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Originally Posted by getbak
That's not true at all. I watched plenty of home games on 2&7 as a kid. They may have done fewer games in the Corral because it was a crappy building to broadcast out of, but once they moved into the Dome, they did a lot of games.
Without digging out my old Shoppers Drug Mart calendars, I suspect we got more home telecasts than road because it was cheaper to produce the home games because they didn't have to pay for travel.
Speaking of the old calendars, here's one on eBay from 1986-87: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/233368532809. You can see the November schedule. They had 14 games (11 home, 3 road) and 6 were televised (5 home, 1 road).
Also, ticket sales didn't play a factor in which games were televised because every home game the Flames played was a sellout well into the 90s. |
I still remember getting a photo and autograph with Eddy Beers and then a few years later Kent Nilsson at shoppers drug mart southland drive picking up the latest calendar. Those things were the schit! I still have the Eddy Beers photo. I think I had one with Ken Houston as well.