tjt24 313 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Not sure if this is worthy of its own thread (feel free to lock if not), but the Boston Marathon is moving to WCVB and ESPN beginning with next year's running. The other Hearst stations in New England (WMUR, WMTW and WPTZ) will simulcast WCVB's coverage of the race. https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-marathon-new-broadcast-home-wcvb-channel-5-patriots-day-2023/40377262 https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2022/06/espn-and-wcvb-channel-5-named-exclusive-broadcast-partners-for-the-boston-marathon/ https://www.baa.org/espn-and-wcvb-channel-5-named-exclusive-broadcast-partners-boston-marathon Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19019-boston-marathon-moving-to-wcvb-espn-beginning-in-2023/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3305 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 If it's anything like how they do the New York City Marathon with WABC, ESPN will likely use their talent and WCVB's. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19019-boston-marathon-moving-to-wcvb-espn-beginning-in-2023/#findComment-274453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 313 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Georgie56 said: If it's anything like how they do the New York City Marathon with WABC, ESPN will likely use their talent and WCVB's. Yeah that's what I was thinking. I know ESPN has WABC's reporters along the marathon route. But who will be producing coverage of the race though? Does WABC and ESPN jointly produce coverage of the NYC Marathon? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19019-boston-marathon-moving-to-wcvb-espn-beginning-in-2023/#findComment-274455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2418 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Back where it belongs... IMO. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19019-boston-marathon-moving-to-wcvb-espn-beginning-in-2023/#findComment-274457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 313 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 16 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: Back where it belongs... IMO. I mean I get where you're coming from. WCVB used to broadcast the marathon for the longest time in the 90s and 2000s, but WBZ didn't do a bad job covering the race for as long as they did. Getting back to next year's race. I wonder if CVB will bring Mike Lynch out of retirement for this. I'm not speculating either way. It's just a thought. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19019-boston-marathon-moving-to-wcvb-espn-beginning-in-2023/#findComment-274479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 818 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 8:25 PM, tjt24 said: Yeah that's what I was thinking. I know ESPN has WABC's reporters along the marathon route. But who will be producing coverage of the race though? Does WABC and ESPN jointly produce coverage of the NYC Marathon? ESPN leads production, with the help of a third party live production vendor, and uses some WABC reporters and resources. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/19019-boston-marathon-moving-to-wcvb-espn-beginning-in-2023/#findComment-274506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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