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Topic: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Topic: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

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cbus cat fan
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Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/10/2013 10:24:28 AM

I am very pleasantly suprised to see the Bobcats getting lots of coverage in the Columbus market. Matt Barnes at Channel 4 is an Ohio grad and always shows Bobcat highlights. In addition, other stations are now doing the same. I picked up my Dispatch this morning to see the Cats on the front page of the sports section. This rarely happened in years past. All of the Bobcat alums asking for more coverage coupled with more Ohio alums in the media, and of course our stellar run in basketball and football have helped turn the tide.

All of this bodes well when we talk about Convo repairs and updates and Peden Stadium expansion. Naturally Columbus is a lot closer to Athens and many more alums than lets say the MAC rich area (Kent State, Akron) of Northeast Ohio and the Cincy, Xavier and UD strongholds of Southwest Ohio (Cincinnati and Dayton.) However, because of the Ohio State stranglehold on Columbus coverage, we rarely if ever got any publicity in Columbus. Perhaps we are entering uncharted waters for coverage should our success continue.

brucecuth
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/10/2013 2:43:31 PM

"should our success continue.." If we want continued fan support and media coverage, it HAS to continue. Dispatch has only so much space, which will soon be reduced by mandatory Blue Jax coverage. And at some point in the next 2 months, the physical size of the paper will also be reduced. Fans and media like winners.

Last Edited: 1/10/2013 2:44:26 PM by brucecuth

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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/10/2013 2:48:44 PM

OHIO has 105,000 living alumni in the state. Dispatch is the largest paper in the state with a circulation of 199,524 daily, and 334,422 on Sunday. Also considering the fact Athens only takes 1hr and 15 minutes to get, and maybe quicker once the bypass is done and they shut off all traffic lights along US-33.

Doc Bobcat
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/10/2013 2:56:56 PM

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/01/1...

OU_Country
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/10/2013 4:27:11 PM

Bobcats_828 wrote:

It has totally nothing to do with the point of the thread, but talk to me about this "shut off all traffic lights along US-33" comment. Are they planning to do that in Carroll, and around Canal?

Columbus_Bobcat
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/10/2013 4:34:21 PM

OU_Country wrote:

Bobcats_828 wrote:

It has totally nothing to do with the point of the thread, but talk to me about this "shut off all traffic lights along US-33" comment. Are they planning to do that in Carroll, and around Canal?

Canal, yes. Carroll? That's up in the air as along the Hocking river north of Logan. I think the plan for the future like 20 years down the road is to have it a full highway 65mph without lights etc...

RSBobcat
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/13/2013 12:08:39 PM

Thursday's Dispatch had front page Sports section story w/big photo about the win over Buffalo. Today's Dispatch - box score, nothing else - nada. UC, Dayton, and Kent State did have highlight stories.... (Oh, and the slew of Heidelberg, Otterbein's etc w/bunch of recaps.....).

As well today a huge feature on Trey Burke, with the O$U/UM match up in town today. Seems they would have found it interesting to talk about how another OHIO team managed to shut him/them down recently.......

RS Bobcat

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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/13/2013 3:39:35 PM

I thought I missed something in my paper. WTH.

sargentfan
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/14/2013 11:14:24 AM

Only reason for uptick is entirely on the hiring of Matt Barnes with nbc4 and Mark Znidar with the Dispatch. I guarantee if those two were not present we would not nearly have the same coverage. Our continued success in Football and Basketball especially on the national stage has helped us for sure, but having those guys in the ears of their sports directors is the key to it all.

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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/14/2013 7:35:54 PM

I do wish Channel 6 in Columbus would do more with showing Ohio sports. Part of it is because they only have one full-time sports anchor, and he only "anchors" on weekends, while the news anchors will read the latest sports news from around the area. One example is a story I saw them do on some bar in M*chigan, and while that story was entertaining, I think more people in Columbus would care about the Bobcats. A lot of their reporters are OU alumni, too, and they're all very nice people (I've gotten to meet a lot of them) but I do think they should report about Bobcat sports more than they have been...

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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/15/2013 7:51:57 PM

just for giggles, here is a note I sent to Ray Stein at the Dispatch after the paper failed to include even a word about the Bobcats' win in K-zoo. The subject line of my email was Ohio v. Western Michigan...

Ray,

The Dispatch was doing so well there for a while covering the Bobcats. Then I open Sunday's paper and there was not even one sentence about the win over Western Michigan at Kalamazoo--a location that historically has yielded few Ohio victories.

I predicted on the Bobcat fan website last week that once the NHL lockout ended and the Dispatch returned to a mandatory page+ of hockey news, Bobcat coverage would suffer. Did you have to prove me correct so quickly?

Mark Znidar did put out a few tweets about the game. I hope Dispatch coverage has not now been reduced to that level.

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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/16/2013 8:20:47 AM

sargentfan wrote:

Totally agree. Without Matt Barnes at NBC4, I doubt we get half the coverage we are getting. Always good to have OHIO Bobcats in Columbus TV sports offices.

#BleedGreen #TrentIsGOAT

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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/20/2013 10:53:31 AM

Bruce's letter was printed in today's sports section with the required smarmy reply from Ray Stein. I'll be interested to see how much coverage theDispatch gives Ohio when it goes to it's new, smaller format in about two weeks. Mark Znidar does have an nice write-up of last night's game in today's paper.

RSBobcat
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/20/2013 10:53:59 AM

brucecuth wrote:

Ray,

Mark Znidar did put out a few tweets about the game. I hope Dispatch coverage has not now been reduced to that level.

It worked - In today's Sunday Dispatch Ray Stein replied and story link:

Bruce: That’s an E6 on our part — a ground ball right through the wickets. Our plan is to field those Ohio games more cleanly from here out.

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/01/2...

RS Bobcat

Columbus_Bobcat
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/20/2013 12:57:05 PM

RSBobcat wrote:

brucecuth wrote:

Ray,

Mark Znidar did put out a few tweets about the game. I hope Dispatch coverage has not now been reduced to that level.

Yea I saw it in the paper too! I hope there can be more interest for OU mens basketball.

Ted Thompson
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RE: Big Uptick In Bobcat Coverage On Columbus Media

Posted: 1/27/2013 6:37:36 PM

FWIW, the Dispatch sent Znidar to Kent to cover the game.

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