Update about bringing Angels back on the air in Santa Barbara

by 805halo on Apr 10, 2008 9:48 PM PDT Comment 6 comments

Thank you so much to all of you who have been calling Cox Cable. You are having an impact. Please continue and call again! You do not need to live in SB, you just need to call and ask them to submit a formal request that Cox carry Angels games. The number for Cox is 805 683-6651.

Then. please call KEYT and ask for the general manager Cathy Jacquemin and tell her that you want their new station My13 to carry Angels games like their sister station KCOP. KEYT's number is 805-882-3933.

The reason the Angels are off the air in SB, is that KEYT bought a sister franchise to KCOP and decided it was not worth it to show the games. Because of FCC rules, KCOP cannot be shown in the same market as the new My13. It is however, possible for KEYT to change their mind and broadcast the Angels or allow another local station to negotiate with Fox to broadcast the Angels exclusively in the Santa Barbara market.

Finally, please call the Angels at (888) 796-HALO and BEG, BEG, BEG them to intervene to have their games shown in SB again. The Angels have the ability to make this happen, but unless they are willing to intervene it probably won't happen.

Thank you for helping out your Halo brothers up North... We need a Rally Monkey!

Go Halos!

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Rally round the monkey

I emailed about 30 friends and asked them to call Cox. I really hope we can make it happen. It would be quite a victory.

"Erstad says he's got it. Erstad makes the catch!..."

by Rally Manatee on Apr 10, 2008 11:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

call KEYT too

We really need to focus on KEYT too. I spoke with FOX and they didn't see any reason why KCOP Angels broadcasts could not be shown in SB. They encouraged us to call KEYT.

Here is the contact info for KEYT:

Please call and email Cathy Jacquemin (KEYT general manager) and tell her that you want their new station MyRTN to carry Angels games like their sister station KCOP. KEYT's number is 805-882-3933. Her email is c.jacquemin@keyt.com

The CEO of KEYT is Mike Granados. His email is mdgtvbiz@yahoo.com

If we continue to apply pressure - and possibly boycott KEYT - we can do this. Even consider emailing Travis Armstrong at the Newspress to apply pressure. This is our national past time and it means a lot to families and kids! Go halos!

by 805halo on Apr 11, 2008 11:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Team

You'd think that Arte wants the games televised, as I believe SB is within the Angels' regional sphere of influence or whatever the technical term is (i.e., a team would need permission from the Angels & Dodgers to move to SB). I'm sure pressure from the team would count as much as anything.

by jjackflash on Apr 11, 2008 11:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Angels response

My first response from the Angels was "we would like our game to be on in every market, but this is out of our control". I agree with you, though, that the Angels media department could do much more to help facilitate a resolution. My hope is that enough Angels fans will call KEYT, Cox and the Angels and work out a solution.

Mr. Moreno, if you read this blog - please help us out...

Go Halos!

by 805halo on Apr 11, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

SB Angels Fan

I was wondering what was going on! KCOP is going to have 50 Angels games this season! That's a lot of games to miss! I'll be calling cox immediately!

by brightangel on Apr 11, 2008 4:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Call KEYT as often as you can

Please call KEYT and ask for the general manager Cathy Jacquemin and tell her that you want their new station My13 to carry Angels games like their sister station KCOP. KEYT's number is 805-882-3933. We need KEYT to cooperate.

by 805halo on Apr 11, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs