The Sun Sentinel is musing about WSVN picking up the VP debate last night instead of keeping the baseball game, what’s so surprising about it anyways? It’s 7News they do what they want, regardless of what the FOX network wants, and besides don’t we already pay premium to have ESPN and FOX Sports crammed into the channel line up to begin with? I say tune the sports channel and stop whining. WPXM PAX25 picked up the game, and WFLX FOX29 in Palm Beach went with the game but considering they’re not a real news operation it’s really not a big surprise
Sun Sentinel
WSVN picks vice-presidential debate over MLB playoffs
WSVN picks vice-presidential debate over MLB playoffs
By Tom Jicha
TV/Radio Writer
Posted October 5 2004
Broward baseball fans owe one to Pax.
WSVN-Ch. 7 has elected to pre-empt Fox’s coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs tonight. Instead of Twins vs. Yankees, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale Fox affiliate will carry the vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards, which will be airing on more than a half-dozen other channels, broadcast and cable.
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There was a time Monday when it seemed the Yankees and Twins would not be available in Broward. However, Fox shopped the game around and WPXM-Ch. 35, the market’s Pax affiliate, stepped up and agreed to take the game.
WFLX-Ch. 29, the Fox affiliate in Palm Beach, never wavered in deciding to stick with
