I have to say Channel 8 did a great job after the Rangers won. All other stations went to regular programing. Only Dale Hanson had an expanded edition coverage of News 8 at Ten. He and John did a surberb job. All other stations I really question the news directors thinking in not going live with coverage in the biggest win in Rangers history. Come monday and I was the station GM's I'd be having a long talk with my news and sports directors. Thank You Dale Hanson and the entire channel 8 news team for making the right choice and preempting Niteline.
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Got to give it up to TV and channel 8
- Thread starter tuttbs
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Meanwhile, outside the three sports stations, on the radio you would have never known the Rangers won (or there was a tornado watch for several counties in the market or anything else relevant Friday evening to people living in the market) last night since so much of the programming after 7PM on our dial is syndicated or pre-recorded/tracked.
tuxtbs & texchipx both hit the post (or the nail on the head). Ch. 8's coverage was a perfect example of what LOCAL tv stations should/could do; the non-sports canned music stations were perfect examples of what LOCAL stations don't/can't do anymore.
Back in the day, a local music station would have at least played "we are the champions" after ripping the needle across a copy of New York, N.Y. but of course, in those days we had live/local hosts and either turntables or sound efxs. to use.
Back in the day, a local music station would have at least played "we are the champions" after ripping the needle across a copy of New York, N.Y. but of course, in those days we had live/local hosts and either turntables or sound efxs. to use.
It's pretty simple: Channel 8 is locally owned and the other 3 are owned by their networks. In the case of NBC5 and CBS11 they weren't about to pre-empt their late-night network talk shows for the Rangers. In the case of Fox 4, I suspect they just don't have the staff to do what channel 8 did. Either that or the corporate bosses didn't want a bunch of overtime.
One other point: channel 8 had to do some tap-dancing because TBS stayed live out there for a while after the last out before going to a break. MLB rules prohibit stations from doing live shots inside the park until about 15 minutes after the game is over. Local stations can't run highlights until after TBS is done with its live coverage.
One other point: channel 8 had to do some tap-dancing because TBS stayed live out there for a while after the last out before going to a break. MLB rules prohibit stations from doing live shots inside the park until about 15 minutes after the game is over. Local stations can't run highlights until after TBS is done with its live coverage.
Did you see The Dallas Morning News?
One reason why print journalism trumps broadcast journalism nearly every time.
Regards,
One reason why print journalism trumps broadcast journalism nearly every time.
Regards,
tubetop1 said:And this is a thread in the radio, not TV section because..... :
And Tony, er, "oldmanradio," you've seem to have forgotten a very basic rule of news reporting:
"When you see it (hear it) it's news. When you read it it's history."
The "snooze" Saturday sports section did an excellent job putting it all in a historical perspective. It'll be nice to show the yellow faded copy to your grand-kids someday
But at least one over the air TV outlet (Fox Sports SW had some coverage too) and the Fan and Ticket were live and local capturing the moment with the post game coverage.
(And what bonehead from the Ticket's sales/promotion department scheduled their band-a-thon in Denton for that night? Rhyner had to be pissed).
"When you see it (hear it) it's news. When you read it it's history."
The "snooze" Saturday sports section did an excellent job putting it all in a historical perspective. It'll be nice to show the yellow faded copy to your grand-kids someday
But at least one over the air TV outlet (Fox Sports SW had some coverage too) and the Fan and Ticket were live and local capturing the moment with the post game coverage.
(And what bonehead from the Ticket's sales/promotion department scheduled their band-a-thon in Denton for that night? Rhyner had to be pissed).
317C50KW said:
Where did you get that quote ... it's absurd. History requires much more perspective.
Besides, we were discussing radio stations that did nothing to celebrate the Rangers' American League pennant .... nothing ... because the stations were either voicetracked, satellite, etc.
The Dallas Morning News had an edition on the newsstands in the north Dallas/Richardson area by 2 a.m.
About The Ticket, I tuned in for a few seconds -- nothing about the Rangers, I thought "WT^&&* and tuned back to Jon Miller.
You would never convince me that broadcast journalists can hold a candle to the best print journalists -- like comparing a house painter to Picasso.
Best wishes,
Tony
317C50KW said:
oldmanradio said:And for the rest of the metroplex, they had to turn to either TV or radio to get the news...317C50KW said:
Wow, a few seconds. Plenty of time to see what they were doing. :
And I know they had "Diamond Talk" (walked past them as they were broadcasting), could you have just tuned in during a commercial or something?
And you'll never be able to convince me that print can be as entertaining as a broadcast. And that's what it's about being entertaining enough, or informative enough, to draw an audience. That you can then proceed to sell advertising to...
little1 said:oldmanradio said:And for the rest of the metroplex, they had to turn to either TV or radio to get the news...317C50KW said:
Wow, a few seconds. Plenty of time to see what they were doing. :
And I know they had "Diamond Talk" (walked past them as they were broadcasting), could you have just tuned in during a commercial or something?
And you'll never be able to convince me that print can be as entertaining as a broadcast. And that's what it's about being entertaining enough, or informative enough, to draw an audience. That you can then proceed to sell advertising to...
Dear C3P0,
My point again was that most of the radio stations just ignored the Rangers going to the World Series.
If you don't think a newspaper, book or magazine, can be as interesting as broadcasting, all I can conclude is that you don't read much.
When I tuned into the Ticket, some satellite show was on, not a commercial. This was just a few minutes after the final out. If the station later covered the event -- great.
Finally, few stories are broken by broadcast journalists. Listen to WBAP or KRLD and compare how many stories those stations break compared to The Dallas Morning News.
In other words, how many stories do those stations have that The Morning News doesn't and vice versa.
I am not necessarily criticizing broadcast outlets. Most do not have the staff to uncover news only to rewrite it from wire services and newspapers. .
It was Walter Cronkite who said if you only depended on television, you are not well informed.
Regards,
Tony
My point again was that most of the radio stations just ignored the Rangers going to the World Series.
If you don't think a newspaper, book or magazine, can be as interesting as broadcasting, all I can conclude is that you don't read much.
When I tuned into the Ticket, some satellite show was on, not a commercial. This was just a few minutes after the final out. If the station later covered the event -- great.
Finally, few stories are broken by broadcast journalists. Listen to WBAP or KRLD and compare how many stories those stations break compared to The Dallas Morning News.
In other words, how many stories do those stations have that The Morning News doesn't and vice versa.
I am not necessarily criticizing broadcast outlets. Most do not have the staff to uncover news only to rewrite it from wire services and newspapers. .
It was Walter Cronkite who said if you only depended on television, you are not well informed.
Regards,
Tony
little1 said:
Lame.
They would have known a month before the regular season ended that it could happen especially after sweeping the Yankees in the regular season.
Regards,
Tony
oldmanradio said:
Sgt. Hans G. Schultz said:
Because I bet the Rangers would win in six, Sarge.
Regards,
Tony
oldmanradio said:
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