We’ll never know. Nobody ever
asked if turning off the SW broadcasts via the VoA facilities, in 1988, was a
welcome move “out there.” No reason to think they’ll
ask now. Unless they asked “which would you prefer?” and anybody
would take the NFL on TV over radio. But to assume preference is
exclusionary would be inaccurate. It’s inane of them to carry the
same event on TV and radio, but explain that to them. AFN had a long history of being just
somewhat out of touch with their target audience, IMHO. That declining
audience probably still includes the guys at the guard shacks, on watch, patrol…you
get the idea, people without TVs in front of them. Those guys on the Korean
DMZ better get used to missing events they used to hear. Gerry Bishop From:
irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Art Blair From EETIMES [www.eetimes.com] The Defense Department said Wednesday
(July 5) it is discontinuing later this summer play-by-play radio broadcasts of
sporting events. The reason? Armed Forces Radio "audiences prefer
to watch the greater variety of sports on television rather than listen to them
on the radio," Robert Matheson, director of broadcasting at the Most AFN radio coverage of major sporting
events ended with the NBA championships in June. The radio finale will be a
NASCAR race from The DoD network has been steadily
expanding TV sports coverage that is beamed to I wonder how those troopers in the field
think about this? Art Folsom, CA |
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