bigcotton 40 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Anyone catch their new top 5? Their selection skills are a little off I think. While I am proud of my grundy boys, I dont think they need to be on this list. It's still early in the year, and I don't really know much about Patrick Henry or lee, but Richlands and at least graham, probably a few more, need to be on the list. They have as follows. 5. Lee High 4. Grundy 3. Patrick Henry 2. Union 1. Abingdon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local_insight 146 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Richlands and Graham are not in their viewing area due to FCC regulations. Which is why they do not include them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West12aaa 99 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Richlands and Graham are not in their viewing area due to FCC regulations. Which is why they do not include them .this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO 316 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Yeah, no doubt Richlands belongs in there. I'm sure they would include them if allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhead24219 440 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Mine---Richlands,Abington, Union,Graham,Galax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Lee High and Grundy both start to get into the meat and potatoes part of their schedule in a week or two. Â I don't expect either to be there much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I really appreciate WCYB's coverage of SWVA, but I wouldn't exactly call them HS football experts. Bigrhsfan and vols4life 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpet1988 289 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Richlands and Graham are not in their viewing area due to FCC regulations. Which is why they do not include them . I've had to explain this 50 times to people on Facebook. I'm certain WVVA invoked some right to exclusivity. Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityofRaven 2,450 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I've had to explain this 50 times to people on Facebook. I'm certain WVVA invoked some right to exclusivity. Correct me if I'm wrong.  Information I received was that some big sponsors for WVVA were not happy with people from Tazewell County going to Tennessee to buy vehicles, put some pressure on the station to get rid of WYCB and their sponsors....  But what do I know.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC_Quincy 582 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 Grundy is in their viewing area but Richlands isn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I've had to explain this 50 times to people on Facebook. I'm certain WVVA invoked some right to exclusivity. Correct me if I'm wrong. Â This is exactly correct. Nevermind that the real reason most of the bottom end of Tazewell County turned into WCYB was that a Tazewell County product was on its newscasts, not due to actual coverage. Â Congrats, WVVA. You not only have no one from Richlands watching your broadcasts, you've turned them away from NBC entirely. Bravo. BlueRazor, Bigrhsfan and cityofRaven 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_bean 1,058 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 This is exactly correct. Nevermind that the real reason most of the bottom end of Tazewell County turned into WCYB was that a Tazewell County product was on its newscasts, not due to actual coverage.  Congrats, WVVA. You not only have no one from Richlands watching your broadcasts, you've turned them away from NBC entirely. Bravo. I would also include a lot of Tazewell people in this as well...  Have always hated WVVA and really enjoyed several years ago when were able to receive the distant netoworks from Atlanta.  Information I received was that some big sponsors for WVVA were not happy with people from Tazewell County going to Tennessee to buy vehicles, put some pressure on the station to get rid of WYCB and their sponsors....  But what do I know.  Can't think of a dealership in WVVA area that I would actually buy a vehicle from anyway.  Further more reason to avoid the Ramey empire. Bigrhsfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield researcher 1,195 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 This is exactly correct. Nevermind that the real reason most of the bottom end of Tazewell County turned into WCYB was that a Tazewell County product was on its newscasts, not due to actual coverage. Â Congrats, WVVA. You not only have no one from Richlands watching your broadcasts, you've turned them away from NBC entirely. Bravo. But everyone in Beckley is watching! Deleted Account 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plywood_King 518 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I understand the politics and what not in regards to Tazewell County not being represented, but let's honest with ourselves, WCYB needs ratings, and nothing creates ratings better than controversy, but it's challenging the credibility of their sports coverage. Â It's not a new thing, but for example: because they lost last week, Marion And Central fell out of the Top 5 and were replaced by Lee And Grundy. Take nothing away from Lee and Grundy, they have solid teams, but I'm willing to bet that if they were to play, WCYB would pick Central and Marion to beat either team, and possibly even PH. Now, if they considered their top 5 to be a power ranking, it would make perfect sense, but to my knowledge, they don't and never have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigrhsfan 884 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 If they have the right to kneel or sit during the National Anthem ( which they do )  then I should have the right to pick between WCYB or WVVA ! GC_Quincy and V-Cats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield researcher 1,195 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 If they have the right to kneel or sit during the National Anthem ( which they do )  then I should have the right to pick between WCYB or WVVA ! I think t I think this is an NBC rule.  And really, does anyone watch high school sports coverage on TV?  It's terrible. They film a few random plays, go back to the studio with a roster and play random plays and call them highlights. Now a Saturday morning show where important plays are shown and discussed would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose111874 967 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 All they do is pick the teams with the best records without looking at who plays who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,557 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 When I graduate and work for either WCYB or WVVA, I plan to change that perception. vols4life and V-Cats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigrhsfan 884 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I think this is an NBC rule.  And really, does anyone watch high school sports coverage on TV?  It's terrible. They film a few random plays, go back to the studio with a roster and play random plays and call them highlights. Now a Saturday morning show where important plays are shown and discussed would be good. I know,  it was a bad attempt at being facetious,  that's why I don't try it on a forum very often,  it just didn't come across the same on here as it did in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield researcher 1,195 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I know,  it was a bad attempt at being facetious,  that's why I don't try it on a forum very often,  it just didn't come across the same on here as it did in my head.It's It's cool. Just friends chatting. Bigrhsfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Mania 235 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 I really appreciate WCYB's coverage of SWVA, but I wouldn't exactly call them HS football experts. THIS RIGHT HERE! Great effort by WCYB to compete with WJHL, "who has been doing 'Touchdiown Friday Night" that for years. They just need some football minded and knowledgeable people hosting the segment. Some nights it is painful to watch as the butcher players names and the who did what.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Heather and Casey are great people. Â I've talked with both in person on several occasions. Â Heather is very knowledgeable about the Tennessee side but isn't as informed about the Virginia side. Â When Sacco was on the Thursday night picks, he was the star of the show hands down and really was informative on the Virginia side of things. Â Also, Jordan Conigliaro who is now in Pittsburgh also had begun to develop an understanding and huge knowledge of the Virginia side before he left. cityofRaven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Mania 235 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Never said they weren't good people. Heather, to me, just doesn't exude football knowledge and or commentary on the subject matter. No I'm not being sexist. I do think WCYB could dominate the Friday night sports scene in SWVA if they stepped up the game coverage and commentators. It also wouldn't hurt to include all of SWVA. If your going to cover Grundy why not cover Richlands and the like.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Cats 472 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 I just want Bob Radford back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoCat 13 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Has anybody seen or heard from ole Heekoo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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