Hillsboro Hops Announce New TV Partnership with KOIN/ KRCW

HILLSBORO, OR (May 12, 2022) –The Hillsboro Hops (@HillsboroHops) announced a new TV partnership with KOIN/ KRCW (@KOINNews) in which nine Hops games will be shown on the networks during the 2022 season. Rich Burk, the voice of the Hillsboro Hops, will lead the broadcast team for the largest TV package in team history.

Hillsboro Hops TV schedule on KOIN/ Portland’s CW for the 2022 Season:

▪ Friday, May 13th – Spokane Indians @ Hillsboro Hops – 6:30 pm PT – Portland’s CW

▪ Friday, May 27th – Vancouver Canadians @ Hillsboro Hops – 6:30 pm PT – Portland’s CW

▪ Saturday, June 11th – Everett AquaSox @ Hillsboro Hops – 7:00 pm PT – KOIN

▪ Friday, June 24th – Vancouver Canadians @ Hillsboro Hops – 7:00 pm PT – Portland’s CW

▪ Saturday, July 9th – Eugene Emeralds @ Hillsboro Hops – 7:00 pm PT – KOIN

▪ Sunday, July 10th – Eugene Emeralds @ Hillsboro Hops – 1:00 pm PT – Portland’s CW

▪ Sunday, July 24th – Tri City Dust Devils @ Hillsboro Hops – 1:00 pm PT – Portland’s CW

▪ Friday, August 12th – Spokane Indians @ Hillsboro Hops – 7:00 pm PT – Portland’s CW

▪ Sunday, August 21st – Eugene Emeralds @ Hillsboro Hops – 1:00 pm PT – Portland’s CW

“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with KOIN & Portland’s CW to bring even more Hops baseball to fans throughout the Portland Metro area,” said Matt Kolasinski, Vice President of Corporate Partnerships for the Hops. “We’re really proud of the high-level baseball and fan experience here at Ron Tonkin Field and this is the perfect partnership to showcase it. KOIN / KRCW has cemented itself as the local sports coverage leader and we’re excited to be a part of that all season long.”

“KOIN/KRCW is delighted to be the broadcast home of the 2022 Hillsboro Hops, airing 9 games throughout the season on KRCW/Portland’s CW,” said Tom Keeler, Vice President and General Manager of KOIN-TV and KRCW-TV. “Portland’s CW is fast-becoming the home of local sports in the Portland-Vancouver-Salem DMA and securing a contract with the area’s only professional baseball team -- affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks -- brings our viewers and advertisers live sports with big impact carried on over-the-air broadcast television. The Hillsboro Hops compete at a very high-level and it’s an honor for us to air some of the action that will take place this summer. I want to thank KL Wombacher and the Hops for this partnership. KOIN/KRCW is committed to localism, and partnering with the Hops is just another example of our commitment to provide exclusive local content to our viewers.”

All games will be shown on Portland’s CW and KOIN. A local channel guide is below:

Ziply Fiber: KOIN 6/506 and KRCW 3/503

Spectrum: KOIN 6, KRCW 9

Dish TV: KOIN 6, KRCW 32

DirecTV: KOIN 6, KRCW 32

Comcast: KOIN 6/706 and KRCW 32/732

Over the Air: KOIN 6, KRCW 32

About Hillsboro Hops:

The 2014, 2015 & 2019 Champion Hillsboro Hops are the Single-A Advanced baseball affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. The team’s season runs from April to early September. The franchise relocated to Hillsboro in 2012 and began play in 2013 in a new state-of-the-art 4,500 capacity ballpark, Ron Tonkin Field. Follow the Hops on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HillsboroHops and on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat @HillsboroHops.

About KOIN-TV & KRCW-TV, (Nexstar Media Group – NASDAQ: NXST)
Since 1953, KOIN 6 News has been Portland’s CBS affiliate, providing local news, network and syndicated entertainment to viewers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. KOIN 6 News is Watching Out for You with 34 hours of local news broadcasts each week, featuring award-winning in-depth investigations, news, weather and traffic.

KRCW/Portland’s CW is a local over-the-air broadcast television station located on channel 32.1. Portland’s CW broadcasts 14 hours of network primetime programming as an affiliate of The CW television network, 35 hours of local news and lifestyle programming each week produced by KOIN 6 News, local sports programming, and a strong mix of the best syndicated situational comedy lineup available.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is America’s largest local television and media company with 200 broadcast stations (including partner stations) in 116 markets addressing more than 68% of U.S. television households and a growing digital media operation.