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Free Audio Stream of Super Bowl?

Marv Albert and Boomer Esiason do excellent radio announcing for CBS/Westwood One football coverage. The Super Bowl should be no exception and those of you within range of a Westwood One affiliated radio station can hear them announce it while watching on TV. Those of us beyond over-the-air range of a Westwood One affiliated radio station are apparently out of luck.  CBS has a live football audio streaming blackout policy and, even though Westwood One was divested from CBS in 2008, it appears they are following CBS policy. This is the current trend in Internet radio around football. The commercials are left in, so money is still made, and limiting audio shrinks the audience base, so it seems not to make sense to black them out, but that's how it goes. Anyone know a workaround for this for the Super Bowl?

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Some affiliates, at least during the playoffs, willfully ignored the blackout or just forgot to turn off their streams. I listened to portions of several games online via a well known station I will refrain from mentioning in case they are breaking the rules. So in the future (since it’s a little late now) I would suggest checking around the local stations.

Good luck!

"It's going to be a long season" - Old Blues from 1868-present

by AVNevis on Feb 7, 2010 9:24 PM PST reply actions  

Yep

I’ve lucked into a few things here and there too, but it’s been hit or miss. One of the few remaining reliable free audio streams is in Kansas City for the Chiefs, apparently because it’s an independent station and has a deal with the Chiefs. Westwood One also has a station in KC, but its live streaming was cut during the Super Bowl. Seems to be the trend.

by crackpipe on Feb 7, 2010 11:50 PM PST up reply actions  

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