1934: TRENTONIANS WATCH THE WORLD SERIES WITHOUT TELEVISION

It was an annual custom back in the early part of the 20th century for the Daily State Gazette to construct a huge scoreboard along side of their building on South Stockton Street. Bleachers were set up and crowds gathered to watch play by play action being displayed on the huge scoreboard. In light of the recent blackout due to the fact that the Fox network blacked out much of the early games of the series because they couldn't come to agree with Cablevision due to both sides having problems with the money
paid and the money received.  
Here's just a tiny but very logical piece of advice for the Federal Communications Commission from a very disgruntled Fox-Cablevision victim: Advise major league baseball that any and all contracts with cable carriers MAY NOT be subject to blackouts at the expense of their paying customers. Any network that bids on carrying ANY national interest sport or activity should be subject to these rules. After all, it is we who are paying for viewing these channels and any inter company arguing over price should not be shifted to us.

Ralph Lucarella said...

HI TOM...I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES AT CITY HALL. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE GAZETTE PUT IT ON. I THOUGHT THE CITY WAS THE SPONSOR, THEY ALWAYS DREW A BIG CROWD. REGARDS

Thursday, November 04, 2010