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    On tonight's Channel 5 news, plenty of coverage of UVM basketbal vs Syracuse in the first round of DI NCAA Tourney, including the sendoff. They also covered the women's basketball. NOT A WORD ABOUT NORWICH OR PLATTSBURGH HEADING TO THE DIII FINAL 4 IN LAKE PLACID, or the sendoff! BUT WCAX CH 3 HAD FANTASTIC COVERAGE OF BOTH NORWICH AND PLATTSBURGH! THANK-YOU WCAX, and JEERS to ch 5.


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    WCAX included interviews with Emery and Docking, showed Dockings OT winner at Midd. Highlighted both NU's mens and womens teams. Not bad for a "Vermont" TV station
    Last edited by peddler; 03-17-2010, 06:13 PM.
    The "Miracle" was winning the Gold Medal Game against the Finns. I'm biased, I was there.

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      Plattsburgh gets more coverage from WCAX than they do from WPTZ. unless a VT team is playing, WPTZ doesn't usually care much!
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        Originally posted by Birdwatcher View Post
        On tonight's Channel 5 news, plenty of coverage of UVM basketbal vs Syracuse in the first round of DI NCAA Tourney, including the sendoff. They also covered the women's basketball. NOT A WORD ABOUT NORWICH OR PLATTSBURGH HEADING TO THE DIII FINAL 4 IN LAKE PLACID, or the sendoff! BUT WCAX CH 3 HAD FANTASTIC COVERAGE OF BOTH NORWICH AND PLATTSBURGH! THANK-YOU WCAX, and JEERS to ch 5.
        Nor anything about the NU Women's team on its way the Minnesota for the DIII finals.

        I only watch WPTZ because I like to watch Jeopardy and I can't watch both Jeopardy and the national news if I watch the WCAX news.
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          Originally posted by NUProf View Post
          Nor anything about the NU Women's team on its way the Minnesota for the DIII finals.

          I only watch WPTZ because I like to watch Jeopardy and I can't watch both Jeopardy and the national news if I watch the WCAX news.
          Catch Jeopardy on CHNB (Canadian) at 7:30
          The "Miracle" was winning the Gold Medal Game against the Finns. I'm biased, I was there.

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            Originally posted by peddler View Post
            Catch Jeopardy on CHNB (Canadian) at 7:30
            Watch it at 7, then at 7:30.......impress your friends.

            I believe WPTZ will have more coverage as the week continues.....they usually do a pretty good job.
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              It's not "news" that wptzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz coverage is CRAP!!!
              Channel 3 does a much better job on sports!!! Act...44 is good also...esp. the sports babe!!!!
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                As someone who grew up in Plattsburgh Channel 5 not covering the DIII Hockey in Placid in nothing new. TV 5 is a ragbag TV station that does nothing for the North Country. Now if the Finals were in Vermont they would be all over it. My parents who still live in Plattsburgh watch Channel 3 (CBC), out of Burlington, for their news about Plattsburgh and the North Country and weather. Channel 5 hasn't had a good weatherman since Bird Berdan. At least he would stick his head out the window before he went on air to announce the weather.
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                  Originally posted by Saints17 View Post
                  Watch it at 7, then at 7:30.......impress your friends.
                  Pretty soon I'm going to have to watch it twice, just to remember it once
                  The "Miracle" was winning the Gold Medal Game against the Finns. I'm biased, I was there.

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                    And with SUNY Brockport grad, Matt Hobbs now Sports Director at WHAS11 in Louisville, KY, it will probably get worse. At least Matt liked hockey.
                    Last edited by norm1909; 03-17-2010, 07:31 PM.
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                      Originally posted by norm1909 View Post
                      And with SUNY Brockport grad, Matt Hobbs now Sports Director at WHAS11 in Louisville, KY, it will probably get worse. At least Matt liked hockey.
                      It doesn't seem like they replaced him - they just put the second banana on more often and the third banana more often than is deserved at all. (But him being on on rare occasions is one rare occasion too many.)
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                        Originally posted by peddler View Post
                        Pretty soon I'm going to have to watch it twice, just to remember it once
                        and you will still get half of them wrong later - hehehehe

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                          Originally posted by musicianvt View Post
                          and you will still get half of them wrong later - hehehehe
                          LOL
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                            Catch the REAL coverage on WCAX in another 5 minutes on Channel 3 (or whatever it is on DISH/Direct/other weird means of getting channels)!
                            The "Miracle" was winning the Gold Medal Game against the Finns. I'm biased, I was there.

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                              Hey come on folks ... give Channel 5 some slack ...

                              I agree Channel 3 does a great job ... Mike, Seth and Tony are all excellent reporters and they work their butts off ... (so do Kristian and Whitney at Fox44).

                              But before you trash WPTZ's sports department take the time to check how much time they have to work with compared with Channel 3 ... it isn't even close.

                              Sports on WCAX is an important part of the broadcast ... at WPTZ it is an after thought. But that isn't the sports department's fault. That rests completely with their bosses ...

                              As for not liking hockey ... give me a break.
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                              Last edited by PuckVoice; 03-17-2010, 10:37 PM.

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