hawks announced their 2010-11 television broadcast schedule today, and for the second straight season, all 82 games will be televised regionally or on one of the NBA’s national broadcast affiliates. For the first time ever, every Hawks game will be available in High Definition (HD).

Seventy-five (75) games will be televised in HD between Hawks’ broadcast partners SportSouth and Fox Sports South. SportSouth, the new regional home for the Hawks, will televise 74 of those games, starting with the season opener October 27 at Memphis. The network also has the call for Atlanta’s first home game of the year three nights later (October 30) when the first overall pick of last year’s NBA Draft, John Wall and the Washington Wizards come to town.

SportSouth’s Hawks package will also include all four games against the Miami Heat (December 4, January 18, March 18 and April 11), and the two games against the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers (February 22 and March 8). In addition, the network also airs the first meeting of the year against the Eastern Conference finalist Boston Celtics on November 22.

SportSouth will have 36 games from Philips Arena and 38 road contests. The lone FOX Sports South telecast will take place March 4 at Philips when the Hawks host the Oklahoma City Thunder. Schedule and channel designations are subject to change.

The additional seven telecasts will be nationally televised on ESPN or TNT, as ESPN will be home to four Hawks games, starting with the November 12 home game against the Utah Jazz, while TNT’s three-game coverage starts Thanksgiving night when Atlanta plays Washington. NBA TV will pick up SportSouth’s broadcasts on seven occasions.

Bob Rathbun and return for the third straight season as the Hawks play-by-play announcer and game analyst, respectively, while Jerome Jurenovich will serve as the sideline reporter. Jurenovich will also host 360 , a new, monthly program providing in-depth features and expert analysis on the team.

Also new this season, SportSouth will televise a 30-minute Hawks LIVE pregame show prior to all game telecasts on the network, in addition to the return of Hawks LIVE post-game coverage. Vince Cellini makes his debut on SportSouth as the host of Hawks LIVE alongside analyst .

Hawks’ games on SportSouth and FOX Sports South are available in , Alabama, Mississippi (excluding the Biloxi/Gulfport, Memphis and New Orleans DMAs), Tennessee (excluding the Memphis and Jackson DMAs), the Charleston, Augusta and Savannah DMA of South Carolina, the counties of Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain in the Greenville-Spartanburg DMA of North Carolina, and the counties of Abbeville, Anderson and Oconee in Greenville-Spartanburg DMA.

Atlanta Hawks 2010-11 lower level season tickets are available now starting at less than $23 per game. For more information please call 1-866-715-1500 or visit www.hawksseasontickets.com . The Hawks, a member of the National Basketball Association since 1949, play in the Southeast Division, along with the Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards.

The FOX Sports regional networks serving the Southeast – FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Carolinas, FOX Sports Tennessee and SportSouth – collectively reach more than 12.9 million cable and satellite households in seven states across the Southeast. They are the television home of the , Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Thrashers, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Southern Conference, and offer expanded coverage of the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks producer more than 800 live local events each year. For more information, please visit FOXSportsSouth.com .

The full 2010-11 broadcast schedule is available on page two of this release.

2010-11 ATLANTA HAWKS SEASON SCHEDULE (all times EASTERN)

2010 PRESEASON GAMES Thurs., October 7 MEMPHIS Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) 7:00 p.m. Mon., October 11 @Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, MI) 7:30 p.m. Tues., October 12 @Washington Verizon Arena (Atlanta, GA) 7:00 p.m. Sat., October 16 @New Orleans ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (Johnson City, TN) 7:30 p.m. Mon., October 18 ORLANDO Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) 7:00 p.m. Thurs., October 21 MIAMI Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA) – NBA on TNT 8:00 p.m. Fri., October 22 @Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC) 7:00 p.m.

