00:00News of our own this morning.
00:01The Minnesota Timberwolves are returning to the WCCO Airwaves and the Odyssey app this season,
00:07starting with the preseason opener on Monday in Milwaukee.
00:10The Timberwolves were previously on WCCO from 2011 through 2012 through the 2022 to 23 NBA seasons.
00:18Games will once again feature Alan Horton on the call for his 20th season
00:22and include 30-minute pregame and postgame shows.
00:26WCCO will also have weekly check-ins with Timberwolves coach Chris Finch
00:29Senior VP of Basketball Operations Matt Lloyd
00:32and other Timberwolves coaches, staff, and players on the Chad Hartman Show.
00:36Time now is 8.33.
00:38Gracie Stockton, News Talk 830, WCCO.
00:42Run it up with a left hand and hit him.
00:45There's the first field goal of the game.
00:47The Big Bad Wolves!
00:49Oh yeah!
00:51They're back, baby!
00:53The Wolves right here on CCO Radio.
00:57Welcome back, Timberwolves.
00:59So excited.
01:00Brand manager Brad Lane in studio.
01:03This is huge.
01:04They're back on our airwaves.
01:06And Brad, thank you for making this happen.
01:08Love this.
01:09This is what they mean by hashtag Wolves back, right?
01:13You better believe it.
01:14Yeah, this is great.
01:15This has been a long time in coming.
01:16We've been working on this deal for quite a while,
01:18and we are ecstatic to welcome the Wolves back.
01:22And I mean, it couldn't be a better time, right?
01:24This is huge.
01:25I mean, you know, we've got Ball at the point, Ant coming back.
01:29We've got Kaminga.
01:30These are going to be some pivotal, pivotal games this year.
01:34We couldn't be more thrilled that they're coming back to us for this season.
01:38You worked really hard on this, and this is so we can give them the platform.
01:42This is the year for our Timberwolves.
01:45They've got their gelling off the court.
01:48Let's see how they do on the court.
01:49It's going to be huge, Brad, just to have them back on.
01:52Welcome back, Alan Horton.
01:53Yeah, and I mean, you know, no time like, you know, last minute to make the announcement,
01:57but we're going to carry all of their preseason games.
02:00Fantastic.
02:01I mean, we feel the energy and the excitement of this team.
02:05They've been great to work with as we've gotten across the finish line with this,
02:09but now comes the fun part.
02:11You know, the hard work is done in terms of putting a deal together,
02:13but now comes the fun part.
02:15And for fans, you know, I say no better place and no easier place to find Wolves games
02:21than on 8-3-0 on a broadcast entity.
02:24You will hear Wolves basketball right here.
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