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Old 11-13-2024, 02:01 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Locke View Post
My kids dont believe that Flames games werent always broadcast. You'd get like a dozen or so a year, and they had to be on Saturday Night on CBC otherwise they were Pay-Per-View only.

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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus View Post
You sure about that? I remember a few irritating PPV games and not all games were on TV but 2&7 started broadcasting games immediately after the the move from Atlanta, the legendary "Hello Hockey Fans" didn't come from PPV or CBC.

I think most games weren't televised at all in those (analog) days. With only a limited number of networks, there wasn't interest in those days to show every game on TV (even with pay-per-view). You had to use radio to follow the Flames. It was only with the rise of sports stations and the increasing value of live sports that more and more games became televised.
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