OT: WTH is FX channel (TV deal rant)

Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? I just called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due to programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great way to start off the racing season huh. :-/ Quote from Helton: Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propel Nascar into the new millennium. Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the dust! Mitch

FX as in FOX (sports?) .... ed_ Mitch Alatorre <[email hidden]> skrev i meldingsnyheter:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? Ijust > called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due to > programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great wayto > start off the racing season huh. :-/ > > Quote from Helton: > > Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propelNascar

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> into the new millennium. > > Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the dust! > > Mitch > >

actually its awesome. I get it in digital too. Mitch Alatorre <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? Ijust > called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due to > programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great wayto > start off the racing season huh. :-/ > > Quote from Helton: > > Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propelNascar

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> into the new millennium. > > Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the dust! > > Mitch > >

Seperate channel. Available with most digital cable or satelite packages. Mostly plays reruns of old shows (MASH, X-Files, etc) and the occasional movie. Most annoying commercials known to mankind. And shows 'extra' Nascar related stuff kind of like ESPN used ESPN2 for sometimes. -John On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:22:47 +0100, "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>FX as in FOX (sports?) .... > >ed_ > > >Mitch Alatorre <[email hidden]> skrev i >meldingsnyheter:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... >> Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? I >just >> called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this >> channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due to >> programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great way >to >> start off the racing season huh. :-/ >> >> Quote from Helton: >> >> Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propel >Nascar >> into the new millennium. >> >> Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the dust! >> >> Mitch >> >> >

>FX as in FOX (sports?) .... > No, FX is a staion, much like a USA or TBS that shows old sitcoms and dramas, alnog with bad original programming. :) - Alan Dale Earnhardt, 1951-2001: "The Last American Hero" R.I.P.

Fox is a big network...like ABC or CBS...not sure where the heck you are getting your info from buddy. JB "Mitch Alatorre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? Ijust > called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due to > programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great wayto > start off the racing season huh. :-/ > > Quote from Helton: > > Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propelNascar

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> into the new millennium. > > Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the dust! > > Mitch > >

> >Fox is a big network...like ABC or CBS...not sure where the heck you are >getting your info from buddy. > Yes it is, but the Busch races, 3 Cup races, the Winston, and happy hour are on FX which a lot of cable companies (like mine) do not carry. I had to get a dish to see them. So now I have both cable and a dish. I agree, Thanks a lot.

"Alan Conceicao" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >FX as in FOX (sports?) .... > > > > No, FX is a staion, much like a USA or TBS that shows old sitcoms anddramas, > alnog with bad original programming. :) > well, yes- it's a station, but it IS Fox's cable station... > - > Alan > > Dale Earnhardt, 1951-2001: > "The Last American Hero" > R.I.P.

I knew that one day we would get screwed by money, and that day has come for some. Just like I can't watch F1 becuase it's on that damned SpeedVision, some will miss Nascar Races because of this deal. It's all about money, and forcing people to buy things they don't want. I hate to say it, but Nascar has sold out IMHO... -Larry "Mitch Alatorre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? Ijust > called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due to > programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great wayto > start off the racing season huh. :-/ > > Quote from Helton: > > Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propelNascar

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> into the new millennium. > > Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the dust! > > Mitch > >

No, FX is YAFC (Yet Another Fox Channel). You have Fox the TV Station, FX the Cable Channel and Fox Sports, the Sports Network. All 3 are in different Satellite packages, and the only way to get all 3 is to get the expensive $83/month Platinum Choice on DirecTV. These bastards know _exactly_ what they are doing. -Larry "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GKTl6.2836$[email hidden]...

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> FX as in FOX (sports?) .... > > ed_ > > > Mitch Alatorre <[email hidden]> skrev i > meldingsnyheter:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? I > just > > called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > > channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due

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> > programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a great way > to > > start off the racing season huh. :-/ > > > > Quote from Helton: > > > > Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propel > Nascar > > into the new millennium. > > > > Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the

dust! > > > > Mitch > > > > > >

Also broadcasts some live races now. -Larry "John Harwood" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Seperate channel. Available with most digital cable or satelite > packages. Mostly plays reruns of old shows (MASH, X-Files, etc) and > the occasional movie. Most annoying commercials known to mankind. > > And shows 'extra' Nascar related stuff kind of like ESPN used ESPN2 > for sometimes. > > -John > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:22:47 +0100, "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >FX as in FOX (sports?) .... > > > >ed_ > > > > > >Mitch Alatorre <[email hidden]> skrev i > >meldingsnyheter:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > >> Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? I > >just > >> called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > >> channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch) due

