Indianapolis 500 coveage in Indianapolis/Bloomington itself

[ShawnHill1]

- There is no blackout rule in MLB, the NBA, or the NHL. The decision to televise games is made by the teams (except in instances where a network has exclusivity for national games).

Absolutely right...in the case of the Pacers, all of their games are televised regionally. The ones that aren't are usually those Sunday afternoon games that fall into ABC's exclusive window. In fact, they could actually televise those particular games if they choose to, but only on tape-delay (MSG Network would show tape-delayed Knicks Sunday afternoon games later that evening whenever ABC had an afternoon game). Every NBA team nowadays show at least 75 games each season, and the only other teams that televise like than that (at last checked) are the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, and Bobcats.

 

[recto101]

I noticed KPIX 5 in San Francisco that airs the AFC Conference during football season would be diverted to San Diego Chargers games and other AFC teams while the Raiders are playing. However I heard that KCBS 2 can air the Raiders game and other CBS stations that are permitted to air the Raiders. While KTVU airs most of the 49ers games that air on Fox.

 

[avtosalon]

I have 2 questions:


When ABC used to have an affiliate at nearby Terre Haute, Indiana (Channel 38, WBAK-TV) until 1995, was the Indianapolis 500 aired on a tape delay also in Terre Haute?

About 10 years ago, NASCAR took control of the television contracts for all NASCAR races.  Previously, the individual race tracks could arrange their own TV deals with various networks.  Did the Indianapolis Motor Speedway also mandate for the Brickyard 400 to air on a tape delay in the Indianapolis area?

 

[DToTheJ]

If it wasn't for the weather the previous Wednesday, what would WRTV show instead of Indy 500? (Don't say "infomercials".)

A "Judge Judy" Memorial Day block? :

 

[PTBoardOp94]

The Brickyard has always been shown live as far as I'm aware. I vaguely remember watching the 2000 broadcast on ABC in the middle of the afternoon on WRTV.

 

[recto101]

Did the Raiders ever Blackout Games when they spent their time in LA in the 1980's to 1995? Was any LA or SD TV station in the 1980's banned from Airing Raiders Games like KABC or KCBS during the time that the LA Raiders played at Memorial Stadium? And were LA stations diverted to RAMS games before St Louis took the Rams. Where Did the Rams play when they were in LA?

 

[retrothoughts]

....Where Did the Rams play when they were in LA?

First, the Coliseum, then, by the early '80s, Anaheim Stadium.

 

[justthenumbers]

If it wasn't for the weather the previous Wednesday, what would WRTV show instead of Indy 500? (Don't say "infomercials".)

Quoting from an earlier post in this thread:

"By the looks at zap2it, WRTV is running tonight's ABC lineup this afternoon, while the rest of the network has the race live."

So, weather aside, it would have been whatever ABC aired in Prime on Sunday night.

(I'm assuming that WRTV decided to go with the pre-empted Wednesday lineup somewhat at the last minute...not in time for Zap2It to receive updates?)

 

[azumanga]

If it wasn't for the weather the previous Wednesday, what would WRTV show instead of Indy 500? (Don't say "infomercials".)

Quoting from an earlier post in this thread:

"By the looks at zap2it, WRTV is running tonight's ABC lineup this afternoon, while the rest of the network has the race live."

So, weather aside, it would have been whatever ABC aired in Prime on Sunday night.

(I'm assuming that WRTV decided to go with the pre-empted Wednesday lineup somewhat at the last minute...not in time for Zap2It to receive updates?)

The poster here mentioned that the WRTV Sunday afternoon schedule was actually ABC's primetime schedule that was delayed from Wednesday due to weather, and that's what was presented on the zap2it site.

 

[Apollo7979]

I have 2 questions:


When ABC used to have an affiliate at nearby Terre Haute, Indiana (Channel 38, WBAK-TV) until 1995, was the Indianapolis 500 aired on a tape delay also in Terre Haute?

WBAK aired the race live.

About 10 years ago, NASCAR took control of the television contracts for all NASCAR races. Previously, the individual race tracks could arrange their own TV deals with various networks. Did the Indianapolis Motor Speedway also mandate for the Brickyard 400 to air on a tape delay in the Indianapolis area?

I'm pretty sure the NASCAR race has always aired live in Indianapolis.