We are back in Grand Rapids to take on West Michigan, and while I typically love this trip, it is a place where we've had connection problems in the past.
If you lose the feed, please email me at oserey@silverhawks.com so I know and can get it back on as quickly as possible. Hopefully there will be no problems, but I just want to be prepared.
Thanks! And don't assume someone else will email. I'd rather receive 100 than none.
Also, tonight's game will start at 7:10 PM, rather than 7:00 PM.
Showing posts with label Audio Problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audio Problems. Show all posts
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
What a Game
Tonight's game would rank in the top 5 of my all-time favorites from a broadcast standpoint (or at least it would have if not for the constant internet interruptions). It had a little bit of everything from drama to plays at the plate to huge home runs to great pitching to runners left in scoring position and on and on and on. All the elements that add up to a great baseball game.
As far as the other issues, I again want to issue an apology and my thanks to those of you who stuck with me through the constant internet interruptions. I realize they are going to happen from time to time, but tonight was by far the worst it has been all season. I'm hoping that it was just an issue tonight and will be fine for tomorrow, but only time will tell.
This is our first year doing internet only broadcasts, and while it's been decent, there is still no substitute for being on local radio and having the game streamed online from a constant radio feed. What you may not realize is that in addition to broadcasting the game in front of me, keeping a scorebook with pitch count, and looking up other game information in media notes and online, I'm also responsible for setting up the broadcast, getting it started, and playing my own commercials. It's quite a process and unfortunately, it doesn't always work the way we want it to. Whereas a radio station would provide an engineer and a producer/board op to go along with my broadcasting, I perform all three roles right now.
If the feed does not get any better over the next two days, you may have better luck by going to www.whitecaps-baseball.com. Sure you would have to listen to the other team's announcers for a couple of days, but it is an option if you are in a pinch.
Thanks again for your patience and go Hawks!
As far as the other issues, I again want to issue an apology and my thanks to those of you who stuck with me through the constant internet interruptions. I realize they are going to happen from time to time, but tonight was by far the worst it has been all season. I'm hoping that it was just an issue tonight and will be fine for tomorrow, but only time will tell.
This is our first year doing internet only broadcasts, and while it's been decent, there is still no substitute for being on local radio and having the game streamed online from a constant radio feed. What you may not realize is that in addition to broadcasting the game in front of me, keeping a scorebook with pitch count, and looking up other game information in media notes and online, I'm also responsible for setting up the broadcast, getting it started, and playing my own commercials. It's quite a process and unfortunately, it doesn't always work the way we want it to. Whereas a radio station would provide an engineer and a producer/board op to go along with my broadcasting, I perform all three roles right now.
If the feed does not get any better over the next two days, you may have better luck by going to www.whitecaps-baseball.com. Sure you would have to listen to the other team's announcers for a couple of days, but it is an option if you are in a pinch.
Thanks again for your patience and go Hawks!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Get Away Day
Great wins last night. A 9-5 victory in game one, and a come-from-behind thriller for the 5-4 win in game two. Down 4-1 headed to the final inning, the Hawks rallied for four runs and the sweep of the doubleheader.
It's get-away day in Lansing, with the game at 7:05 PM. I have to check out of my room here in a few minutes, so I won't have any posts until I get to the ballpark around 2:30 or so.
Reminder, for Silver Hawks baseball, you will have to tune in to 1620 AM in South Bend (and the surrounding areas) starting tonight. If you listen online, just keep doing what you've been doing.
Finally, thanks to those that stuck with us through the technical problems last night. They have a repair man from the phone company at the stadium right now working on the line. Some of you have told me that it didn't sound that bad, and I appreciate knowing that, but it's still frustrating when the audio drops out for 5-10 seconds at a time.
For as many times as it dropped out for you listening at home, it dropped out twice as many times for me (we had a lot of problems during commercial breaks). In fact, we reconnected four or five times during commercial breaks that the listeners probably were not even aware of. Again, it's a problem with the phone line in Lansing, and has nothing to do with the radio station we are on, or why we are switching stations. That is a completely seperate issue.
Hopefully it'll be better tonight. Again, I thank you for your patience and we shouldn't have these problems again once we get out of Lansing.
A few posts coming later this afternoon. Stay tuned.
It's get-away day in Lansing, with the game at 7:05 PM. I have to check out of my room here in a few minutes, so I won't have any posts until I get to the ballpark around 2:30 or so.
Reminder, for Silver Hawks baseball, you will have to tune in to 1620 AM in South Bend (and the surrounding areas) starting tonight. If you listen online, just keep doing what you've been doing.
Finally, thanks to those that stuck with us through the technical problems last night. They have a repair man from the phone company at the stadium right now working on the line. Some of you have told me that it didn't sound that bad, and I appreciate knowing that, but it's still frustrating when the audio drops out for 5-10 seconds at a time.
For as many times as it dropped out for you listening at home, it dropped out twice as many times for me (we had a lot of problems during commercial breaks). In fact, we reconnected four or five times during commercial breaks that the listeners probably were not even aware of. Again, it's a problem with the phone line in Lansing, and has nothing to do with the radio station we are on, or why we are switching stations. That is a completely seperate issue.
Hopefully it'll be better tonight. Again, I thank you for your patience and we shouldn't have these problems again once we get out of Lansing.
A few posts coming later this afternoon. Stay tuned.
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