The city of Albertville, France, located in the French Alps, plays host to the XVI Olympic Winter Games from Feb. 8 through 23. More than 2,000 athletes will converge on the quiet resort village of 20,000 and the surrounding Savoie Valley in pursuit of 57 gold medals. For the first time in Olympic history, the Games will be spread over 10 venues, covering 618 square miles of the French Alps.
This year marks the third time France is host of the Olympic Winter Games. The original Winter Games were held in Chamonix in 1924. Grenoble held the 1968 games.
This year marks the first time since 1960 that CBS (WBBM-Ch.2) has broadcast the Olympics, having televised both the Winter Olympics from Squaw Valley, Calif., and the Summer Games from Rome that year. It also marks the last time that the Winter and Summer Games will be held in the same year;
beginning in 1994, they will be held two years apart. The Winter Games will next take place in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway, followed by the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.
CBS will telecast approximately 116 hours of coverage, about one-third of which will be live. Hosts for prime-time coverage will be Tim McCarver and Paula Zahn. Others include Greg Gumbel and Harry Smith, weekday mornings;
James Brown, weekday midday; Pat O`Brien, late night; and Andrea Joyce and Jim Nantz, weekend daytime. On cable, Turner Network Television will be covering some 45 hours of events at selected times. Coverage will be provided by Nick Charles and Fred Hickman.
On radio, WBBM-AM 780 will carry daily updates at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour.
Announcers for events will be:
Alpine Skiing: CBS-Dick Stockton, Andy Mill, Billy Kidd, Hank Kashiwa
(men); Tim Ryan, Mary Carillo, Christin Cooper (women); Greg Lewis, Stephen Park Smalley (freestyle). For TNT-Ron Thulin, Pam Fletcher.
Biathlon: CBS-Al Trautwig; TNT-Craig Sager.
Bobsled: CBS-Sean McDonough, John Morgan, Lesley Visser; TNT-Kevin Kiley. Cross-country skiing: CBS-Al Trautwig; TNT-Craig Sager.
Figure skating: CBS-Verne Lundquist, Scott Hamilton, Tracy Wilson, Katarina Witt; TNT-Jim Simpson, Peter Carruthers.
Ice hockey: CBS-Mike Emerick, John Davidson, Mike Eruzione; TNT-Jiggs McDonald, Bill Clement.
Luge: CBS-John Fee, Sean McDonough, Lesley Visser; TNT-Kevin Kiley.
Nordic combined: CBS-Phil Liggett, Jeff Hastings; TNT Craig Sager.
Ski jumping: CBS-Phil Liggett, Jeff Hastings; TNT Craig Sager.
Speed skating: CBS-Brad Nessler, Eric Heiden, Michael Barkann, Ken Squire (short track); TNT-Ernie Johnson Jr., Leah Poulos Mueller.
Special note: The former Soviet Union will be designated as the United Team (UT) of the former soviet republics.
Opening ceremonies and early ice hockey games were held Saturday. The shedule of events for the remainder of the Games follows. TNT will determine specific coverage as the Games unfold. A wrapup of the day`s events will be held nightly from 10:35-11:05 p.m. on CBS. Broadcast times are subject to change; all times are Central. Check your daily TV listings in The Tribune for updated coverage.
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