Received this statement from Fox Sports Ohio in regards to its expected and heavily promoted postgame coverage that was supposed to air after Fox was finished with the Los Angeles Dodgers-Cincinnati Reds game. As the Reds clinched the National League Central Division crown, Fox Sports Ohio had trouble getting a signal from Great American Ballpark to the Fox Sports Net central headquarters in Houston.
And due to these transmission problems, Fox Sports Ohio had to scrap its plans to air the locker room celebration live. The channel says it will air a celebration special on Monday night.
Here’s Fox Sports Ohio’s statement in its entirety.
Going into today’s Reds game on FOX, the Reds magic number for clinching the NL Central was 1. FOX Sports Ohio had every intention of covering post-game celebration live if the Reds won.
When it looked as though the Reds were going to win, we promoted that we would have live celebration coverage immediately following the game.Unfortunately just prior to air, the signal was lost out of Cincinnati. Our engineers feverishly tried to restore the transmission but they were unable to recover it.We will air special on Monday at 8pm, featuring the post-game celebration. While this special cannot replace the live coverage lost this evening, we hope Reds fans will be able to enjoy the Reds clinching the Central Division.We sincerely apologize for the disappointment and frustration this caused so many Reds fans.
That will do it.
