And to make it worse they had the colossal hide to have the US National
anthem before the Australian National anthem. The host Nation's anthem
always comes first!!!
Graham
At 04:03 pm 31/12/00 +1030, Richard Spurling wrote:
> > >You may assume that I am a tad grumpy about this.
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >Richard
> >
> > Yikes, Richard, take a deep breath.
> >
> > I bet Panoz would have loved to have television coverage. I'm not sure
>how it works down there but here in the US the organizer has
> > no control over TV stations. The TV stations televise what they think
>they can sell to advertisers.
> >
> > Larry Hoy
>
>Under normal circumstances, you would be right Larry. However, in this
>case, we have an organiser (Panoz) that has approached a govt, to tie up a
>sizable part of the city centre for nearly two weeks. Panoz have also made
>a deal with the govt to manufacture their cars in this city. Our precious
>govt is jumping through hoops for Panoz. There is a lot of money and a lot
>of power being wielded here and we have a long history of running
>international races on this track, all with full coverage. The television
>stations all know that if you run a major race here in Adelaide, the
>station televising that race wins the ratings very, very easily. Everyone
>stops to watch the race, and this race has had a big build up. The local tv
>stations are all showing old movie repeats today, apart from the ABC which
>has the Hopmann Cup - not a competitor. The TV stations would have been
>queuing up to televise this.
>Someone does not understand the market they have here and in treating us
>the way they have, have knocked a huge dent in the very thing that makes
>this sort of event viable in a place like Adelaide - public acceptance.
>Next year, they can go jump for what I care. The decision not to televise
>this race today rates alongside the decision to build the TR7 instead of a
>new MG.
>
>Cheers
>Richard
>see, I even slipped some LBC content into it...**growl**
Graham McCann Rivett, ACT. Australia
gmccann@pcug.org.au
Phone/Fax: +61 2 6288 9055
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