THURSDAY, JAN. 20 (11:00 AM, ET/8:00 AM, PT)

DIAL: (913) 312-1477

CBS Sports, home of the AFC Championship, will host a conference call on Thursday, Jan. 20 (11:00 AM, ET/8:00 AM, PT) featuring Sean McManus, President of CBS News and Sports, THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, Coordinating and lead NFL game producer Lance Barrow and Harold Bryant, Vice President, Production, to discuss Conference Championships weekend. 

            THE NFL ON CBS, celebrating its 51st year broadcasting the NFL, travels to Pittsburgh for the 2011 American Football Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 23 (6:30 PM, ET) as the No. 6-seeded NEW YORK JETS (13-5) take on the AFC North Champions and No. 2-seeded PITTSBURGH STEELERS (13-4) live on the CBS Television Network. 

          CBS Sports' coverage of the AFC Championship Game begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network's pre-game studio show, on Sunday (6:00 PM, ET) with host James Brown and analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, as well as NFL TODAY "General Manager" Charley Casserly, and Lesley Visser and Sam Ryan reporting, live from THE NFL TODAY studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

 (Playbacks can be heard by dialing: 719/457-0820 - Conf. Code 5754995

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CBS Sports Contacts:    

Jen Sabatelle                (212) 975-4120           lsabatelle@cbs.com                                                                 

Robin Brendle              (212) 975-1533           rlbrendle@cbs.com

Jerry Caraccioli           (212) 975-7466           gwcaraccioli@cbs.com