[QUOTE=HP49er;162402]If itâs only being shown in the Cincy area, theyâd likely microwave back to the local station, not a satellite.[/QUOTE]
Remember when WBTV did this for a game at app state one year, back in the day? They had a snow storm just before the game and the signal wavered, but we got to see it, dammit!
I remember it fondly. They had to put up a huge bank of studio lights taking up the upstairs center section in the old Alumni Gymnasium. That was the early days of microwave telecasting, it was beamed from a WBTV live truck to another microwave truck on the top of Howardâs Knob, then down to Charlotte. It was iffy that the broadcast would be done because of the weather. In those days, remote broadcasting was done by telephone lines. Booneâs telephone system was too small to handle the data stream required. Jim Thacker and Bob Taylor did the announcing.
I sat in on a pregame meeting that morning with the two of them and the Appalachian SID and then coach Bobby Cremmins. He was incredibly funny⌠âWeâve never brought a recruit to one of our games. They get in the cold and snow and they canât get home soon enough.â
Cremmins was correct, we stayed the night before in the Holiday Inn and were on the windblown side of the building. Snow was coming under the room doors. I can remember Phil Scott walking around the hotel wrapped in a blanket, saying heâd never been that cold living in New Jersey. Actually it did get colder (-18 wind chill) about 10 days later when we went to Pennsylvania to play Saint Francis.
[QUOTE=HP49er;162442] Actually it did get colder (-18 wind chill) about 10 days later when we went to Pennsylvania to play Saint Francis.[/QUOTE]
Donât remind me of the home-job we got in THAT game!
[QUOTE=Max Power;162327]I donât understand why the NIT doesnât allow the webcasts⌠donât they want people to watch their tournament?[/QUOTE]
No, they want the hosting school to sell tickets.
[QUOTE=KissMyAxe;162461]No, they want the hosting school to sell tickets.[/QUOTE]
Webcasts could be blocked in the home city or state if they chose to.
[QUOTE=49er1;162458]Donât remind me of the home-job we got in THAT game![/QUOTE]
That would go down as the worst one in the programâs history, the phamtom charge by Watkins at Wake Forest game the previous weekend and the Rupp (err Rape) Arena fiasco involving Dinkins.
[QUOTE=Max Power;162462]Webcasts could be blocked in the home city or state if they chose to.[/QUOTE]
Itâs being done now on the NCAA webcasts by blocking the games shown in this TV market.
I called picassos⌠they dont know whats going on with that
anyone have an email address at espn that we can send suggestions about broadcasting to?
[QUOTE=Max Power;162327]I donât understand why the NIT doesnât allow the webcasts⌠donât they want people to watch their tournament?[/QUOTE]
How many Niner fans are going to watch it on TV when only 1963 showed up for the Georgia Southern game
Canât channel 22 pick it up and claim itâs an âeducationalâ program so that tax money will pay for it? Thatâs how they do stuff in chapel hill.
Whatâs the lastest? What are our options? Just the radio?
This is all I can find that is listed though:
Women's NIT First Round: W. Kentucky vs. Tenn Tech 6.95 Friday, March 17th 2006 Tip-Off: 8 p.m. EST Women's NIT First Round: Kansas State vs. Idaho State 6.95 Friday, March 17th 2006 Tip-Off: 8 p.m. EST
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Here is the dealâŚ
WTVI is doing a major fund raising program tonight and through monthâs end, WAXN did not want the game and Channel 22 could take it, but no advertising can run on that channel. It costs $8,500 to bring it to Charlotte via fiber optic cable. ESPN, the NIT, Fox 19 Cincy and Time-Warner are paid to provide the fiber link, etc.). The $8,500 was a bargain, but without an option to sell any advertising at all, it is a bust.
The athletic department perhaps could have spent the cash for the broadcast but they also have to worry about hosting a womenâs NIT game tonight in Halton Arena as well.
The athletic department emailed me back yesterday and said they making an effort to get the game on TV but I guess it didnât work out. Unless you can find some way to pick up the game on satelite I doubt anyone in Charlotte will see the game.
[QUOTE=HP49er;162653]Here is the dealâŚ
WTVI is doing a major fund raising program tonight and through monthâs end, WAXN did not want the game and Channel 22 could take it, but no advertising can run on that channel. It costs $8,500 to bring it to Charlotte via fiber optic cable. ESPN, the NIT, Fox 19 Cincy and Time-Warner are paid to provide the fiber link, etc.). The $8,500 was a bargain, but without an option to sell any advertising at all, it is a bust.
The athletic department perhaps could have spent the cash for the broadcast but they also have to worry about hosting a womenâs NIT game tonight in Halton Arena as well.[/QUOTE]
Thanks HP. Hate itâs not going to be on but thatâs a lot of $$$ to shell out, especially with no return on investment. My head says smart business move, my heart says :weep:
I think weâre all screwed on this one. To add insult to injury, ESPN is airing the world series of poker in our slot.
Thanks for the info HP. So as JaMiNNiNeR said, can it be picked up on satellite dish at Picassos?
Can they get Fox 19 off their dish? I doubt so but advise if they can. Otherwise, Iâll be at Halton and sitting in the vehicle later for the menâs game.