We all know that not all sportscasters are up to date on every sport they cover or talk about. It is especially understandable when former pro athletes turn sportscaster and do not have the expertise of other sports for their first couple of years. Some that have always been sports reporters don't always pay as close attention to all of the sports they cover either.
Mark Schanowski has been a TV sportscaster for many years in Chicago. For just over one year, he has been with WLS-TV, the ABC station handling weekends. On Saturday (5/28), Schanowski was doing the station's 5:00 PM news sports segment. Toward the end of his report, he mentioned the running of the Indy 500 to take place the following day. Obviously, it's an important story.
Schanowski finished the story by saying (to the effect of), "And you can see that race right here tomorrow morning starting at 11 AM!". There was one big problem with that. Mark's report was on the local ABC station, while the Indy 500 airs on the local rival NBC-TV station. It's likely that Schanowski was supposed to refer to the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix rate, which aired on ABC later on Sunday afternoon after the scheduled ending of the Indy 500. There was no other mention of anything else related to auto racing during his entire sports segment.
A minor double checking would have prevented Schanowski from promoting an event on a rival channel and allowed him to promote what his channel was showing. Ooops.
Another holiday weekend mistake was unintentional, but does provide a lesson for TV crews. On Saturday (5/28) evening, YES Network was showing some of Yankees Manager Aaron Boone's post-game press conference. The angle of their camera clearly showed the post of the Tropicana Field wi-fi and password information.
Although this information is only for people within the stadium (insert Rays attendance joke here), this should serve as a warning about posting of wi-fi information in relation to where media members could be using cameras.
Elsewhere on the sports media scene, NBC Sports has confirmed that Al Michaels will continue to work for NBC even after taking on Amazon Prime's Thursday Night Football telecasts beginning with the upcoming season. Michaels will call at least one NFL post-season game for NBC as well as being involved with Olympics telecasts.
Mark Chernoff, after some time off following his 28 years with New York's WFAN, is returning to airwaves this week (May 31) with a lower profile. He will join 101.7 The Boss in Monmouth/Ocean New Jersey as morning sports anchor. He will be a part of the Robby & Rochelle morning show.
Meanwhile, WFAN 101.9 and 660 has added Rutgers University football and basketball to its play-by-play roster beginning with the upcoming season. WFAN will air the football games when there are no broadcast conflicts, while sister station WCBS will air the basketball broadcasts. This adds to an already crowded local play-by-play schedule which includes the Yankees, Giants, Nets, and occasional Devils broadcasts.
University of Iowa football broadcasts will be heard in Chicago. Starting with the upcoming season (Sept. 3) season opener of Iowa vs. South Dakota State, WCKG 1530 will air the games via the Iowa Football Network. Gary Dolphin, who has called Iowa play-by-play since 1996, will again be joined by Ed Podolak as analyst.
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