>>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

That's kinda weird... I would think CW Rochester would be required to run CW's usual Friday night programming. Fans of Jane the Virgin won't be happy.


Powers &8^]

CW Rochester (as does ABC Rochester) occasionally shows Yankees games, interrupting normal CW programming to do so.

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

Reports out of Buffalo indicate that it's pretty much just Friday nights -- basically just one game a week. Other HS football games will be covered on an alternative venue, probably an online stream. Other sports are SOL, apparently.


Powers &8^]

Not even high school basketball? Wow.

[LtPowers]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

The sport zone page is now referencing CW Rochester as the broadcaster, with it being carried on spectrum and Direct TV as well Digital 13.2 for over the air.

That's kinda weird... I would think CW Rochester would be required to run CW's usual Friday night programming. Fans of Jane the Virgin won't be happy.


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[LtPowers]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

So, are they going to merge Spectrum Sports and Spectrum News, eliminating a 24-hours local sports station and the 24-hour local news station?

Reports out of Buffalo indicate that it's pretty much just Friday nights -- basically just one game a week. Other HS football games will be covered on an alternative venue, probably an online stream. Other sports are SOL, apparently.


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[Russell Jaslow]

And Spectrum said we would be all better off when they bought out Time Warner.

The things I want to say right now that will all get asterisked out.

And that very night, I saw a commercial for the high school Friday night game of the week for the whole season. I thought, how can that be if they are shutting down Spectrum Sports?

Then I noticed on the bottom the logo for Spectrum News.

So, are they going to merge Spectrum Sports and Spectrum News, eliminating a 24-hours local sports station and the 24-hour local news station?

I guess that makes sense if you want to save money. There are only so much local sports you can show, and I would think the umpteenth replay of a particular game doesn't get much of an audience and thus subsequent ad space. And if they are willing to forgo 24-hours news coverage, they can put the occasional local sports event on the news channel.

[XCTiger]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

Interesting! Thanks for checking. The only local broadcast station I know of that isn't part of a major network is WBGT, but they broadcast in standard def, which would be disappointing. Their Roc Sports Television subchannel is 46.5, but I think Spectrum carries the main feed from 46.1. And Wikipedia says they've never been on satellite.

So maybe one of the other stations will put it on a digital subchannel? But that still raises the question of cable and satellite access.


Powers &8^]

The sport zone page is now referencing CW Rochester as the broadcaster, with it being carried on spectrum and Direct TV as well Digital 13.2 for over the air. Takes care of Rochester pretty well, but does not help us out of towners. Oh well there is Atlantic Hockey tv. I see they are now doing some HD support with apple tv, android tv, and fire tv apps.

[Tom Naeger]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

And Spectrum said we would be all better off when they bought out Time Warner.

The things I want to say right now that will all get asterisked out.

I am not surprised, but I am hopeful that it will lead to better things for the broadcast...

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

I emailed the SID this morning, and he confirmed that Spectrum is indeed shutting down Spectrum Sports Rochester on September 30.

And Spectrum said we would be all better off when they bought out Time Warner.

The things I want to say right now that will all get asterisked out.

[LtPowers]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

I emailed the SID this morning, and he confirmed that Spectrum is indeed shutting down Spectrum Sports Rochester on September 30. In the meantime, RIT is working on a deal to keep the games on TV. He wouldn't get into specifics since nothing is official yet, but he said that if all goes well, games will be available on cable, satellite, over the air, and possibly even streaming. In short, he said it would be an even better situation than what we have now. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that this happens!

Interesting! Thanks for checking. The only local broadcast station I know of that isn't part of a major network is WBGT, but they broadcast in standard def, which would be disappointing. Their Roc Sports Television subchannel is 46.5, but I think Spectrum carries the main feed from 46.1. And Wikipedia says they've never been on satellite.

So maybe one of the other stations will put it on a digital subchannel? But that still raises the question of cable and satellite access.


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[joew74]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

Has anyone heard anything about where to find home game broadcasts this season? Spectrum is phasing out Spectrum Sports NY as far as I can tell; they shuttered the Albany feed in June and Buffalo and Syracuse papers are reporting the same for their feeds come this weekend. I haven't heard anything about Rochester's feed but it seems unlikely they'd keep it around if they're ditching the other NY ones.


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I emailed the SID this morning, and he confirmed that Spectrum is indeed shutting down Spectrum Sports Rochester on September 30. In the meantime, RIT is working on a deal to keep the games on TV. He wouldn't get into specifics since nothing is official yet, but he said that if all goes well, games will be available on cable, satellite, over the air, and possibly even streaming. In short, he said it would be an even better situation than what we have now. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that this happens!

[blazer777]

WITR, 89.7 FM and streaming at witr.rit.edu, of course:-)

You can find the away game broadcasts there also.

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[Tom Naeger]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

WITR, 89.7 FM and streaming at witr.rit.edu, of course:-)

You can find the away game broadcasts there also.

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[Scott Biggar]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

WITR, 89.7 FM and streaming at witr.rit.edu, of course:-)

You can find the away game broadcasts there also.

Shameless self promotion mode off......

[LtPowers]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

Has anyone heard anything about where to find home game broadcasts this season? Spectrum is phasing out Spectrum Sports NY as far as I can tell; they shuttered the Albany feed in June and Buffalo and Syracuse papers are reporting the same for their feeds come this weekend. I haven't heard anything about Rochester's feed but it seems unlikely they'd keep it around if they're ditching the other NY ones.


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[Blitz]

Re: >>> RIT Tigers 2016-17: That was fun; let's go for three!

My preference all being equal has always been taller goaltenders with the belief that on an off night they still take up a lot of the net. RIT has exactly that, four very tall goalies all six footers or better which does bode well for one rising to the occasion. It might take half a season for that to happen, or it might take only a month of play. The end result is in Atlantic Hockey the regular season is a prelude to playoffs seeing all teams participate, by then the answer will be known.