Re: Celtics TV Station News

["Michael J.King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>]

At 09:04 AM 7/30/99 -0400, CeltsSteve@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/30/99 4:42:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>joshfarber@home.com writes:
>
><< Here is a new article from the Boston Globe.  Can someone please tell me
>  exactly what it means?  Will Channel 38 and Fox Sports New England both be
>  airing games at the same time?  Or Will one station get part of the games
>  and the other station get the rest? >>
>
>UPN 38 would air the away games as they had always done in the past (until 
>the C's went to Channel 68 last year) and FOXS-NE would air the home games 
>just as they always have in the past.
>
>That's GREAT news for C-band satellite subscribers because UPN 38 is still 
>available with an analog signal on C-band; unlike FOXS-NE which went to a 
>digital signal on March 31st. The only way to receive their signal (outside 
>of cable or within the local Boston area) is via DirecTV as even the new 
>C-band General Instruments 4-DTV digital receiver is not capable of 
>deciphering their digital signal . 


Nor for long though as reputable sources indicate we will be losing UPN 38 shortly from the BUD. I have an article about it somewhere in my cluttered files and will try to locate it for the lists perusal. Kevin have you heard anything?
Later.Mike