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08-18-2012, 02:10 PM
Cats02 Wrote:it was the wayne county game. right
Yep luckily some of the Bell coaches got between Wayne's co. coach before he got the press box after the game.
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08-18-2012, 06:34 PM
brian is a good guy,the problem is he tried to dis jockey a football game.the play by play guy has to have strong ties to the team he is announcing for,brian didnt have that because he was doing both bell and middlesboros home .who are u rooting for ?its pretty serious business friday night and he tried to treat it like a big joke.
08-18-2012, 08:30 PM
belldad2011 Wrote:brian is a good guy,the problem is he tried to dis jockey a football game.the play by play guy has to have strong ties to the team he is announcing for,brian didnt have that because he was doing both bell and middlesboros home .who are u rooting for ?its pretty serious business friday night and he tried to treat it like a big joke.
read the post before, has nothing to do with middlesboro
08-18-2012, 10:35 PM
Cats02 Wrote:read the post before, has nothing to do with middlesboro
never said it did ,i was just saying why bell fans didnt like his play by play .i dont know anything about the other situation.thats between the radio station and the school.he had no loyalty to bell football it was just a job to him he was trying to entertain everyone.
08-18-2012, 10:49 PM
Didn't WMIK use to broadcast the games?
08-18-2012, 11:02 PM
Rick and Russ on the radio and Hugh on the mic. What a glorious time it would be.
08-19-2012, 12:44 PM
I have had about as much bashing as I am going to take on this forum.
Here are the facts: I had a face to face with Coach Mills, the only person with the class to speak to me from the school. I told him that once the businesses in Bell County had been tapped for signs, banners, cheerleader events, band, choir, football, basketball, tennis and so on...they don't want to financially support the broadcasts any longer. I have personally spoken to several businesses that don't support Bell County radio any longer because of this.
It takes more money than you think to run a broadcast and no one answers to the bank, the fcc or the IRS but me.
Assistant coaches on this forum blasted me last year and apparently this year nothing has changed, great way to encourage me as the owner of the station to continue coverage.
Facts are that last year Bill Stapleton, who indeed is far superior to me in play-by-play, was caught up in a retirement paperwork issue and the school needed someone to fill in. I was repeating word for word in many cases what my sports announcer John Engle was broadcasting in the air. When I mentioned another team on the loud speaker, welcoming them to Log Mountain, I apparently was breaking some tradition of treating the opponents like garbage because I had Bell County fans surround me letting me know in no uncertain terms that it was the "Bobcats stadium and being fair was for the umpires on the field to decide." I was told to have fun with the music and the PA but apprently that was incorrect also.
Coach Wayne Mills is a good man and again I know where this is coming from, not him.
Last year at the city county bowl it was assumed that I was the only person on the PA which is also untrue. A Middlesboro student was calling the game, I was playing the music ONLY. But instead of trying to figure that out some of the boosters took it upon themselves to bast me and the station yet again.
Also, the year before I bought WRIL (and it was off the air) I was at WFXY and took money out of my own pocket to cover the games since they couldn't do it. Please don't say I don't support Bell County that is patently false.
This has nothing to do with not being on the PA as some are claiming, not because some coach came and talked to me after the game, not because of bribes that Middlesboro and Pineville have given me to play the games according to coach staff family. In fact both Middlesboro and Pineville school officials called and asked for the coverage because no other radio stations would cover them. Also, when asked to do Bell football, WFXY/WANO flat out said no. WMIK originally said their equipment was dmamged in the flood but has now put a price on the coverage (just as a good business should. I am sure that the funds will magically appear now even though 106.3 has struggled to have advertisers pay for the airtime. As you see I am answering for myself, not hiding behind screen names on this forum. There have been a ton of accusations and flatout lies from some people here and at the school and I for one who has spent time away from my family to cover these games is frustrated. No matter what I say to represent my business and keep the lights on I am portrayed as having an ego. I guess it's ok for others to speak up for their businesses but not me. Seems a little unfair but as I told you earlier, I guess fair is best left to the umpires at a Bell County game. I am done defending myself. Please feel free to continue the bashing. Be sure to copy and paste this to whomever you want to.
