Ottawa Senators Called Out by Journalist for Embarrassing Broadcast Blunder
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The Ottawa Senators have been called out for their recent preseason game against the New Jersey Devils in Quebec City which was broadcast only in French, leaving English-speaking Senators fans in the dark.
Even though the Ottawa Senators picked up a 2-0 preseason win over the New Jersey Devils, English-speaking Senators fans were feeling a bit left out in the dark.
The game, which was broadcast on TSN, was only available in French because of the multiple other programs that took up the channel's slate of events.
Ottawa also announced that their radio broadcasting team would not be traveling to road games.
The Senators released the following statement to analyst Graeme Nichols last month:
The radio broadcasting team will not be travelling for road games this season. It was not a decision that was taken lightly, but our radio audience will still be served with access to live broadcasts of each road game.
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English-speaking Senators fans felt slighted
Per analyst Steve Warne, this kind of thing is not normal.
It rarely happens, but it wouldn't be the first time in the radio station's history that TSN 1200 has had technical difficulties during a Senators broadcast on the road. But there are always attempts made, usually successful ones, to fix the problem, especially when there's still an hour to go before game time.
But this isn't business as usual.
But this isn't business as usual.
Even though public address announcements at Canadian Tire Centre are made in both English and French, the Senators have a considerable fan base in Ontario, where the majority of residents speak English.
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