Im an AAD subscriber and Im thinking about getting the LA HD channels to get out of market sporting events(mainly baseball games). Currently I receive my local channels out of Spokane WA, San Francisco and New York. My question is, are there games that get shown on the LA feeds, that wouldnt get shown on the Spokane or San Francisco feeds?
LA Networks and sports
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Haven't been to LA in a while, but I'm pretty sure SF have their own locals. You would get road Lakers games on KCAL and Dodgers games on KCOP if nothing has changed and I understand the AAD packages correctly
Is that the case even for the larger markets? I know KCAL is a CBS sister station in LA and a pretty large network at that since it covers pro sports.
AKGolf - At least you have the pass. I watch on Justin TV streams :rant:
KCAL and KCOP are superstations not networks, and I definitely wish they would get added to the existing Superstations package I have, so I can get the extra out of market sporting events. . That, along with getting earlier feeds of shows are the only reasons why I get distants from AAD. Since there isnt anything sports related I would get with ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC out of Los Angeles that I wouldnt get on any of the San Francicso or Spokane,WA channels, it certainly doesnt justify the extra cost for me.
actually they're not Superstations
the FCC only counts 5 Superstations
KWGN
KTLA
WPIX
WWOR
WSBK
MY friend, as a rule, NONE of the Los Angeles network O&O's (KCBS, KNBC, KABC, KTTV Fox) show any of the LA Home sports franchises live games. So an AAD subscription won't help you. However, the "independent" (some owned by the same media companies as the O&O's) do air the local LA sports games. I believe they are the following: KTLA, 5 (CW Tribune); KCAL, 9 independent (CBS Stations Group); KTTV, Fox 11 (only on rare occasions or other than prime-time); KCOP, 13 (My TV owned by Fox).
Dish uplinks all mentioned above, except KCOP, 13, at 129 in HD at ConUS (is there hope for you in that?
). The SD for all the LA locals are on a couple of spotbeams at the 119 & 110.
The LA O&O's are flagship stations for the major networks and are extremely important to the ratings, income, and success (exposure) to their TV line-up, so they LOATH to ever interrupt network programming for any local sports coverage. It makes more sense for those same media companies to use the other station they own in LA for the local sports coverage. The Major networks don't want to screw-up their own prime-time line up numbers on stations that they own and operate in one of the county's biggest media markets. The whole point of having an O&O in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles is to guarantee that their entire prime-time line-up will almost always air and boost the ratings. Of course, in LA, our riots and fires and floods and earthquakes and commuter train wrecks (and whatever else I've forgotten--NO never a high-speed pursuit because you are then advised to continue watching it on the other LA station the company owns or on one of the sub-channels, or on-line) always trumps the prime-time line-ups, but that's about it.
As a rule, the entire network line-up is always aired in LA (as in New York, as well), unlike a number of markets. The overnights they get from the biggest cities are key to the major networks deciding on the future of a show and its ad revenue.
Dish uplinks all mentioned above, except KCOP, 13, at 129 in HD at ConUS (is there hope for you in that?
). The SD for all the LA locals are on a couple of spotbeams at the 119 & 110.The LA O&O's are flagship stations for the major networks and are extremely important to the ratings, income, and success (exposure) to their TV line-up, so they LOATH to ever interrupt network programming for any local sports coverage. It makes more sense for those same media companies to use the other station they own in LA for the local sports coverage. The Major networks don't want to screw-up their own prime-time line up numbers on stations that they own and operate in one of the county's biggest media markets. The whole point of having an O&O in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles is to guarantee that their entire prime-time line-up will almost always air and boost the ratings. Of course, in LA, our riots and fires and floods and earthquakes and commuter train wrecks (and whatever else I've forgotten--NO never a high-speed pursuit because you are then advised to continue watching it on the other LA station the company owns or on one of the sub-channels, or on-line) always trumps the prime-time line-ups, but that's about it.
As a rule, the entire network line-up is always aired in LA (as in New York, as well), unlike a number of markets. The overnights they get from the biggest cities are key to the major networks deciding on the future of a show and its ad revenue.
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