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WAGA not airing Peachtree Road Race?

jal41

jal41

For the first time in many years, it looks like the Peachtree Road Race will go without TV coverage. It looks like WAGA/Fox 5 will not televise the race this year.

The Comcast program guide lists normal programming, which includes WAGA's weekend morning newscast from 6-8:30 AM. I also have not seen any promos for the race this year.

If this is the case, I suspect the costs in putting on the production, especially in a down economy, may be the reason.

This comes just a couple of years after WSB-TV discontinued their 4th of July Parade due to costs, leaving the City of Atlanta without a proper 4th of July Parade.
 
jal41 said:
For the first time in many years, it looks like the Peachtree Road Race will go without TV coverage. It looks like WAGA/Fox 5 will not televise the race this year.

The Comcast program guide lists normal programming, which includes WAGA's weekend morning newscast from 6-8:30 AM. I also have not seen any promos for the race this year.

If this is the case, I suspect the costs in putting on the production, especially in a down economy, may be the reason.

This comes just a couple of years after WSB-TV discontinued their 4th of July Parade due to costs, leaving the City of Atlanta without a proper 4th of July Parade.
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WOW, I've been so busy as of late that I didn't even notice the lack of promos. That is crazy, but in this economy it's difficult even for the most profitable (WSB-TV) to produce much local programming if at all. WAGA may do occasional updates of parade Sunday morning, but likely go with the usual newscasts
 
Hasn't 11 Alive aired a fireworks show on the evening of
the Fourth in the past? What's the status of that this year?
 
bpatrick said:
Hasn't 11 Alive aired a fireworks show on the evening of
the Fourth in the past? What's the status of that this year?
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WXIA will air the fireworks from Centennial Olympic Park at 9 PM. (NBC's coverage of the Macy's fireworks from New York will air live on sister WATL). WSB-TV will air the Lenox Square fireworks live at 9 PM.
 
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