TV for Drake/UNI?

[tcondon]

What is the word in Des Moines? Thanks!

[TheMacHouse]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

I believe it is Mediacom 22 and that is it.

[BCPanther]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Maybe instead of starting a new thread for TV for every game, people could start using unipanthers.com... Just sayin'..

[Mudrafan]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

the fact that UNI is not on much more is baffling. To not have UNI - Drake on for a statewide audience is a joke.

[BCPanther]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Mediacom is statewide. UNI can't do a damn thing about Network affiliates in DSM, Sioux City, CB, and the Quad Cities not picking up a feed that I guarantee was offered to them. It is what it is, time to enjoy the ride and GET TO THE MCLEOD...

[UNI Fight]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

UNI's website says Mediacom and KWWL. Mediacom's online schedule confirms it. So yes, TV.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Mediacom is statewide. UNI can't do a damn thing about Network affiliates in DSM, Sioux City, CB, and the Quad Cities not picking up a feed that I guarantee was offered to them. It is what it is, time to enjoy the ride and GET TO THE MCLEOD...

Mediacom is not state-wide. A lot of communities do not have Mediacom, nor does the half the state who have a dish.

UNI can and should do a "damn thing." If it was offered it either wasn't offered properly or they bit too quickly on a terrible solution (Mediacom).

[Mudrafan]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Many people (especially sports fans) have Direct TV/Dish so mediacom doesn't do much for those folks. Same w/ kwwl that slums the game off to 7.3 where the dish folks can't pick it up.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Well what would be statewide then? A national network? Short of that I think Mediacom is the closest thing to statewide. Yes a lot of people don't have it, but almost everyone can get to somewhere that does without much effort.

If you have it on a broadcast station in each market it would be state-wide.

[casbern]

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I'm so excited for this game! Is there a watch party in DSM?

[Mudrafan]

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if you get it on satellite then it doesn't matter where you live. Also, most bars now run satellite...not media-lame.

[ajpanther]

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Rick Coleman said 7.1 and 7.3 would be carrying tonight on the 6:00 news, did say something about interuption on 7.1 at 8:00 for something, didn't catch what.

[achrist70]

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I think the state of the union is Wednesday night

[BCPanther]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Newsy probably knows this better than I do, but aren't networks only allowed to preempt so much programming in a given year?

I also think that stations have to think with their pocketbooks and if they don't feel that they can sell enough advertising to cover their expenses its not worth it for them.

And I hate to say it, but Iowa State and Iowa aren't even on Statewide TV 99% of the time, so its going to be awfully hard for us to be...

[achrist70]

Re: TV for Drake/UNI?

Newsy probably knows this better than I do, but aren't networks only allowed to preempt so much programming in a given year?

I also think that stations have to think with their pocketbooks and if they don't feel that they can sell enough advertising to cover their expenses its not worth it for them.

And I hate to say it, but Iowa State and Iowa aren't even on Statewide TV 99% of the time, so its going to be awfully hard for us to be...

I don't think KWWL can preempt the State of the Union.