Omega

wbtfg · Post by **wbtfg** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:44 am

Will this affect MSU?

Omega cancels schedule

By the Helena IR - 09/08/05

This week's slate of Omega Television games has been cancelled.

The Carroll College vs. Azusa Pacific football game which was scheduled to be televised on Omega Television on Saturday will not be shown as well as the Bozeman vs. Missoula Big Sky high school football game which was supposed to be broadcast on Friday.

Omega Television has shown over 200 sporting events over the past five years, however, according to Steve Dee, owner of Omega Television, there was not enough advertising revenue to sustain programming.

"Personally look at five years of immense and intense work to establish what we do securely among Montana television viewers with mixed feelings. We acheived a remarkable level of quality, with technical and telent skills competitive with national networks. The road, however, is extremely arduous."

Bruce Parker, Carroll College athletic director and long-time broadcaster for Omega Television was upset by the decision to pull the plug on this weekend's broadcasts.

"This has been great for the sports fan in the state of Montana and I am unhappy with the way it unraveled," he said.

Post by **rtb** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:55 am

I don't think so as the MSU games were picked up by one of the Montana News stations out of Billings.

Cat-theotherwhitemeat · Post by **Cat-theotherwhitemeat** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:23 am

So, is Omega folding completely? Or, is this just a one week hiatus to get their crap together?

hokeyfine · Post by **hokeyfine** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:24 am

gone indefinately.

MSU01 · Post by **MSU01** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:30 am

Thank goodness MSU made their new TV deal when they did...hopefully Omega can find some sponsorship, as it would be unfortunate to see them go off the air for good.

Post by **kmax** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:32 am

MSU01 wrote:Thank goodness MSU made their new TV deal when they did...hopefully Omega can find some sponsorship, as it would be unfortunate to see them go off the air for good.

Or perhaps this is part of the reason Omega is now struggling? Seems it would be easier to pull in some advertisers for MSU games than for high school ones.

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:47 am

I just threw out all my Chef Boyardee products and Swiss Miss hot chocolate!!

Damn advertisers....!

mquast53000 · Post by **mquast53000** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:57 am

El_Gato wrote:I just threw out all my Chef Boyardee products and Swiss Miss hot chocolate!!

Damn advertisers....!

Don’t forget your Manwich!

gocats · Post by **gocats** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:02 pm

WE'RE HAVING RAVIOLI................
God, I sure won't miss that stupid song!!!!!