KRON went big-time Sunday night and for the most part, pulled it off. Like the good old days. If you like pro football, that is.1001 Van Ness picked up the Raiders-San Diego Chargers game, (from the NFL Network), that began at the ungodly 8: 35 PM, (11: 35 on the East Coast). Granted, it was primetime but it was also a Sunday night. Don't tell that to KRON.
They pulled out the old guard. The star weeknight players, including Pam Moore, Gary Radnich, and suddenly-emerging Justine Waldman straight from the Coliseum mosh pit. (Waldman in black--hot!).
All of this, of course, had to do with the A's playoff schedule. The Raiders game was an original 1 PM starter but the late A's contest on Saturday necessitated the 8: 35 Raiders special. How many times have you seen this?
KRON began its Sunday night newscast at 8 as a prelude to the upcoming game and although it looked and sounded kind of loopy at the start, I commend KRON for making the most of it. I mean, when you have a piece of content that is the most valuable TV commodity in the biz, you might as well take advantage of it. I'm sure this oddity was KRON's biggest-watched event in its post-NBC-affiliate history.
Moore looked excited and carried the proceedings well. Radnich looked a bit annoyed but carried the ship. Even the weekday weather lady had a more noticeable bounce to her. My oh my.
Then there was the game --the Raiders looked so good and Terrelle Pryor so gargantuan that Twitter began begging for more Sunday night late NFL football games and the evolution of a strange alliance had its origin: the Raiders and KRON, (huh? --how unlikely and utterly giggly).
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I don't think you've mentioned that the other KRON reporter with her- Grant whats his name,is Justine's hubby. In the great bay area tradition of Fred LaCoss and Terry Lowry and KNTVs' Laura Garcia Cannon and Brent Cannon...even Dave and his blond wife that also did there thing for KNTV a decade ago or so.
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Lacosse yelled at me when I was a little kid at a HS football game. It wasn't like I said something like "Hey Fred, my dad says only fairies wear makeup".
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I'm not a sports fan, so I don't listen to any sport shows or news, or read blog about sports. However, John Rothman sat in for Bill Wattenberg last night, unfortunately I only found out the last hour, hopefully I can get the podcast. Anyway listening to John to made it even more obvious how bad Gil has become, and how bad most of radio is in the Bay Area. John took calls, often disagreed with his callers, it was excellent radio.
ReplyDeleteIf Justine Waldman is looking hot and is emerging as you say, I hope it's only a matter of time before Darya goes back to dressing like Miley Cyrus!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Raiders fan and a Buckeyes fan.
ReplyDeleteDon't get too excited over Terrelle Pryor.
Could this game be a prelude to NBC coming back to KRON?
ReplyDeleteNo, not at all. This has nothing to do with NBC, just a consequence .of a quirk in scheduling resulting from the A's being in the playoffs.
DeleteMore likely this is the prelude to a new NFL "late night" package where the West Coast teams might play one 8:30 kickoff game each a year. Various rumors were flying around last night by those "in the know" that this was as much a test as it was meeting the needs of the A's/Raiders.
DeleteNobody seemed to be able to say if the late night game would be on Sunday night or Monday night. But with 5 teams on the West Coast you could see how they could make it work. Only needed to look at the DirecTV most popular programs list last night at 9pm PT the NFL game was #1 on the West Coast and #1 Nat'l viewed program.
The quality of the video looked like they were broadcasting a high school game.
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DeleteThe whole production was shit. Whoever put it together knew no one west of Reno was going to be watching so they spent the bare minimum.
More late night Sunday NFL games? Would Fox or CBS want to move one of their 1pm or 4pm ET starts for an 11:30 pm east coast kickoff to follow Sunday night football on NBC? To receive a fraction of their ratings?
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So inquiring minds want to know how that game ended up on KRON? Did KRON go looking for it? Why did they get it and not somebody else? Any ideas of the cost of the game for KRON versus the ad revenue? Are there any other KRON-Raider games on the horizon?
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering the same questions. CBS (KPIX) was originally suppose to have it since they carry the AFC games. I'm guessing they didn't want to mess with their original Sunday night line up and left it up for grabs and that's when KRON swooped up on it.
DeleteDoes anyone know how KRON ended up with the game? It was an NFL Network broadcast. Does NFL Network put the game out for bidding to local stations?
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