13 July Update:
River Dave has confirmed (on riverdavesplace.com) the unfortunate cancellation of the planned live feed for Catalina 2011 and writes …
“We have everything set in motion, and this Carmageddon deal with the 405 freeway happened. Long story short we have everything in place and ready to go, but we can not get a frequency from the FCC to broadcast from the Helicopters back to the Hotels. No frequency = no live feed. It was suggested that we record the race and broadcast it, but again with no frequency, the announcers can’t see the race for the audio etc..
I would like to say, this isn’t one of those we threw in the towel deals. SpotonDL has fought, clawed, bribed, borrowed, and begged to try and make this happen. A frequency is never impossible to come by, but with this news deal, every news agency in town is here, and the LAPD took the rest of the frequencies.. We even went so far as to talking to main guy at the FCC for the west coast, and tried to run it in a 2 hour window to no avail.
It is completely out of our hands at this point. All sponsors of the feed will be refunded their money, checks returned etc.. Any additional costs will be absorbed by CSR and myself.”
28 June Update:
The long beach boat and ski club are proud to announce the catalina ski race will be live on www.riverdavesplace.com
Projected start time for little boats at 8:53am
Announcers Sandy and Rick will be bringing the action with their amazing commentary.
Good luck to all competitors.
Ken Vaughan
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24 May:
The 2011 Catalina ski race will be broadcasted live via the internet . The infamous broadcasters Sandy ” The Sandman” Schwartz & Rick “Parker Oil” Fuscardo are yet again in the hot seat for the 63rd Catalina Ski Race.
