One of the best things the Internet has done for broadcasting, and in particular, sports broadcasting, is bring the fan even closer to the game.
Whether I’m covering an event for work, or rooting for my favorite teams, I want to be as close to the action as possible. The ‘net does that, and with all the cool things like Podcasts and chats and instant messages, I get to hear from the fan much more than I used to, and that’s a good thing.
I even get to hear them in church. This past weekend an area player who attends the same services my family does, informed me on Sunday that I had butchered their quarterback’s name and that the quarterback wasn’t happy.
But can I just take a second here to say how glad I am that professional teams and college programs have people whose job it is to make sure people like me know how to say their athlete’s names correctly! For high school football, we’re talking about a lot of names! Red Raider fan has certainly not been shy with his opinions and I can honestly say our show is better because of it. So again, if you there is anything you want me to know about your team, make sure you’re telling me. Send an e-mail to, icronin@wcnc.com, or fridaynightblitz@wcnc.com, and we’ll get it straight!
It’s another big night looming on the Blitz, our game of the week is Independence at Providence, and if you have questions you want answered by Langston on the show you can e-mail them in anytime during the week. Last Friday night we had several great questions on the show and I think the more you the viewer are involved in the show, the better it is.
See you on the tube (and the internet)!
Ira
Ira, love what you guys have been doing - but you're not giving Indy enough pub, man, 97 straight wins - that's off the hook!!
Ira,I want to say that WCNC,
has the best sports program in the city of Charlotte. But tonight I was disturbed to see that you took 90% of the time to report on the hair styles of the Bobcats. Here we are in Oct. which has probably more sporting events going on than any other time of the year. Here we have the basball playoffs starting tonight and nothing was reported. We are at the height of the college football season nothing reported. Your station is on the air for 2 hours each night and you only have about five minutes at the most to cover the sports for a very large area. Why can't you have two segments for sports. At least you do the reporting in a professional manner. The other stations are both acting like it is some contest to see how fast they can get through their few minutes. Thank you Dan Mitchell