Penguins announce team owned sports network
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BigBadBruins7708
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No surprise there.
They weren't gonna be on NESN and John Henry isn't gonna give up broadcast money.
Get ready Pittsburgh...you're about to see games and 8 hours a day of Charlie Moore fishing, haha
They weren't gonna be on NESN and John Henry isn't gonna give up broadcast money.
Get ready Pittsburgh...you're about to see games and 8 hours a day of Charlie Moore fishing, haha
I keep saying… the Marketing Department had zero sleepless nights coming up with this one.
Better than the pregame, game, postgame, offbeat/behind the scenes show, then 19 hours of poker reruns they show now.
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Errey was flat out awful and so was Steigey. Mears was decent.
Whoever they get will be an upgrade for sure over Steigy and Errey. Sad the Penguins glory days were called by such incompetent old men.
Whoever they get will be an upgrade for sure over Steigy and Errey. Sad the Penguins glory days were called by such incompetent old men.
From what I’ve read, we’re all just waiting on the details. More specifically, the price point.
KevFu
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No one really expected them to name the Pittsburgh Sports Network "NESN," it was just the same ownership group
BigBadBruins7708
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My point was the Penguins were obviously going to get their own channel and not be shown on the existing NESN
KevFu
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Yeah, I got ya. We were talking about "Pittsburgh NESN" like how the Buffalo Sabres are on MSG in Buffalo, or how SportsNet Pittsburgh and Denver and Seattle are owned by the same company.
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Part of the same ownership group. The Bruins own 20% of NESN. Also given that this is being positioned as the Penguins buying the RSN then I assume the RSN ownership breaks down the same as Penguin ownership which I believe is 90% FSG and 10% Mario and company.
Changes to the broadcast teams made official:
Josh Getzoff and Steve Mears are flip flopping play-by-play booths (Getzoff to TV, Mears to radio).
Phil Bourque staying on the radio
Dan Potash moving from reporter to pregame/postgame host.
Hailey Hunter (formerly of Islander broadcasts and Golf Channel) added as ringside reporter.
The only empty chair is the TV color analyst, which the smart money says will be Colby Armstrong.
Josh Getzoff and Steve Mears are flip flopping play-by-play booths (Getzoff to TV, Mears to radio).
Phil Bourque staying on the radio
Dan Potash moving from reporter to pregame/postgame host.
Hailey Hunter (formerly of Islander broadcasts and Golf Channel) added as ringside reporter.
The only empty chair is the TV color analyst, which the smart money says will be Colby Armstrong.
