[TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread M-D November
Well, SNY's probably in no hurry to throw more games to OTA, but YES has that whole "blacked out in wide swaths of Yankees country" problem thanks to their tiff with Kabletown. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
The thing I noticed from the comments of Feder's full-length post on the affiliation switch is that certain Chicago expats are hoping that this means that WGN America will go back to being a superstation and that sports and Tom Skilling will be back (one even hoped that Bozo would come back). You

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread Joe Hass
Clarification: my comment referred to MLB teams. On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 4:21 PM Bob Jersey wrote: > > Joe Hass, to M-D November et al: > >> It's worth noting that Chicago is an extreme outlier when it comes to TV >> OTA baseball. Last time I checked, somewhere in the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread Bob Jersey
Joe Hass, to M-D November et al: > > It's worth noting that Chicago is an extreme outlier when it comes to TV > OTA baseball. Last time I checked, somewhere in the range of 70 games each > for both the Sox and the Cubs are on some OTA channel (WGN, WLS, or WPWR). > I don't think any other team

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread Joe Hass
It's worth noting that Chicago is an extreme outlier when it comes to TV OTA baseball. Last time I checked, somewhere in the range of 70 games each for both the Sox and the Cubs are on some OTA channel (WGN, WLS, or WPWR). I don't think any other team comes even close (PIX takes 21 Yankees games

[TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread Bob Jersey
M-D November, to Diner and stannc: > > One can only wonder what this means for WPIX/11 in NY, which has the > rights to both Mets & Yankees baseball...? > > Oddly, the rest of the Trib chain renewed with the network

[TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread M-D November
One can only wonder what this means for WPIX/11 in NY, which has the rights to both Mets & Yankees baseball...? On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 11:07:56 AM UTC-4, Diner wrote: > > No, he lives in West Nyack, New York. Or at least he did two years ago. > > >

[TV orNotTV] Re: WGN in Chi Dropping CW

2016-05-23 Thread Diner
No, he lives in West Nyack, New York. Or at least he did two years ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/nyregion/a-mr-feder-once-of-fort-lee-chimes-in.html On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 10:23:13 AM UTC-4, stannc wrote: > I wonder if Richard still lives in Fort Lee, NJ. > > > -Stan > -- --