Second class citizens

by bamaA'sfan on Apr 27, 2008 5:13 PM PDT Comment 20 comments

I for one am tired of the incompetence of Ken Priess and his whole department of Media and Communications. There is no reason for the lack of radio and tv coverage of the A's. It is time for the Fans to let Mike Crowley and Lew Wolff know that we are tired of this BS. The A's radio coverage is less than weak. If you are in the Sacramento Valley, you get butkus. If you don't have Comcast, you get the Giants. In Solano County the radio coverage stinks. I love my A's and I am tired of being dissed. I will be sending a letter to the A's letting them know about their incompetence. Please join me and pull a JERICHO NUTS camapign.

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didn’t jericho get canceled again?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 27, 2008 5:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought that was FrankTV

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 27, 2008 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, BUT

At least we got 7 more episodes and SCI-FI may pick it up. It’s better than we get from the A’s.

by bamaA'sfan on Apr 27, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Bupkis"

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by Flashfire on Apr 27, 2008 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ooops

I meant Bupkis, but considering how we are treated, it feels like being hit by butkis.

by bamaA'sfan on Apr 27, 2008 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And yes, the coverage is worse than usual this year

No TV for a Sunday game? WTF?

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by Flashfire on Apr 27, 2008 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Give us busy folks an address/email to send correspondence

to and I’ll be sure to get on it.

by 33SwisherSweet on Apr 27, 2008 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just once

I would like to hear “home of the Oakland A’s flag ship station.”
Really? How many people know 1550 is even on there radio dial?

by Yourmyboyblue on Apr 27, 2008 6:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It barely is

Very staticky.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 27, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Livermore to Pittsburg

Has horrible reception, too.

At night there’s so much static it’s unlistenable.

by gdubb925 on Apr 27, 2008 6:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

HELLO, SACRAMENTO VALLEY!!

One of the issues is that the Giants switched their OTA coverage from Ch. 2 to Ch. 11 this year, and 11 is carrying many less games than 2 ever did. This forces more Giants games onto Comcast, and that tends to shove the A’s aside, since, you know, the Giants have a significant (though not majority) ownership interest in Comcast Sports Net.

I’m not sure exactly when the A’s contracts with FSN/Comcast and KICU 36 expire…but, boy oh boy, they need to do a serious re-evaluation of their television coverage. There aren’t many teams left that don’t get every game on TV anymore, but the A’s are one of them.

The radio issue has been going on forever and seems pretty much hopeless. All I can say about that is, get XM if you want to hear the A’s on radio (though you will hear the home team’s announcers when the A’s are on the road).

by Soaker on Apr 27, 2008 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They just renewed the TV contracts last offseason

We can look forward to many additional years of suck-tacular TV coverage to come.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 27, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is anyone going to give us a email or address to contact or are we gonna

bitch and moan amongst fellow fans who all agree that the A’s have to get their act together in the marketing/tv/radio/etc department?

I’ve looked on the periphery, but haven’t found anything. Anyone out there? I’m more than willing to write, but tell me where to go.

by 33SwisherSweet on Apr 27, 2008 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Something

A’s Radio or Telecast Questions

Questions on games broadcast on the radio or TV * Phone: (510) 563-2269 * E-mail: wchu@oaklandathletics.com

Looks like it goes to Warren Chu, Broadcasting Services Manager.

If the format is the same, try kpries@oaklandathletics.com

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by Flashfire on Apr 27, 2008 7:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

my biggest complaints

are the lack of coverage on sportsradio. when i listen to sports radio, of course its all giants. why not podcast some a’s coverage on the podcast radio station?

anyways, i get 1550 AM just fine in Solano County, and I also get 106.9, which is comendable. Even the Giants aren’t on FM, and FM sounds so much better!

Jeremy was safe. He jumped over the tag.

by mrrickyg on Apr 27, 2008 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

p.s.

it’s sad…i like listening to Fitz and Brooks and I like listening to the Razor and Mr. T but it’s like they are on orders to pretend the A’s don’t exist (well they probably are…). It’s just pathetic.

I think we’ll just have to wait til 2012—Cisco will really change the Bay Area baseball landscape.

Jeremy was safe. He jumped over the tag.

by mrrickyg on Apr 27, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Address:

Send comments to: Mike Crowley, 7000 Coliseum Way; Oakland, CA 94621 and cc; Lew Wolff and Ken Priess. As a Side note to the Giants purchase of 30% of CSNBA, the Warriors have filed suit regarding the preference to the Giants. Mike Crowley need to walk over and talk to Bob Rowell about this BS.

by bamaA'sfan on Apr 27, 2008 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

soon to be

Joe Morgan Way

"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra

by Cheezombie on Apr 28, 2008 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of radio

I noticed today that the sound quality of the postgame show (not Extra Innings, but the Ken, Ray, and Vince wrapup) was really lousy. It sounded like they had switched from whatever they were using for the live game (ISDN? satellite?) to some very low-quality stream. Has anyone else noticed this?

The candy and the baseball all night long :)

by Englishmajor on Apr 27, 2008 10:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The A's aren't to blame

you have to realize that the TV and radio coverage is a negotiation process. The A’s would love to have every game com in crystal clear both via radio and TV, but the realitly is that radio & TV content is discretionary per the network. The A’s basically sell these games to the networks for broadcast and if the networks don’t want to buy certain games then that is up to them. There’s only so much the A’s can do.

by GusanoQuemador on Apr 28, 2008 12:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs