tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6619874375384602691..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Around the dialMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47979823419416309412015-01-27T01:37:01.747-05:002015-01-27T01:37:01.747-05:00IIRC though 1973 was the 1st time the MSHSL playof...IIRC though 1973 was the 1st time the MSHSL playoff game was on a Monday night. The 1st two years it was played a week later(1971) and then in 1972 it was played on a Tuesday night. I also think it was part of the contract the MSHSL had with WTCN that they were required to feed other stations around the state (and out of state stations that served MN like Fargo and Sioux Falls) so the entire tourney could be seen by the state of MNpaulsonj72https://www.blogger.com/profile/18118231322032199900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-36955111149129687362013-04-01T11:56:26.053-04:002013-04-01T11:56:26.053-04:00It was horrible. Two high-school teams I didn'...It was horrible. Two high-school teams I didn't give a damn about keeping me from watching, oh, the NC State-UCLA semifinal showdown in 1974, for example. I understand it was an all-time classic, and I'm still bitter about it.<br /><br />Oh, and KCMT didn't show Saturday Night Live back then either, which means they also didn't show anything else that might air in that timeslot, such as the Indiana-UCLA game in 1975.<br /><br />I'll tell you, it's a wonder I wasn't scarred for life... ;)Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-64606293388781446252013-03-31T08:31:10.617-04:002013-03-31T08:31:10.617-04:00Wow! I cannot imagine how frustrating it would be...Wow! I cannot imagine how frustrating it would been to encounter Final Four and championship games preempted or joined in progress. I grew up in the NYC market so I never encountered such issues. Situations like that illustrate how relatively lightly regarded the NCAA tournament was at the time. Thanks for detailing your experience.<br /><br />On the flip side, for numerous years, the NBA has avoided scheduling any games at all on NCAA championship Monday night.Jeff Haggarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643004451304728776noreply@blogger.com