OT: Official Sports Media Thread 2 (TV, Radio, Print) MOD WARNING in OP

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hoss75

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Rumors are flying that in 2017 NESN will move 30 Red Sox games and 15 Bruins games to WHDH-TV Channel 7 which becomes an independent station on January 1.

Games would continue to be seen on NESN outside of the Boston DMA. Fenway Sports Group in return would acquire a partial ownership stake of Channel 7.

:popcorn:

This could be interesting. A huge opportunity for both parties and, of course, good for the fans.
 

GarbageGoal

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Wow. It would be nice to throw a bone to those who cut the cord and have a few games on "free TV" again.
 

GarbageGoal

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Keefe on with Dale and Holley seems like it could be forced. I like Keefe and WEEI is trying to shift their demographics so it's worth a try, but these type of moves quite often don't have the desired outcomes.
 

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This could be interesting. A huge opportunity for both parties and, of course, good for the fans.

Wow. It would be nice to throw a bone to those who cut the cord and have a few games on "free TV" again.

We are going to get a good idea on how many cord cutters there really are in Boston as this video explains the new NBC channel has a very weak signal.

http://bcove.me/wad4z0v7

Channel 7 needs sports to survive after December 31.
 

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Keefe on with Dale and Holley seems like it could be forced. I like Keefe and WEEI is trying to shift their demographics so it's worth a try, but these type of moves quite often don't have the desired outcomes.

Heard a few minutes of it last night and forced is really the right word. Lots of polite fake laughs, lots of talking over each other and the punchlines. Hopefully it will smooth out as they get used to each other, but what I heard yesterday has a lot of room for improvement.
 

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NBC Boston has signed on with a couple more cable companies. RCN and Charter are the major holdouts with 3 1/2 weeks to go.


Over the Air 8.1, 60.2

Comcast 810 or 710 (HD)

DirecTV 10

Verizon
Starting 12/8 516 (HD), 16 (SD)

Dish
Starting 12/15 10

Braintree Electric (BELD)
Starting 12/19
510 (HD), 10 (SD)

Comcast
Starting 12/30
10 (SD)
 

LSCII

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NBC Boston has signed on with a couple more cable companies. RCN and Charter are the major holdouts with 3 1/2 weeks to go.


Over the Air 8.1, 60.2

Comcast 810 or 710 (HD)

DirecTV 10

Verizon
Starting 12/8 516 (HD), 16 (SD)

Dish
Starting 12/15 10

Braintree Electric (BELD)
Starting 12/19
510 (HD), 10 (SD)

Comcast
Starting 12/30
10 (SD)

Of course Charter is because they flat out suck. Not even kidding. Just a terrible product for the prices they charge. Hate them so much, and it's not even shocking they'd be one of the last stragglers.
 

Donnie Shulzhoffer

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Great...Rich Keefe is a conspiracy theorist who thinks we faked the moon landing. :facepalm:

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Great...Rich Keefe is a conspiracy theorist who thinks we faked the moon landing. :facepalm:

I wouldn't let an idiot who believes the moon landing was a hoax babysit my hamster, never mind host a radio show. Has he never seen the fact that they left an obviously man-made retro-reflective mirror array up there that can bounce back laser pulses? The experiment, left by Armstrong and Aldrin, which is still in use today to calculate the moon's distance from the earth within a couple centimeters? Is that not proof enough? (please don't answer that, the sheer stupidity of any answer would ruin my day).
 

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Give the guy a chance. One day and bashing already. Everyone forgets their first day on the job.
 

jgatie

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Give the guy a chance. One day and bashing already. Everyone forgets their first day on the job.

I have not one care about this guy or the show's success or failure. I left the cesspool, ratings ******, lets say controversial BS so people will tune in world of Boston sports radio years ago. My comments were solely about him being a moon landing denier, and I would say the same thing whether it was his first day on the job, or his 5000th. He's a whackadoodle if he thinks the moon landing was a hoax. Period.
 

GarbageGoal

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Part of Keefe's gimmick is the slightly ADD afflicted manchild obsessed with geeky stats and such. I don't think that'll fit with Dale and Holley, but it seems WEEI is becoming more and more hooked on staging feuds for ratings like it's pro wrestling as was witnessed by the nonsense with Tanguay and Minehan in the morning.
 

