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CYdTracked

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Did any of the local TV stations even send someone to cover our bowl game? Watched both ch 13 and 8 10pm news last night and they had they exact same highlight reels for video of the game footage and no live reporter on the newscast so my guess is they didn't send any of their sports anchors. Disappointing considering this was a record season for ISU. Will be interesting to see if 8 win Iowa gets the same type of coverage or they send someone to cover it in person.
 
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CYdTracked said:
They've sent people to cover Iowa and ISU bowl games in the past
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People don’t care as much about bowl games (been happening for awhile) and that has accelerated with the 12 team playoff and paying players.

I’m just saying I don’t bemoan any local Des Moines tv station not sending anyone to a non-cfp bowl game for ISU or Iowa. An eastern Iowa station would probably always go to an Iowa bowl game, especially one that is drivable.
 
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Gunnerclone said:
People don’t care as much about bowl games (been happening for awhile) and that has accelerated with the 12 team playoff and paying players.

I’m just saying I don’t bemoan any local Des Moines tv station not sending anyone to a non-cfp bowl game for ISU or Iowa. An eastern Iowa station would probably always go to an Iowa bowl game, especially one that is drivable.
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KCRG acts like every Iowa game is the national game of the week or maybe even the year so they may have sent several folks to report live from practice every day.
 
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Sending someone to the bowl game is just giving them a defacto vacation on the company dime. Unless you’re going to go as far as running a 30 minute or hour special program, there’s just not enough value gained in a 2 minute overview in the 10:00 news.

If I were a local news program, I’d partner with someone like a CF to provide coverage for your station and interview someone like CW or Blum during the news hour.
 
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It was likely a bigger ask this year given that these stations already had to open the wallet to cover the Big 12 championship. KCCI flew two people down to Dallas, and WHO/WOI each sent someone as well.
If you're looking at the budget, you're probably holding back cash to follow the ISU men on a deep tournament run in March.
 
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CYdTracked said:
Did any of the local TV stations even send someone to cover our bowl game? Watched both ch 13 and 8 10pm news last night and they had they exact same highlight reels for video of the game footage and no live reporter on the newscast so my guess is they didn't send any of their sports anchors. Disappointing considering this was a record season for ISU. Will be interesting to see if 8 win Iowa gets the same type of coverage or they send someone to cover it in person.
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They will likely not send people to Nashville.
 
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People care about local news stations? Does anybody under 60 watch local news?

Literally the only thing I ever watch local stations for is high school football and even that coverage sucks in comparison to what it was 10 years ago.
 
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intrepid27 said:
KWWL (waterloo) sent 2 people to Nashville for the nationally anticipated clash between Mizzou and TOE. Nobody in Orlando.
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1UNI2ISU said:
People care about local news stations? Does anybody under 60 watch local news?

Literally the only thing I ever watch local stations for is high school football and even that coverage sucks in comparison to what it was 10 years ago.
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I haven't watched in...forever. Closest thing might be storm coverage to see if I need to take cover.
 
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ISUTex

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1UNI2ISU said:
People care about local news stations? Does anybody under 60 watch local news?

Literally the only thing I ever watch local stations for is high school football and even that coverage sucks in comparison to what it was 10 years ago.
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I watch local news all the time and I'm well under 60. Usually switch to something else after the weather forecast. I'm usually cooking during the 6:00. Watch in the kitchen.
 
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awd4cy said:
Agreed. Makes no sense to send anyone anymore. These games are on the level of NFL preseason games held at a neutral location.
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Lets not get too carried away. They still count towards season record, season stats/records and final rankings. Not as big as they used to be obviously, but pre season NFL games don't count for jack squat other than which players get cut and which ones make the practice squad.
 
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