WBTS and WHDH

[Bob DeMattia]

The point is, why are they still being carried sans the sports coverage?

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:29 AM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:

> WSBK became a mini-superstation in 1978 when a Syracuse based company
> (Eastern Microwave) started to relay the signal. Red Sox games being beamed
> into Manhattan was a major selling point for the then Paragon Cable. WSBK
> also got picked up in Canada because of hockey and is still available on
> most systems there today.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 1:26 AM, A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Channel 38 was widely carried on cable systems long before it was
> co-owned
> > by WBZ and long before WBZ was owned by CBS.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/3/2017 10:55 AM, Bob DeMattia wrote:
> >
> >> ​This could be CBS saying if you want to carry WBZ you have to carry 38
> >> also,
> >> or pricing such that carrying 38 is a better option than just BZ by
> >> itself.
> >>
> >> -Bob
> >> ​
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Sean Smyth <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> One of the main reasons Channel 38 became so widely carried was the
> Bruins
> >>> and Red Sox, and later the Celtics. It's been years since any of those
> >>> teams had a local broadcast TV package.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:24 PM Doug Drown <ashboy1951@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It has occurred to me that there may be a silver lining for WHDH amidst
> >>>>
> >>> all
> >>>
> >>>> this kerfuffle over the affiliation loss.  What if WHDH were to give
> >>>>
> >>>> Comcast and NECN some significant competition outside Boston?
> According
> >>>>
> >>> to
> >>>
> >>>> what I've been reading, the station plans to significantly beef up its
> >>>>
> >>> news
> >>>
> >>>> operation; what if it were to become a "superstation" comparable to
> WSBK
> >>>>
> >>>> and WGN, offering Boston and New England news to the rest of the
> region
> >>>>
> >>>> (and Canada) via Time Warner and other non-Comcast-owned cable
> >>>> companies,
> >>>>
> >>>> as well as via satellite?  DISH and DIRECTV don't carry NECN; it's a
> >>>>
> >>>> cable-only operation.  I think this could be a great opportunity for
> >>>>
> >>> WHDH,
> >>>
> >>>> if it could be worked out.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> >
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