HOLLAND -- WGVU-TV 35 & WGVK-TV 52 will present
  the Calvin College vs. Hope College regular season men's
  basketball games during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.
          The two west Michigan schools have signed an
  exclusive two-year contract with WGVU and WGVK.
          West Michigan Public Broadcasting first aired the
  historic West Michigan basketball rivalry this season.  Due
  to the success of these broadcasts, WGVU-TV & WGVK-TV,
  Calvin, and Hope have partnered to assure continued live
  television coverage of this exciting tradition.
          Just about everybody in West Michigan knows the
  significance of the Hope-Calvin rivalry," said Michael T.
  Walenta, general manager for the local public television
  stations.  "We're proud that Hope and Calvin chose us to
  provide live coverage of these games to the West Michigan
  Community."
          "The partnership with West Michigan Public
  Broadcasting last year proved to be a good one," said Calvin
  College men's athletic director Dr. Marv Zuidema.  "The two
  broadcasts last year were well done and we're excited that a
  superb small college basketball rivalry will have a local
  television  home for the next two season."
          "The live telecasts of Hope-Calvin basketball are
  as much a part of the tradition as the games themselves,"
  said Tom Renner, director of public relations at Hope
  College.  "Our partnership with WGVU & WGVK brings together
  three institutions in a significant way."
          The Hope-Calvin basketball rivalry has never
  lacked for interest.  Since it began
  in 1917, fans throughout western Michigan and alumni of both
  colleges across the country have eagerly anticipated this
  annual competition.  The teams have played 140 games, each
  team now having 70 wins, and the difference between them in
  all those contests is just 17 points: Hope has scored 9,188
  points to Calvin's 9,171.
          The next four games are on Saturday, January 16,
  1999 at 3 p.m., Wednesday, February 10, 1999, at 7:30 p.m.,
  Saturday, January 15, 2000 at 3 p.m., and Wednesday,
  February 9, 2000 at 7:30 p.m.
          Public television stations WGVU-RV 35 & WGVK-TV 52
  are a service provided to the West Michigan public by Grand
  Valley State University.
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