Millsey
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I've had this burning thought in my head the last few years and I swear it would be a huge hit to any local radio station willing to do it. WHY DON'T THEY BROADCAST THE RACES FROM THE ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY RACEWAY EACH WEEK OR AT LEAST ON SPECIAL OCCASSIONS?
A couple of years ago I also had this completely setup with Froggy 96 FM here in Farmington, but it got screwed up and fell through. We were even going to do a Thursday night show prior to the races that week for a preview where we brought in area drivers and talked with them and took questions from area fans. But after just one show it fell through.
They broadcast how many high school football, baseball, basketball and volleyball games around here like vultures. Sometimes there will be two and three radio stations there broadcasting the EXACT SAME GAME OVER THE EXACT SAME AREA..... BORING!!!!!!! I'm not saying the coverage of the game was not necessary, I love high school sports on radio. But please, three stations carrying one game is STUPID..
QUESTION: How many people attend one high school baseball or basketball game? Now, how many people attend the races at SFCR? I'm talking about everyone at both events. Everything from players, coaches, fans and workers at both events. SFCR will double and even triple that number each and every week. But because the radio stations are ignorant to the number of people who attend our area racetracks they don't understand. So we need to make them realize just how many of us there are somehow. Maybe do a phone-in.... LOL... One day from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., EVERYONE call a particular radio station and ask to talk to the station manager about why racing is not covered at their station "live." If it's coordinated it would get the point across.
I've even thought about going in and doing a tape-delayed broadcast of the races. That way they could be played back at a time "more convienient" to the radio station and the racers could even listen to the broadcast. You could also cut out a lot of "dead time" between events that way.
Oh well, this has just been something I've thought about doing for a long, long time. I might even go out to SFCR some night and do a taped version just to show the damn radio stations what I'm talking about. I'd have to get a broadcast partner, a good cassette player and away we go.
A couple of years ago I also had this completely setup with Froggy 96 FM here in Farmington, but it got screwed up and fell through. We were even going to do a Thursday night show prior to the races that week for a preview where we brought in area drivers and talked with them and took questions from area fans. But after just one show it fell through.
They broadcast how many high school football, baseball, basketball and volleyball games around here like vultures. Sometimes there will be two and three radio stations there broadcasting the EXACT SAME GAME OVER THE EXACT SAME AREA..... BORING!!!!!!! I'm not saying the coverage of the game was not necessary, I love high school sports on radio. But please, three stations carrying one game is STUPID..
QUESTION: How many people attend one high school baseball or basketball game? Now, how many people attend the races at SFCR? I'm talking about everyone at both events. Everything from players, coaches, fans and workers at both events. SFCR will double and even triple that number each and every week. But because the radio stations are ignorant to the number of people who attend our area racetracks they don't understand. So we need to make them realize just how many of us there are somehow. Maybe do a phone-in.... LOL... One day from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., EVERYONE call a particular radio station and ask to talk to the station manager about why racing is not covered at their station "live." If it's coordinated it would get the point across.
I've even thought about going in and doing a tape-delayed broadcast of the races. That way they could be played back at a time "more convienient" to the radio station and the racers could even listen to the broadcast. You could also cut out a lot of "dead time" between events that way.
Oh well, this has just been something I've thought about doing for a long, long time. I might even go out to SFCR some night and do a taped version just to show the damn radio stations what I'm talking about. I'd have to get a broadcast partner, a good cassette player and away we go.