Spurs on Austin TV

[Cant_Be_Faded]

hey chump, i went to legends once. its a good place. good burgers. I bet you were probably there, it was a non televised game.

[ChumpDumper]

They have a new plasma screen we were watching while MNF was on the big screens. Looks like they have some new projectors too, but I didn't recognize any staff from last season and they overcooked the crap out of one of our dishes this time. I'm sure I'll try them again at least once this season.

[mrose31]

Yeah I drove up all the way to Oklahoma City and got a good reception of WOAI almost the whole way listening to spurs game. I thought that their is no way I could here it that far away. Then a friend of mine at work told me he was able to listen to it from parts of Louisiana too.

[blackbucket]

After seven o'clock I believe, it becomes a 50,000 watt clear channel which can be heard in parts of 32 states. I think there are 8 or 9 clear channels across the country.

[leemajors]

Luckily, I will be leaving austin wednesday to stay at my inlaws in Bulverde this holiday weekend and catch the GS game which I do not have available at my austin home. What really pisses me off though is that the WB will be showing old friends reruns or some other show nobody really watches any more when they could be showing the game. They took away Nbatv from me this year too and I said I would order it if the spurs games were not blacked out. They said they could not guarntee the games would be on so I said I could not guarntee I would still be a customer next year.

i got the sports pack for tw austin and they worked it somehow where i got a discount for having a few packages(movie pack too, encore, action, ifc, etc). somehow i got my cable bill lower than before i added the sports pack. nba tv is nice to have if you like the nba in general, they show 3-5 games a week.

[leemajors]

I don't understand how it pays off a business to keep its product away from potential consumers

ask the nfl, who sells out to directv. only 30% of americans have a dish, yet it is the only way to get the nfl league pass. and the nfl is by far and away the most popular sport product. time warner does have some dinky nfl package now where you can pick one extra game a week to watch, but it's still like $100. ripoff.

[leemajors]

I got a $50 GC from a client for Aussie's on Barton Springs Road -- might go there Wednesday.

i wish i could get out to a sports bar every once in a while, but it's kinda tough. my fiancee is a manager at the drafthouse village and works mostly nights. luckily our 9 month old daughter loves listening to/watching basketball.

[phyzik]

I probably shouldnt say for fear of getting mauled but I just started a new job at Time Warner Cable. I could ask around and find out the real reason why they are blocked out, more then likely its because Spurs want to actually sell tickets (remember how often they say how hard it is to sell tickets in SA and surrounding areas, this is one thing that helps them) and yes, Ginobili is still a customer (its not just a commercial), I have the ability to see what Manu watches but of course cant publically release that info for privacy reasons =p.

[ChumpDumper]

Congrats -- I'd apply just for the free cable.

[leemajors]

selling tickets is one thing, but getting to san antonio from austin on 35 after working a 8-5 or 9-5 in under 2.5 hours is another =/

[phyzik]

Congrats -- I'd apply just for the free cable.

thanks, the free cable is sweet, as well as the free roadrunner and only pay $19.95 a month for digital phone.