to > >> programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a greatway

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> >to > >> start off the racing season huh. :-/ > >> > >> Quote from Helton: > >> > >> Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propel > >Nascar > >> into the new millennium. > >> > >> Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the

dust! > >> > >> Mitch > >> > >> > > >

I am lucky enough to get them all with my local cable company. Unfortunately, I do not get SpeedVision or ESPN Classic "Dog-Leg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yVZl6.19778$[email hidden]... > No, FX is YAFC (Yet Another Fox Channel). > > You have Fox the TV Station, FX the Cable Channel and Fox Sports, theSports > Network. > > All 3 are in different Satellite packages, and the only way to get all 3is

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> to get the expensive $83/month Platinum Choice on DirecTV. > > These bastards know _exactly_ what they are doing. > > -Larry > > "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:GKTl6.2836$[email hidden]... > > FX as in FOX (sports?) .... > > > > ed_ > > > > > > Mitch Alatorre <[email hidden]> skrev i > > meldingsnyheter:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > > > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? I > > just > > > called my cable co and they don't, nor do they plan on carrying this > > > channel. What a load of crap! I havent missed a race (Cup, Busch)

due > to > > > programming in years and this is how Nascar repays us? What a greatway

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> > to > > > start off the racing season huh. :-/ > > > > > > Quote from Helton: > > > > > > Nascar fans will greatly benefit from this TV deal and it will propel > > Nascar > > > into the new millennium. > > > > > > Well it may have "propelled" nascar but it left us, the fans in the > dust! > > > > > > Mitch > > > > > > > > > > > >

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> I knew that one day we would get screwed by money, and that day has come for > some. > > Just like I can't watch F1 becuase it's on that damned SpeedVision, some > will miss Nascar Races because of this deal. > > It's all about money, and forcing people to buy things they don't want. > > I hate to say it, but Nascar has sold out IMHO... > > -Larry

And you're first clue was??? It didn't take a genius to figure that one out. The moment they announced who was going to be 'The Official Network(s) of NASCAR" you had to see that the ride went to the party with the biggest check, not the best shot of doing the sport justice. Hmmm. Looks like we're catching up to Indycar.... Check out my thoughts in the thread about the relationship with Fox being doomed.

Cliff Roman wrote: > I am lucky enough to get them all with my local cable company. > > Unfortunately, I do not get SpeedVision or ESPN Classic You and me both. :( Of course, that's why the cable companies put the good stuff on those networks. To incite us to beg our cable companies to add them so they can jack up cable rates.

It is a FOX station and generally comes in premium cable packages but is in almost every general satellite package. I have to pay an additional $11.00 a month to my cable station to watch NASAR this year but it's most likely cheaper than the next step. A NASCAR owned and operated "pay-per-view" station. "Mitch Alatorre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel?

The NASCAR channel is coming to cable and satellite within the next year or so. Gunner "R. G. Koehler Jr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:97dtjb$[email hidden]...

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> It is a FOX station and generally comes in premium cable packages > but is in almost every general satellite package. I have to pay an > additional $11.00 a month to my cable station to watch NASAR > this year but it's most likely cheaper than the next step. A NASCAR > owned and operated "pay-per-view" station. > > "Mitch Alatorre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:FaTl6.653$[email hidden]... > > Well this TV deal NASCAR worked out really SUX! WTF is FX channel? > >

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 10:46:26 -0500, "R. G. Koehler Jr." <[email hidden]> wrote: >A NASCAR >owned and operated "pay-per-view" station. That'll never happen so long as the sponsors are pulling all the strings. It's in their interests to have their rolling billboards in front of the eyes of as many folks as possible. Paul the Cat =^..^= "We've been sleeping all our lives -- At last we can open our eyes." -- Carly Simon

In article <979rv7$1kji$[email hidden]>, "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> writes: >I am lucky enough to get them all with my local cable company. > >Unfortunately, I do not get SpeedVision or ESPN Classic > If the only thing I'm missing is FX, then I guess I shouldn't complain. I get Speedvision and ESPN Classic, along with 2 of 3 Fox channels. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <yVZl6.19778$[email hidden]>, "Dog-Leg" <[email hidden]> writes: >No, FX is YAFC (Yet Another Fox Channel). > >You have Fox the TV Station, FX the Cable Channel and Fox Sports, the Sports >Network. > Well, that explains why I couldn't find either BGN race. They must have been on FX. I have Fox(tv) and Fox Sports, but not FX. Grrr... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.