I have found that it is very rare to find a game on the the radio this year. The local stations that are contracted and listed as being “on the network” seem to not broadcast the games . I thought it was just a localized problem and perhaps licensing had moved to other stations, but i find that this is not the case either. None of the stations list provided by the team itself ( http://radiotime.com/affiliate/a_37913/station/Atlanta_Braves_Radio_Stations.aspx ) seem to provide the games on a regular and predictable basis.
I was hoping someone more knowledgeable about Atlanta, the Braves or MLB broadcasting could tell me why the broadcast schedule is so “iffy” when in previous years, virtually ALL games were broadcast via radio.
How can you tell that the stations that aren’t local to you aren’t broadcasting the games? Are you checking their Internet stream? Because that won’t have the game – there are separate rights, and (at least in my experience) stations that broadcast games over the air have alternative programming during that period over the 'Net.
Are you sure it’s not just that your local station dropped coverage, or lost it to another station? That happened in D.C. a couple years ago and it took forever for the Nats website to update the list.
The Braves just changed their flagship station to WGST 680 AM from WSB 750 AM.
That may have some bearing on the problem.
Have you tried this link?Atlanta Braves Schedule | Atlanta Braves
Cliffy, I was checking the internet feed of the stations listed on the list provided by the Braves. Gagundathar, that may be part of the problem. I am also wondering if ESPN/Gameday/MLBTV aren’t screwing with it too.
Heh, you think radio is bad? Try TV now. Ever since TBS stopped carrying all the Braves games and went into cable, it’s like a free for all for which station the game is on. Virtually 6 stations vying for the spot each night. I remember growing up and knowing that the game would be on TBS when I got home (on Sports South or Fox on rare occasions). Now we have a local station (Peachtree TV), Sports South, Fox Sports, Fox, ESPN, TBS, CSS, etc. which can be hosting a game on any given night and in no apparent order. Likewise, it would always be on WSB 750. My dad and I used to catch games on our way home from my little league games (Ah, those were the days). But I digress.
What part of the country are you in? If you’re in metro-Atlanta, Rock 100.5 carries all the games on FM and 680 The Fan on AM.
MLB has owned the its own internet “broadcast” rights for many years now (in Internet terms, anyhow). If you were catching the Braves on the net last year for free, someone in the MLB main office was asleep at the “cease and desist” switch.
Yeah you have to pay MLB to listen to those streams. I used to hunt the internet for baseball broadcasts back in the mid 90s, but we can’t do that anymore.
I’m in south GA. I certainly know what you mean regarding television. Gone are the predictable days of Braves baseball on TBS. In my DISH package I only get Peachtree sporadically. I have tried the internet links for 100.5 and 680. The links appear on the Braves network page and seemed the most obvious choices to carry games. While they may be broadcast live on those stations, the internet feeds are of alternative programing.
As an added frustration, I have to make a couple two day trips to ATL in June and July and thought I’d get tickets…The June trip falls in the midst of a road trips for the Braves. The July trip is the Allstar Break. I’m not living right.
Thanks fiddlesticks and Manduck. Not particularly good news, but wouldn’t really be important at all if the local radio affiliates were still carrying the games as they should.