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I heard about 10 minutes of Dale and Holley this week and it was around 2:20 on Friday and the conversation between Dale and Keefe about the state of the Bruins, in that time alone, was more insightful hockey conversation then in Thornton's whole tenure. So there's that, at least.
 

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NBC Boston is now ramping up the promos



They are calling themselves Channel 10 which has belonged to WJAR-TV in Providence for decades. The real battleground now is Central Massachusetts and Charter Cable. Charter does not want to pay what NBC Boston is demanding but they can not offer NBC out of Providence unless the new NBC station grants permission.

RCN is also balking at the price.

:popcorn:
 

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NBC Boston has solved signal problems

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/nbc-finds-short-term-fix-extend-boston-reach/161743

Faced with the growing concerns of legislators that Boston viewers will be shut out of NBC programming, Comcast Monday said it has entered a deal with WMFP that will extend the reach of its new NBC Boston O&O.

In a letter to Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Comcast senior executive VP David Cohen said the new station, WBTS, will be rebroadcast on WMFP’s digital channel, which runs religious programming, until the company can buy a second full-powered station in Boston.

Cohen said retransmitting the signal via WMFP, as well as the two transmitters and low-powered station Comcast already purchased, will strengthen WBTS’ signal so much that it will reach 275,000 viewers more than the current NBC affiliate, Sunbeam’s WHDH, does. WBTS is officially launching Jan. 1 on a digital subchannel of WNEU, NBC’s New Hampshire-based Telemundo station. Over-the-air viewers will be able to watch the station on channels 8.1, 60.2 and 60.5
 

Morris Wanchuk

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Is WHDH going to survive with Family Fued re-runs and news?

Sports is an interesting angle.. Free TV options for baseball and NHL are pretty powerful if NESN takes some of the ownership. Maybe do a CNS/NECN like partnership?

As someone without cable, this is very interesting.
 

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Is WHDH going to survive with Family Fued re-runs and news?

It is going to be very difficult for them.

WHDH will not have a big payday like this again unless they can hook up with another network.

If any further proof is required that Boston’s special dedication to the Bruins has been fully revived by this year’s team, the phenomenal Nielsen ratings for Game 7 should rest the case for good.

NBC’s Game 7 telecast earned a 43.4 household rating (up a staggering 30 percent from Game 6’s remarkable 33.3) and a 68 share in the Boston market.

It was the highest single-game rating in this market for any major sports championship featuring a Boston team since the Super Bowl XLII matchup between the Patriots and Giants logged a 55.6 on Feb. 3, 2008.

The Bruins’ seven-game average for the Stanley Cup Final — with five games airing on NBC and two on Versus — was a 28.1 in Boston, topping the 25.0 the Celtics’ seven-game 2010 NBA Finals series against the Lakers earned on ABC.
 

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RCN has now signed up for NBC Boston which leaves Charter (Time Warner/Spectrum) as the only holdout.

Over the Air 8.1, 60.2 (now) 60.5 (by Dec. 21)

Comcast 810 or 710 (HD)

DirecTV 10

Verizon
516 (HD), 16 (SD)

Dish Starting 12/15 10

Braintree Electric (BELD) Starting 12/19 510 (HD), 10 (SD)

Comcast Starting 12/30 10 (SD)

Norwood Light Starting 1/1 812 (HD), 8 (SD)

RCN Starting 1/1 613 (HD), 13 (SD)

Shrewsbury Community Cablevision Starting 1/1 310 (HD), 10 (SD)

TDS Starting 1/1 1014 (HD), 14 (SD)

Charter Under negotiation
Time Warner Under negotiation
 

Johnnyduke

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I still don't even know what's happening. Local channel 7 will remain but a new channel is being introduced and will take some of the programming from old channel 7? Dumb it down for me
 

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I still don't even know what's happening. Local channel 7 will remain but a new channel is being introduced and will take some of the programming from old channel 7? Dumb it down for me

Channel 7 will no longer carry NBC programming as of January 1st at 3 AM. NBC is moving everything to a brand new channel.





Channel 7 will try to survive doing local news and syndicated game shows.
 
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