Not only are the AZ Family channels airing the game, but so is NBC, at least to the west coast (it's nationwide on Peacock). This puts the game on Channels 3, 12, and 44. Makes me wonder who'll win the local ratings for the game. Given the broadcasters (NBC is using a 3rd string broadcast team that won't make anyone forget Marv Albert), I have to guess 3.
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Suns game on 3 channels tonight
- Thread starter KeithE4
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What interests me is that the team is allowing a second service (NBC) to broadcast this game. I know that, with regard to radio, all four of the major professional leagues put in their contracts that the only radio stations carrying the local games are the stations that have contracted specifically with that team in that market to do so. For example, in professional football, when the Arizona Cardinals played the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night, the Westwood One feeds could not be heard locally in either market because of these contracts. (Yes, you could hear the Westwood One feed from either skywave or online but the local Westwood One outlet couldn't under contract carry it.) I'm guessing that the contracts are different for TV?
@ted chittenden: For many years, these national rights have been held by TNT. As far as I know teams did not have the power to black out the national broadcast in their market when they were on TNT. But there was a local telecast as well.
The WW1 NFL radio broadcasts are blacked out within 75 miles of the teams' home cities. I wouldn't be surprised if that went away at the next contract re-negotiation, as most of the NFL's TV blackout rules got eliminated a long time ago.
The WW1 NFL radio broadcasts are blacked out within 75 miles of the teams' home cities. I wouldn't be surprised if that went away at the next contract re-negotiation, as most of the NFL's TV blackout rules got eliminated a long time ago.
ICYW, KTVK was about 15 seconds ahead of KPNX last night.
Thanks for mentioning this. I wonder if the 15 seconds was a National television thing? Having a bigger buffer in case something happens?
I believe some of the games on ESPN were exclusive, but not the TNT games.
The difference is that there are no local broadcasts of NFL games, other than preseason. There's no need for WW1 to air games in teams' local markets since there's already a local radio broadcast for all games. They air a different game instead.
It's a moot point in Phoenix anyway, since their station was KQFN/1580, which has shut down, apparently for good. The only NFL games on radio here are the local broadcasts of the Cardinals on KMVP/98.7 and other games from Compass Media on KGME/910. Nothing this year on KDUS/1060, at least not when I tuned in. Westwood One is apparently only available online.
It's not up to the Suns or the other teams. NBC has national games on Tuesday nights (regional, in the case of last night), which they are allowed to air even in the teams' home markets.
As I mentioned above, the reason one could not hear the WW1 feed in Phoenix is that the radio station that aired that network has gone off the air. But if they were still on, they would have had to air alternate programming.
Actually, KGME is carrying most of the Westwood One games now since KQFN shut down.
And, while we're on the subject, KDUS is still carrying some of the Los Angeles Raiders games. However, since (roughly) the time that KQFN announced that it was shutting down, KDUS has dropped carrying games from the USA network. I have to assume that either 1) it was costing Hubbard too much to air the games; 2) the games were not attracting the audience Hubbard wanted to attract (that seems odd to me somehow); 3) Hubbard wanted more time to run the sports betting network KDUS is now carrying; and/or 4) all of the above or any combination thereof.