Yet I have heard announcers say they prefer doing radio because they're not handcuffed by the TV image - my observation is that radio announcers tend to be more storytellers than their TV counterparts, because they don't have to match their commentary to what TV viewers see.
When TV has in-booth celebrities or in-game interviews it becomes obvious to the viewer that they are talking over the action. However with radio, it isn't obvious because you don't know what you're missing. A good example in the World Series is the ESPN national radio coverage - with Jon Miller (one of the best announcers in the business) working there vs. his normal Sunday night ESPN baseball gig. You can see (er, make that 'hear') how he can use his voice to create a sense of excitement that he can't do on TV. Yesterday the CW Philadelphia TV station rebroadcast the NBC-TV coverage of the 1980 World Series Game 6 (when the Phillies won). Commentators were Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek, and Tom Seaver. All three are ex-ballplayers, and carried an enthusiasm for the game that today's professional play-by-play announcers (read: Joe Buck) lack. Shortwave connection: Baseball on radio was my favorite reason for listening to the AFRTS on shortwave in the mid-1980s. I would love to spend summer afternoons tuned to 15345 kHz or summer evenings on 6030 kHz listening to a team's local announcers. I think it's a shame that today's AFRTS shortwave service -- tough as it is to receive -- no longer carries live radio sports. On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:37 PM, John Figliozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ALSO! The tv announcers tend to digress more. Very often what you're > seeing on the screen is not what the tv guys are talking about. On radio, > there is more focus on the action itself for obvious reasons. > _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
