Well, I agree with everyone on this one.  I watched the game on Channel 5
(Bangor).  Instead of the clock there was a Hammond Lumber banner.   Hammond
Lumber is a big sponsor of Maine Hockey so I mostly put up with the banner
although it was a bit irritating.  I did notice watching an NHL game (I
think it was) and they were able to have a banner, the score, and the clock,
and the penalty clock.  I really like the clocks especially the penalty
clock.  I wonder if Hammond Lumber would want the banner up there if they
knew it was irritating to some or maybe most people. (?)   I think that I'll
contact them and put in my two cents.

I have to say it is really nice to see so much Maine hockey on TV.  Counting
Channel 5 and NESN I think I've seen around 10 games!  It's great!

GO BLUE!!

Clair

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Doucette [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Maine/PC game Sat nite

I have to agree we have all become somewhat spoilt regarding seeing
score/time graphics on TV games.  Luckily, you ARE seeing more Maine games
on the tube than ever before...

Ch. 5 at least is not missing the start of play each period as they did
their first broadcasts this year...

I lost the Friday night game on the radio driving along I-95 in Bowdoinham
just about when Maine scored their first goal to tie the game.  Fortunately
a Portland radio station carried the game that night (not always a
guarantee); it amazes me that no clearances have yet been established for
coverage of ALL Maine games on radio in southern Maine.

At least some station in the Sanford area (?) is no longer carrying Boston
University games every night in southern Maine (anyone remember that ?)

Bob Fitta can probably tell you the very thin shoestrings that Maine
broadcast media outlets generally run on...I can regale people in Lowell at
the Brewery Exchange/Lowell Brewing Co. (Cabot Street) this Saturday night
how some of us tended the station some nights at the offices of WBME-AM in
Belfast during Red Sox broadcasts in the mid-1970's....

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:37:42 -0800, james acheson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>the game clock and score were on the screen at the beginning, but it was
all scrambled....
>
>minor vent in return....
>we finally get the game on TV and you complain about the score not being on
the screen...
>
>While I completely appreciate Channel 8 broadcasting
>Sat's game for those of us in the southern half of the
>state, was anyone else besides me annoyed by the lack
>of a game clock and score on the screen during the
>game? The only time the score came up was on
>commercial break.
>
>ken
>