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TBS Loses Game Feed
soxanddawgs.com - 10/19/2008
TBS Loses Game Feed
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Due to a power outage in Atlanta GA, TBS is currently unable to broadcast Game 6 of the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox. The outage occurred just prior to the studio show throwing it over to Tampa to the broadcast crew for the game. They lost power around 7:55 p.m. ...
5 Reasons Why TBS Really Blew It on Game 6 of the ALCS
bizofbaseball.com - 10/20/2008
5 Reasons Why TBS Really Blew It on Game 6 of the ALCS
— bizofbaseball.com — If you think TBS screwed up getting Game 6 of the ALCS on the air, here's 5... reasons on why it was worse than it should have been. (more) 5 Reasons Why TBS Really Blew It on Game 6 of the ALCS

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TBS Experiences Technical Difficulties Getting ALCS Game 6 on the Air
bizofbaseball.com - 10/19/2008
TBS Experiences Technical Difficulties Getting ALCS Game 6 on the Air
— bizofbaseball.com — UPDATE : The game finally got on the air at 8:28pm ET with the Rays up 1-0.... For those that are tuning into TBS to catch Game 6 of the ALCS, you may be asking why you’re seeing Dick Clark’s Bloopers or The Steve Harvey Show , it appears TBS is having technical difficulties . As of 8:15 pm ... (more) TBS Experiences Technical Difficulties Getting ALCS Game ...

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TBS Issues Statement on Technical Problem, Apologizes To Baseball Fans
sportsontheair.blogspot.com - 10/19/2008
TBS Issues Statement on Technical Problem, Apologizes To Baseball Fans
— sportsontheair.blogspot.com — Athens, GA (Oct 18, 2008) - At 10:02 PM ET , Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) issued this... statement about their technical problems that caused a delay in their coverage of Game 6 of the American League Championship Series between the Red Sox and Rays: Two circuit breakers in our Atlanta ... (more) TBS Issues Statement on Technical Problem, Apologizes To ...

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Fang's Bites :  TBS' Statement on the ALCS Game 6 Technical Problems

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TBS' Statement on the ALCS Game 6 Technical Problems
Fang's Bites — ... There was no explanation at first and this angered many fans who wondered what exactly was going on. There was no crawl at first, and all we wanted was ...

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Fang's Bites — ... But that was the least of TBS' problems as on October 18 just before Game 6 of the American League Championship Series between the Red Sox and Tampa Bay, the channel aired "The Steve Harvey Show" to fill time before the game transmission returned. We finally ...

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Not very funny: TBS difficulties preventing ALCS broadcast
sports.yahoo.com 10/19/2008 — Sports fans will generally allow networks to get away with any number of things. Among them: Strange start times, egotastic announcers and commercials that never seem to end . But the one thing fans cannot — and should not — is forgive a ...
When The Lights Go Out In Atlanta, GA — Bugs & Cranks
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TBS: Totally Botching Stuff — The LoHud Yankees Blog
Game 6 of the ALCS is not on television, apparently because of a power outage at Turner Television headquarters in Atlanta. No word from MLB when the broadcast will start. Just FYI, I’m not in Tampa covering this game.
ALCS Game Six in-game update: MLB officials, TBS working to fix TV problems — Projo Sox Blog
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Major League baseball officials are working feverishly with representatives from WTBS in Atlanta on fixing problems with the transmission of tonight's ball game. A power outage in parts of Atlanta is causing the problem. It is ...
TBS Goes Black — SOX & Dawgs
Due to a power outage in Atlanta TBS is currently unable to broadcast Game 6 of the ALCS. I’ve never missed Chip Caray this much in my life.
ALCS in-game update: TBS experiencing technical difficulties because of a power outage in Atlanta — Projo Sox Blog
As you know if you've turned on your television -- and saw Dick Clarks's Bloopers and, now, a sitcom that I'm sorry to say I don't know the name of -- TBS is experiencing technical difficulties because of a power outage in Atlanta. As a result, Game Five of the American League Championship ...