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Post by elonfirefighter on Jan 11, 2008 11:02:03 GMT -5
I'm fed up with the showing of live audio, while i have only listened to a few bball games, its still the same with football. Numerous times the feed has gone down. During the Davidson game, Live audio went down an hour b4 the game, while live stats and MASN went down in the second half. We need to fix this problem. If its a personnel problem hire new people, if its an equipment problem get new equipment. If we are wanting to dive into the high tech broadcast of our games, we need to get the lower teer broadcasts down first.
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Post by phoenixfc on Jan 11, 2008 15:41:22 GMT -5
I hear you and have lost the connection before, too. Am wondering if it's a breakdown in technology in general. Since we bought a plasma HDTV and subscribed to Digital Cable, the broadcasts often freeze up, sometimes the connection drops entirely. It's very normal to completely lose ESPNU during a game. TBS cuts in and out during every show I've tried to watch. I know...some people think DirectTV is the answer, but around here, I don't think that's a better option. Can't help but wonder if the air is just jammed with too many signals.
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Post by elonfirefighter on Jan 11, 2008 16:31:14 GMT -5
from what i hear it was a technology breakdown that caused it this time. but yes i understand i have the new SDTV that grabs over the airwaves and things drop in and out all the time
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Post by ontheair on Jan 12, 2008 11:53:59 GMT -5
The audio dropping isn't a new thing. That has actually been happening since they introduced it for the 2004 football season if I'm not mistaken. I feel as if the flagship station producing it itself isn't the answer. Getting somebody like Stretch Internet to provide the audio feed can be a bit expensive to the tune of $1,999 for the first year and $2,499 for the years after.
Elon wouldn't be getting its money's worth unless it gets FULL controls of all broadcasts. Where am I getting at here? WSOE should not have final say in some baseball and all women's basketball broadcasts. You don't have to have all of them on PCM, but you can have them over the internet. Internet broadcasting is getting bigger and if we could get all 56+ basketball games on in some capacity, we'd be a VERY happy bunch. I had to fight to get what I got when I ran the sports department at WSOE. I know for a fact that the women's basketball broadcast schedule is nowhere near what it had last year, which is a shame. I can promise you baseball is going to be that way. WSOE is back to running these broadcasts like its some run of the mill club and not an entity that is either polished or working towards it. I'm sure baseball will be the same way and Phoenix Sports Radio will have to make up the difference. I hate it for those that call games on WSOE. There is a lot of talent there. I know that the athletic department could develop this talent and start something special while making money.
When I was there, I wondered why baseball was being split when we had increased the schedule. Now, I wonder why on earth its taking them forever to yank it out of WSOE permanently. Elon can make more money on this. The more broadcasts you have, the more incentive for businesses to give you money. Sure, its not as big as basketball or football, but its an added audience. The more times you have, the more money you can make.
Then, you can devote more money to making sure things like the audio feed doesn't crash during big games. Just a thought.
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Post by elonfirefighter on Jan 12, 2008 12:30:01 GMT -5
one solution would be to expand our broadcast to regional. like app goes state wide we could take it over to raliegh greensboro and charlotte. we have a large number of alumni that live in these parts and could have a chance at picking up more recruits
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Post by ontheair on Jan 12, 2008 19:49:56 GMT -5
App has the fan base to sign with ISP Sports and get the same treatment as the big boys....we don't. We need to have a second affiliate first that's not WSOE. Honestly, WSOE is going to become obslete real soon.
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