FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016

REMINDER: JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI PREVIEW 2016 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ON CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 2:30 PM ET

Dial 480-293-0667 to Participate; Conference ID 5934160

NBC Sports Group to Present 29 Hours of Coverage Across NBC, NBCSN & Universal HD

STAMFORD, Conn. – March 23, 2016 – Three-time U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir and 1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski will participate in a media conference call today, Wednesday, March 23, at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT to preview NBC Sports Group’s live coverage of the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships from Boston, Mass.

Dial 480-293-0667 to participate, Conference ID 5934160.

Live coverage of the World Figure Skating Championships begins Wednesday, March 30, at Noon ET with the short dance on NBCSN, and culminates with live coverage of the ladies’ free skate on Saturday, April 2, at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

Below is the schedule for NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships:

Date Time (ET) Program Network
Wed., Mar. 30 Noon Ice Dance Short Dance (LIVE) NBCSN
Wed., Mar. 30 Midnight Men’s Short Program NBCSN
Thurs., Mar. 31 4 p.m. Ladies’ Short Program (LIVE) NBCSN
Thurs., Mar. 31 8 p.m. Ice Dance Free Dance (LIVE) NBCSN
Fri., April 1 3 p.m. Pairs’ Short Program (LIVE) NBCSN
Fri., April 1 9 p.m. Men’s Free Skate (LIVE) NBCSN
Sat., April 2 2 p.m. Pairs’ Free Skate (LIVE) NBCSN
Sat., April 2 9 p.m. Ladies’ Free Skate (LIVE) NBC
Sun., April 3 2 p.m. Gala Exhibition (LIVE) NBCSN
Sat., April 9 1 p.m. Encore Universal HD
Sun., April 10 3 p.m. Encore NBC
Mon., April 18 5 p.m. Encore Universal HD

–NBC SPORTS GROUP–