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NFL preseason telecasts in your area

> >
> > So, what's the situation like in your area?
>

Here in Atlanta, the telecasts are split between the CBS affliate WGCL which carries the ESPN feed usually and the NBC affiliate WXIA which also produces a weekly Falcons TV telecast. IIRC, Falcons vision on Comcast Cable has replays of the pre-season games.<P ID="signature">______________
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> the Cowboys' TV network
> reaches all of Texas (except those of us stuck in Houston)

My understanding is that Jerry Jones and Bob McNair have a handshake agreement to keep each other's radio and preseason television broadcasts out of each other's home markets. We used to get the Cowboys preseason games here in Houston before the Texans arrived.

Cowboys fans in Houston have to get their radio broadcasts from KLVI in Beaumont, which fortunately for them puts a pretty decent signal over Houston metro. Most of the regular season Cowboys games are televised here unless there's an exclusivity clash with a Texans home game which happens two or three times a year.
 
> My understanding is that Jerry Jones and Bob McNair have a
> handshake agreement to keep each other's radio and preseason
> television broadcasts out of each other's home markets. We
> used to get the Cowboys preseason games here in Houston
> before the Texans arrived.
>

Yep. Channel 39 used to show them on tape delay until the mid-late 80s, then channel 51 picked them up when Houston didn't have a team.

> Cowboys fans in Houston have to get their radio broadcasts
> from KLVI in Beaumont, which fortunately for them puts a
> pretty decent signal over Houston metro. Most of the
> regular season Cowboys games are televised here unless
> there's an exclusivity clash with a Texans home game which
> happens two or three times a year.
>

I ponied up the dough for NFL Sunday Ticket this year, so no more blackouts for me. And tonight's game is being seen on DirectTV channel 213 (I think it's an NFL network alternate feed).
 
A couple of years ago, CBS bought the preseason rights for the Packers for WFRV (a Viacom O&O) with promises to spend more on production than Young-owned WBAY which had owned the rights for many years. WTMJ in Milwaukee also owns part of the rights (and is the Packers' radio flagship, WNFL 1440 in Green Bay carries the radio but is just an affiliate). In addition to WFRV-TV and WTMJ-TV, the games are televised over WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire; WYOW/ABC, Eagle River, Wis.; and WJMN/CBS, Escanaba, Mi (WFRV's satellite station which gives it coverage in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). (As might be guessed by their letters, the Madison-Wausau-La Crosse-Eau Claire-Eagle River stations are all owned by the same company).

The Upper Peninsula has traditionally been more Packers than Lions country, although having Steve Mariucci (a youpper native) as Lions coach may change that a bit if he can ever get that team going.
 
In the Cedar Rapids market, the Fox affiliate carries the Chiefs preseason games and their weekly show during the season. The same station also carries "Inside The Pack" while the Vikings have a local radio affiliate here that can be heard throughout the state.
 
In the Fort Myers market, WTVK TV 46 "WB 6" carries the Miami Dolphins preseason games via WFOR "CBS 4" Miami. The Tampa Bay Bucs games are carried on WFTX TV 36 "FOX 4" via WFLA "NBC 8" Tampa.
 
Panthers TV network

Charleston SC WCSC CBS
Charlotte NC WCCB FOX
Columbia SC WACH FOX
Florence/Myrtle Beach SC WPDE ABC
Florence/Myrtle Beach SC WWMB UPN
Greenville/New Bern/Washington NC WFXI FOX
Greenville/New Bern/Washington NC WYDO FOX
Greenville/Spartanburg SC WSPA CBS
Greensboro/Winston-Salem NC WFMY CBS
Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville NC WTVD ABC
Tri-Cities (Bristol, Johnson City, Kingsport) TN WAPK UPN
Wilmington NC WSFX FOX


http://www.panthers.com/multimedia/network.jsp

They all air Panthers Huddle with John Fox. WCCB airs it on Saturday nights at 10:35.

In the past WBTV and WSOC/WAXN have also been the official TV station of the Panthers. WBTV still airs Panthers Gameday on Sunday nights at 11:35.

WBTV, WSOC, WCNC, and WCCB have all taken turns simulcasting ESPN and TNT
national telecasts in their 10-year history.

Surprised that the Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN market gets the Panthers with the Titans in Nashville. Don't know if another station in that market picks up the Titans or not.
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<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by karaokelegend on 08/14/05 06:01 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> With NFL preseason having finally arrived, I thought it
> would be neat to have a discussion of how these
> extravaganzas of bad football are covered throughout the
> country. I'm especially curious about "border" areas where
> fans' allegiances are split between two or more teams such
> as Columbus, Erie, Des Moines, Youngstown, etc. as well as
> areas with no NFL team such as LA and Las Vegas...whose, if
> any, preseason games get broadcast in these cities?
>
> Having lived in the Chicago area for much of my life, I
> became accustomed to having each Bears preseason game live
> on local TV, but I've heard that some teams tape-delay their
> games in hopes of having more fans come out to the game.
>
> I also have some experience in "border zones"...for the two
> years I recieved TV from Rockford, a market split between
> Bears and Packers fans, the Bears' preseason games were
> carried by local Fox affiliate WQRF, but the Packers' were
> not...even though WQRF would air the Sunday morning pregame
> show "Inside The Pack" during the regular season. Looking at
> the TV listings for Rockford I now notice that the Bears'
> preseason games have moved to CBS affiliate WIFR, but
> apparently there still is no station picking up the Packers'
> games there. Kind of surprising.
>
> In northwest Ohio where I've recently moved, we have both
> Browns and Lions fans, but only the Browns' preseason games
> seem to be aired by NBC affiliate WNWO in Toledo. Perhaps
> this is because Detroit stations which air the Lions are
> carried on cable here, while no Cleveland stations which
> carry the Browns are.
>
> So, what's the situation like in your area?
>


Dallas Cowboys pre-season games are carried on either KTVT/Channel 11 (CBS) or KTXA/Channel 21 (UPN), both owned by Viacom. Later in the pre-season, there may be a network game or two thrown in as well. It'd be nice to see some Houston Texans pre-season games, since during the season KTVT carries quite a few Texans games (being in the AFC and all).<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: Panthers TV network

>
>
> Surprised that the Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN market
> gets the Panthers with the Titans in Nashville. Don't know
> if another station in that market picks up the Titans or
> not.
> >
> Since the Titans are an AFC team they'd be on CBS affiliate
WJHL/11 during the regular season. Don't know if anyone carries
Titans' preseason games in the Tri-Cities. But don't be too
surprised that the Panthers are on in that market, since Tri-
Cities stations get into western North Carolina, particularly
in the Boone area. And Charlotte is the closest NFC city to the
Tri-Cities.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by bpatrick on 08/17/05 12:43 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Here in Seattle the Seahawks pre-season games are on KONG TV 16 (UHF) which is the sister station to the NBC affiliate KING 5.
 
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