Geoffrey 779 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Are the stations cutting back on sending reporters to cover Spring Training? I know WABC has Scott Clark down there. He anchored WABC's special report yesterday afternoon with the A-Rod press conference in Tampa. WNBC has Bruce Beck, who asked a question at the press conference. WCBS has no one there. I'm pretty sure they used to have one reporter in Tampa with the Yankees and another at Port St. Lucie with the Mets. That was back when they had a sports team. In fact, they were the only NY station not to air the A-Rod press conference (WNBC, WNYW, WABC, WWOR (simulcast of WNYW) and WPIX all had it live). They've been having WFAN-AM Yankees reporter Sweeny Murti file some reports about the A-Rod mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic110 10 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Personally, I don't see why it needed to interrupt any programming on any network station. That's what SNY, ESPN, and especially YES is for. It was webcasted at wcbstv.com. Think of all the upset housewives don't care...haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ybYellow 2 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 WCVB and WBZ sent a reporter down. WHDH and WFXT didn't, because both only have 2 on-air sports people, while the other two have 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Personally, I don't see why it needed to interrupt any programming on any network station. That's what SNY, ESPN, and especially YES is for. totally agree. it is not often when sports is real news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1838 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I don't think any of the Milwaukee channels have people in Arizona. WITI and WTMJ are using some news service's feed, not sure what WISN is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 93 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 i don't think WCBS sent anyone down because they just canned two of their top sports anchors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I'm pretty sure all of the Philly stations sent somebody down, in addition to KYW 1060 and Comcast SportsNet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic110 10 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 While WCBS did can the sports department, they're really putting their resource of WFAN-AM to good use. I mean, the reporters from WFAN everyone identifies with on the radio, and they are in FL anyway reporting on the same things. I think it's smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I'm pretty sure all of the Philly stations sent somebody down, in addition to KYW 1060 and Comcast SportsNet. Well since the Phillies won the World Series last year, I expect that the hype for them will be greater than usual and it makes sense that all the stations sent someone down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ib-td 1 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 the other option is that your locals pay FL locals (or wherever the camps are) as stringers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMan 0 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 WCVB and WBZ sent a reporter down. WHDH and WFXT didn't, because both only have 2 on-air sports people, while the other two have 4. WBZ & WCVB have 3! WBZ used to be the only with 4 Plus WHDH has a freelancer for sports as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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