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Alex Rodriguez
Guest
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>I had a chance to chat with Frankie Andreau this May. This subject came
>up. He called the Tour de France "a gold mine" for OLN, but for the Giro
>and Vuelta, no one watches but us cycling geeks.
>It's just ratings and the money they bring.
>If you want to see more bike racing on TV in America, create more fans
>to watch it.
More fans can't watch what's not on TV. OLN owes cycling fans. Cycling fans
gave them their highest ratings ever. They should give back. No one is asking
for the same coverage as TDF, about 10 repeats a day. Same day coverage of
about an hour or so in the evening should not cost them too much.
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Alex
>I had a chance to chat with Frankie Andreau this May. This subject came
>up. He called the Tour de France "a gold mine" for OLN, but for the Giro
>and Vuelta, no one watches but us cycling geeks.
>It's just ratings and the money they bring.
>If you want to see more bike racing on TV in America, create more fans
>to watch it.
More fans can't watch what's not on TV. OLN owes cycling fans. Cycling fans
gave them their highest ratings ever. They should give back. No one is asking
for the same coverage as TDF, about 10 repeats a day. Same day coverage of
about an hour or so in the evening should not cost them too much.
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Alex