Death of Cable TV Goliath Ted Turner, NBA Playoffs Coverage + NFL Schedule Release Too! | LWOS Media Podcast

About this episode

The episode discusses the passing of Ted Turner, NBA Playoffs coverage, the NFL schedule release, and the PGA Championship.

We're back on the show that covers all forms of sports media from the newsmakers, the events, the ratings and more on the "LWOS Media Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is joined by Mike Grace, host of the 5 day a week "Press Box Radio Show" on 21 radio affliates in the South and online on pressboxradio.com and also, Jason Powers of the "Powers on Sports Podcast!" to go over it all. They talk the passing of Media Mogul and Billionaire creater of TBS, CNN and TNT, Ted Turner, who passed away at 87 years old last week. His amazing forethought for the impact the Atlanta Braves broadcasts on national cable, a 24 hour cable news network and more is discussed by the guys. Then, they talk the NBA Playoffs coveage, including the broadcast teams for ABC, NBC Sports and Amazon Prime coverage? T.J. has a broadcast crew that he specifically misses. Jason has thoughts too on the viewership for the league and does it really matter with all the guaranteed TV money? Also, there's discussion on the NFL schedule release later this week and just how the NFL rules the attention on the air, the internet and everywhere with anything they do, even in the "off season." And, the guys talk some PGA Championship…

People in this episode

Host: T.J. Rives

Guests: Mike Grace, Jason Powers

Topics covered

• Ted Turner
• NBA Playoffs
• NFL Schedule Release
• PGA Championship
• Sports Media

Keywords

• Ted Turner
• NBA Playoffs
• NFL Schedule
• PGA Championship
• Sports Media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TBS, CNN, TNT, ABC, NBC Sports, Amazon Prime, CBS, ESPN

Places: Philly, PA

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