DATE OPPONENT TV TIME DATE OPPONENT TV TIME OCTOBER JANUARY (cont.): Wed 27 @Memphis SPSO 8:00 Wed 26 @Milwaukee SPSO 8:00 Fri 29 @Philadelphia SPSO 7:00 Fri 28 NEW YORK SPSO 7:30 Sat 30 WASHINGTON SPSO 7:00 Sat 29 @Dallas SPSO/NBA 8:30

NOVEMBER FEBRUARY Tue 2 @Cleveland SPSO 7:00 Wed 2 TORONTO SPSO 7:00 Wed 3 DETROIT SPSO 7:00 Fri 4 LA CLIPPERS SPSO 7:30 Fri 5 @Minnesota SPSO 8:00 Sat 5 @Washington SPSO/NBA 7:00 Sun 7 PHOENIX SPSO 5:00 Tue 8 PHILADELPHIA SPSO 7:00 Mon 8 @Orlando SPSO 7:00 Sat 12 CHARLOTTE SPSO/NBA 7:00 Wed 10 MILWAUKEE SPSO 7:00 Mon 14 @Detroit SPSO 7:30 Fri 12 UTAH ESPN 7:00 Wed 16 @New York SPSO 7:30 Sun 14 MINNESOTA SPSO 2:00 NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND (Feb 15-20) – LOS ANGELES Tue 16 @Indiana SPSO 7:00 Tue 22 @LA Lakers SPSO 10:30 Sat 20 DALLAS SPSO/NBA 8:00 Wed 23 @Phoenix SPSO 9:00 Mon 22 BOSTON SPSO 7:00 Fri 25 @Golden State SPSO 10:30 Tue 23 @New Jersey SPSO 7:00 Sun 27 @Portland ESPN 10:30 Thu 25 (T) WASHINGTON TNT 8:00 Mon 28 @Denver SPSO 9:00 Sat 27 @New York SPSO 1:00 Sun 28 @Toronto SPSO 1:00 MARCH Wed 2 CHICAGO SPSO 7:00 DECEMBER Fri 4 OKLAHOMA CITY FSSO 7:30 Wed 1 MEMPHIS SPSO 7:00 Sun 6 NEW YORK SPSO 6:00 Fri 3 PHILADELPHIA SPSO 7:30 Tue 8 LA LAKERS SPSO 7:00 Sat 4 @Miami SPSO 7:30 Fri 11 @Chicago SPSO/NBA 8:00 Mon 6 @Orlando SPSO/NBA 7:00 Sat 12 PORTLAND SPSO 7:00 Tue 7 NEW JERSEY SPSO 7:00 Wed 16 DENVER SPSO 7:00 Fri 10 @San Antonio SPSO 8:30 Fri 18 MIAMI SPSO 7:30 Sat 11 INDIANA SPSO 7:00 Sun 20 DETROIT SPSO 2:00 Tue 14 @Detroit SPSO 7:30 Tue 22 CHICAGO TNT 8:00 Thu 16 @Boston TNT 8:00 Wed 23 @Philadelphia SPSO 7:00 Fri 17 CHARLOTTE SPSO 7:30 Sat 26 NEW JERSEY SPSO 7:00 Sun 19 @New Jersey SPSO 1:00 Sun 27 @Cleveland SPSO 6:00 Mon 20 ORLANDO SPSO 7:00 Wed 30 ORLANDO SPSO 7:00 Wed 22 CLEVELAND SPSO 7:00 Sun 26 @New Orleans SPSO 7:00 APRIL Mon 27 @Milwaukee SPSO 8:00 Fri 1 BOSTON ESPN 8:00 Wed 29 GOLDEN STATE SPSO 7:00 Sun 3 @Houston SPSO 7:00 Fri 31 @Oklahoma City SPSO 8:00 Tue 5 SAN ANTONIO SPSO 7:00 Fri 8 @Indiana SPSO 7:00 JANUARY Sat 9 @Washington SPSO 7:00 Sun 2 @LA Clippers SPSO 3:30 Mon 11 MIAMI SPSO 7:00 Tue 4 @Sacramento SPSO 10:00 Wed 13 @Charlotte ESPN 8:00 Wed 5 @Utah SPSO 9:00 Sat 8 INDIANA SPSO 7:00 TELEVISION NETWORK LABELS Tue 11 MILWAUKEE SPSO 7:00 FSSO – FSN South SPSO - Sportsouth Wed 12 @Toronto SPSO 7:00 ESPN – NBA on ESPN TNT – NBA on TNT Sat 15 HOUSTON SPSO 7:00 NBA – NBA TV Mon 17 (%) SACRAMENTO SPSO/NBA 4:00 Tue18 @Miami SPSO 7:30 All games will also broadcast on 99X (97.9 FM) Fri 21 NEW ORLEANS SPSO 7:30 Sat 22 @Charlotte SPSO 7:00 (T) – Thanksgiving (%) – MLK Jr. Holiday