Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!drutx!druxv!cdash From: cdash@druxv.UUCP (Shub) Newsgroups: net.rec Subject: Re: ABC Olympic coverage, Howard Cosell and othe gripes Message-ID: <1605@druxv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 11:01:01 EDT Article-I.D.: druxv.1605 Posted: Tue Aug 7 11:01:01 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 19:35:55 EDT References: <343@watdcsu.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 12 > Somebody (this was over in net.flame) mentioned that ABC's coverage of > actual events was minimal. I decided to take a random sample: in one > hour, they spent about 25 mins on events (includes time spent by > athletes on track before&after actual event), and 35 mins on > interviews, scenery, commercials, and Howards Cosell's endless > ramblings. > and WHICH network showed the US finland hockey game IN ITS ENTIRETY when the USA needed to beat them after beating the russians? charlie (wish i had a dish to receive CBC to get good coverage) shub ATTIS denver