Official 2009 Panther Football Schedule

[Panthers to the Bone]

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UNI/NDSU game may have something to do with the MVFC wanting to expand football coverage to include FSN North. This gives them a great opening into that market with two teams that are about as close as anyone, not named SDSU, to Minneapolis.

[Newsbreaker]

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UNI/NDSU game may have something to do with the MVFC wanting to expand football coverage to include FSN North. This gives them a great opening into that market with two teams that are about as close as anyone, not named SDSU, to Minneapolis.

Not a bad point - in fact very good one. FSN North has nobody to care about...Minnesota is their only "local" college team, and the Big Ten isn't on FSN. The MVCF package could be a regular addition to their schedule, just like it is on FSN-Midwest.

[JayJ79]

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B/c UNI's TV deal is with NBC (KWWL), there aren't any openings to have UNI's game broadcast on NBC (or at least 7.11) as there are conflicts with Notre Dame Football.

They could add games on their subchannels if they really wanted to. But they might not deem it worth the effort/expense to televise a football game if it is only going to air on a subchannel (and on CFU's local station). I dunno.

[Newsbreaker]

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They could add games on their subchannels if they really wanted to. But they might not deem it worth the effort/expense to televise a football game if it is only going to air on a subchannel (and on CFU's local station). I dunno.

Plus it makes the game unavailable to a large portion of the audience (ie, Mediacom and Dish/DTV people).

The point of televising games isn't in Cedar Falls.

[JayJ79]

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Plus it makes the game unavailable to a large portion of the audience (ie, Mediacom and Dish/DTV people).

The point of televising games isn't in Cedar Falls.

wouldn't anyone who is able to get the main KWWL over the air also be able to get 7.2 and 7.3?

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Jay-
I could be wrong, but I think that Mediacom and other cable/dish outlets scramble those extra stations, correct?

[Newsbreaker]

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wouldn't anyone who is able to get the main KWWL over the air also be able to get 7.2 and 7.3?

Yes, but a significant portion of the people we're trying to reach can't get KWWL over-the-air.

[1988]

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In Cedar Rapids the only company that carries FSN is Southslope. That is the only reason I have Southslope. FSN carries the Twins. Mediacom hasn't added the channel. If they would I might consider a change. Don't know about the dish stuff, it sucks anyway. Storm=no TV. I

[Newsbreaker]

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I lose my dish due to weather less than I lost CFU cable, which is to say, almost never.

[JCPanthers]

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I had Dish Network for several years and I lost the signal in almost every severe thunderstorm....which is why I no longer have the dish.

[1988]

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I had Dish Network for several years and I lost the signal in almost every severe thunderstorm....which is why I no longer have the dish.

I lost the signal in a heavy snow storm. I think Newsbreaker has the advantage of that tin foil hat he wears around his house.

[Newsbreaker]

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I lost the signal in a heavy snow storm. I think Newsbreaker has the advantage of that tin foil hat he wears around his house.

That's it.

[Mountain Panther]

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I had Dish Network for several years and I lost the signal in almost every severe thunderstorm....which is why I no longer have the dish.

Quality of the installation is everything. It should only go out when the most severe part of the storm is directly over your house.

[Mountain Panther]

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Ours is more likely to go out when there is a severe storm SW of our house, in the signal line. We lose our DTV signal about a half dozen times a year. When we had mediacomm it was out about twice a month and the picture was never good at any time.

DIRECTV claims 99% signal reliability and you'll only lose signal 2-3 times per year. I had DISH Network for 5 years and now have DIRECTV. I would say this claim is accurate, but there are variables like location and the quality of the installer.

[CincyPanther88]

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DIRECTV claims 99% signal reliability and you'll only lose signal 2-3 times per year. I had DISH Network for 5 years and now have DIRECTV. I would say this claim is accurate, but there are variables like location and the quality of the installer.

That's about right.