Suggested source for Bobcat coverage
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:34 pm
Tuesday evening I attended the fiasco of a game at Brick Breeden. I was very curious to see what the players and coaches and media had to say about the game, so I tuned in to KBZK and other networks for )the late news and sports. Of course, duh, I forgot the election coverage was pre-empting local news and sports. I voted early so I forgot.
So the next evening I tuned in at 5:30 pm to watch the sports. KBZK began their sports with an in-depth report on the women's team at Montana Western. Then they did an in-depth report on Montana Tech basketball. I thought to myself, here I am in Bozeman, watching a Bozeman based station report on colleges in Dillon and Butte and totally ignoring MSU. NOT A SINGLE WORD about the men's MSU basketball game against Utah State played on Tuesday night.
Actually I had sent an email of complaint to Maureen Lang, the general manager at KBZK (mlang@kbzk.com) several days earlier. I told her how well Ted Dawson covered ALL MSU Bobcat sports when he was there, and how far the ball has dropped since then. I complained about the increased coverage of the Griz at the expense of Cat coverage.
Here was the email I received back from her:
"Much of our sports focus is on high school and Frontier Conference sports. While we do cover the Cats, we have found that our viewers are most interested in hearing about high school sports because their children often play in them. We do our best to cover as much Bobcat sports as possible. My husband played for the Cats so we are big Bobcat supporters and completely understand your concerns.
I also appreciate your feedback. Please email me your thoughts and concerns anytime."
Obviously my concerns were not addressed as KBZK had zero coverage of the MSU-Utah State game. Granted, the Cats played terrible, but that's one reason why I wanted to see what the media, players and especially coaches had to say.
So my question to Bobcat fans is, do you know of any network that does a decent job of covering the Cats now that KBZK has dropped the ball? And what happened to the Bobcat Sports report that used to air on Sunday evenings at 10:15 pm. I really used to enjoy those.
Thanks
So the next evening I tuned in at 5:30 pm to watch the sports. KBZK began their sports with an in-depth report on the women's team at Montana Western. Then they did an in-depth report on Montana Tech basketball. I thought to myself, here I am in Bozeman, watching a Bozeman based station report on colleges in Dillon and Butte and totally ignoring MSU. NOT A SINGLE WORD about the men's MSU basketball game against Utah State played on Tuesday night.
Actually I had sent an email of complaint to Maureen Lang, the general manager at KBZK (mlang@kbzk.com) several days earlier. I told her how well Ted Dawson covered ALL MSU Bobcat sports when he was there, and how far the ball has dropped since then. I complained about the increased coverage of the Griz at the expense of Cat coverage.
Here was the email I received back from her:
"Much of our sports focus is on high school and Frontier Conference sports. While we do cover the Cats, we have found that our viewers are most interested in hearing about high school sports because their children often play in them. We do our best to cover as much Bobcat sports as possible. My husband played for the Cats so we are big Bobcat supporters and completely understand your concerns.
I also appreciate your feedback. Please email me your thoughts and concerns anytime."
Obviously my concerns were not addressed as KBZK had zero coverage of the MSU-Utah State game. Granted, the Cats played terrible, but that's one reason why I wanted to see what the media, players and especially coaches had to say.
So my question to Bobcat fans is, do you know of any network that does a decent job of covering the Cats now that KBZK has dropped the ball? And what happened to the Bobcat Sports report that used to air on Sunday evenings at 10:15 pm. I really used to enjoy those.
Thanks