Auburn Internet Broadcasts no longer free

[zeebish 0]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I used to live in Boston and the Internet was the only way I could listen to the non-tv games. I'm in Atlanta now, so it's not as big of a deal. This does suck for all of our soldiers around the world who will now have to pay to listen. I guess the bottom line is that college football is all about money, isn't it?

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[TitanTiger 20,571]

Welcome to two weeks ago.

Just messing with you. We bitched about this pretty good a few weeks back. I think it sucks but apparently we're one of the last to jump on the pay per listen bandwagon.

[CarolinaTiger 0]

when does this go into effect, because i listened to the tech game online and didn't pay anything (i don't think).

i'll go read the article to see if that answers my question....

ct

[Jenny AU-92 0]

I listened this weekend without paying - what gives? Maybe it's like paying for premium content on other sites - you can still hear the game, but not any of the other stuff?

[CarolinaTiger 0]

worse yet, it's even MORE EXPENSIVE than the yahoo feed...$6.95 vs. $4.95 (after the first month's discount, of course).

very disappointing.

[weaglewagon 1]

they launched the new-look website yesterday. looks like i'll be joining in to listen to ball state this weekend. $5 for the first month is still cheaper than $30 per ticket to BALL STATE & WKU. other schools have been doing this for years. hopefully they'll be some new wrinkles we haven't seen.

[LegalEagle 22]

Please advise whether there is any radio station that broadcasts the game live on the net. We used to have a station nearby in TN, but since the net broadcast came about, apparently they dropped the games.

I'll just watch the games on delay Sunday night. We may have to hook up an audio feed from someone's radio in AL! That'd fixem. *grin* There's an AU bunch on PalTalk.

BTW, I don't like the "new look." It's about as dark as a Batman movie!

LE

[Streyeder 0]

Still haven't found a streaming radio station that's a part of the AUNetwork?

[CCTAU 3,362]

Still haven't found a streaming radio station that's a part of the AUNetwork?

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680 the fan out of Atlanta?

[AFTiger 282]

When I was a child, you could listen to auburn Football all over the Southeast.  One could also listen to other games broadcast on local stations.  I believe that the price of the broadcast to radio stations has made it too expensive for the smaller stations that were so loyal in past years.

It is all about the money!

So now unless you live in a metropoliton area you can't listen to Auburn football.  Even here in Birmingham, if you live just south of the city you can't pick it up-especially at night.

I have complained to the athletic director about this many times but this pay to listen thing is even worse.

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[aubie57 119]

That does suck. I invested in Sirius prior to the football season because, where I live it is nearly impossible to get a station that carries . I used to listen to the internet broadcast and watch the game on tv, I've gotten away from that the last couple of years though.

[Ranger12 46]

Whereas, football only broadcasts are still free. I don't know if college can be done like professional sports on the radio because each college owns its licensing rights instead of one big organization like the NFL, MLB, etc. If you do have to pay for football broadcasts, this only should apply if you are out of market for broadcasts. If you live in Alabama or nearby in a neighboring state, you should still be considered "in market" and not have to pay. That is the FCC guidelines anyway, but there may be some loophole that the greedy people can get around. As far as a station that carries games and also has a live internet feed, WVNN 770 AM out of Huntsville, AL is a choice. I have not tried them on game day, but you may want to give them a try.