Here are the facts: I had a face to face with Coach Mills, the only person with the class to speak to me from the school. I told him that once the businesses in Bell County had been tapped for signs, banners, cheerleader events, band, choir, football, basketball, tennis and so on...they don't want to financially support the broadcasts any longer. I have personally spoken to several businesses that don't support Bell County radio any longer because of this.
It takes more money than you think to run a broadcast and no one answers to the bank, the fcc or the IRS but me.
Assistant coaches on this forum blasted me last year and apparently this year nothing has changed, great way to encourage me as the owner of the station to continue coverage.
Facts are that last year Bill Stapleton, who indeed is far superior to me in play-by-play, was caught up in a retirement paperwork issue and the school needed someone to fill in. I was repeating word for word in many cases what my sports announcer John Engle was broadcasting in the air. When I mentioned another team on the loud speaker, welcoming them to Log Mountain, I apparently was breaking some tradition of treating the opponents like garbage because I had Bell County fans surround me letting me know in no uncertain terms that it was the "Bobcats stadium and being fair was for the umpires on the field to decide." I was told to have fun with the music and the PA but apprently that was incorrect also.
Coach Wayne Mills is a good man and again I know where this is coming from, not him.
Last year at the city county bowl it was assumed that I was the only person on the PA which is also untrue. A Middlesboro student was calling the game, I was playing the music ONLY. But instead of trying to figure that out some of the boosters took it upon themselves to bast me and the station yet again.
Also, the year before I bought WRIL (and it was off the air) I was at WFXY and took money out of my own pocket to cover the games since they couldn't do it. Please don't say I don't support Bell County that is patently false.
This has nothing to do with not being on the PA as some are claiming, not because some coach came and talked to me after the game, not because of bribes that Middlesboro and Pineville have given me to play the games according to coach staff family. In fact both Middlesboro and Pineville school officials called and asked for the coverage because no other radio stations would cover them. Also, when asked to do Bell football, WFXY/WANO flat out said no. WMIK originally said their equipment was dmamged in the flood but has now put a price on the coverage (just as a good business should. I am sure that the funds will magically appear now even though 106.3 has struggled to have advertisers pay for the airtime. As you see I am answering for myself, not hiding behind screen names on this forum. There have been a ton of accusations and flatout lies from some people here and at the school and I for one who has spent time away from my family to cover these games is frustrated. No matter what I say to represent my business and keep the lights on I am portrayed as having an ego. I guess it's ok for others to speak up for their businesses but not me. Seems a little unfair but as I told you earlier, I guess fair is best left to the umpires at a Bell County game. I am done defending myself. Please feel free to continue the bashing. Be sure to copy and paste this to whomever you want to.
08-19-2012, 12:51 PM
One more thing, if anyone would care to make a list of these businesses who were saying they would sponsor the Bobcats' season I'll be glad to let you know what they told me.
08-20-2012, 05:57 PM
Ok folks, we have come up with a solution to Bell County Bobcats on the radio. We (WRIL) are teaming up with 92.7 WMIK to bring you the Bell County Sports Network. WMIK GM Michael Barnett WRIL, along with tremendous help from Clarence Yeary of Hometown TV 13, will have John Engle doing the play-by-play for the Bobcats 2012-2013 season ON THE RADIO. Again, that's 92.7FM and our Bell County Sports Network. The Link to listen on line is also available and we'll have a link up for you.
We will also continue the Middlesboro & Pineville games on WRIL 106.3 so all three schools will have coverage. And Clarence will have both Pineville & Bell TV games on Channel 13 throughout the entire season.
We will also continue the Middlesboro & Pineville games on WRIL 106.3 so all three schools will have coverage. And Clarence will have both Pineville & Bell TV games on Channel 13 throughout the entire season.
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