TV Broadcast Maps and Schedule - NFL Week 4 2023 (October 1)

[SoCal Deek]

I always find these maps to be fascinating. And this week I find it really hard to believe how spotty and limited the Bills v Dolphins broadcast area looks. For example, you can’t tell me that outside of the immediate metro areas of Chicago and Denver, fans are dying to watch the Bears and Broncos stare at each other. 😂

[Charles Romes]

Why is Vegas - Chargers pre-empting Bills Dolphins in Tampa. I thought maybe Herbert or Jimmy G was from there but nooo. Also, Mack is from east coast Florida. What gives. 

[BRH]

On 9/27/2023 at 12:00 PM, chongli said:

LOL...people in Phoenix complaining they get MIA-BUF instead of DEN-CHI.

 

Not my dad!  He's happy as a clam.

[chongli]

1 hour ago, Charles Romes said:

Why is Vegas - Chargers pre-empting Bills Dolphins in Tampa. I thought maybe Herbert or Jimmy G was from there but nooo. Also, Mack is from east coast Florida. What gives. 

 

Because the Tampa Bay game is on at the same time on FOX, so CBS chose to air the late game (Vegas-Chargers) instead of the early Bills game to not go against the home team and lose viewership.

[coloradobillsfan]

Saw this - won't help me in the Denver area but hopefully benefits some here

 

@506sports

map update: several cities that were to get Broncos-Bears on CBS have been switched to Dolphins-Bills, including Detroit and Green Bay. You're welcome.

https://x.com/506sports/status/1707502017256522092?s=20

[Bferra13]

Erie wised up and swapped out Steelers with Bills.

 

https://twitter.com/ErieNewsNow/status/1707435647739273410?t=fHx7vv5io-Dlzt0jDwRThg&s=19

 

 

[Simon]

34 minutes ago, Bferra13 said:

Erie wised up and swapped out Steelers with Bills.

 

https://twitter.com/ErieNewsNow/status/1707435647739273410?t=fHx7vv5io-Dlzt0jDwRThg&s=19

 

 

 

lol..... I sent the following to the GM of Erie's CBS affiliate earlier today: 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at your programming schedule, I was very relieved to see the following as it is inarguably the best NFL game on this weekend's schedule with significant local interest.

 

2023-2024 NFL Football on WSEE/CBS and WICU/NBC

Week 4 - Sunday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. - Miami at Buffalo - WSEE/CBS

 

But then when I look at your programming schedule I see that you have opted to switch to an absolutely gawdawful game involving Pittsburgh and the painfully unwatchable Houston Texans, neither of which are even in your broadcast area and which clearly goes directly against your stated policy: 

 

The local station has little say in what is aired nationally with some rare exceptions. Erie is in the Buffalo market and those games will come first here regardless of team record or state location when circumstance dictates.

 

How you folks can choose to broadcast an awful out of market game instead of the best game of the week which involves the team that is actually in your market is totally baffling. I understand the difficulties your network(s) must face competing with the variety of current technology, but doing this sort of a disservice to your viewers cannot possibly help your position in any way, not to mention it almost certainly will bring a smaller share of viewers to your advertisers.

 

I sincerely hope that before Sunday comes around you opt to go back to your original programming decision and provide your viewers with the best product available that the greatest number of people are likely to want to watch. If you choose not to do that, could you please take a brief moment to respond to this request with the suggestion of who I might contact that has the influence to alter this decision, whether that be someone in advertising, programming, etc?

 

Thank you for your consideration,

******** *******

[chongli]

45 minutes ago, coloradobillsfan said:

Saw this - won't help me in the Denver area but hopefully benefits some here

 

@506sports

map update: several cities that were to get Broncos-Bears on CBS have been switched to Dolphins-Bills, including Detroit and Green Bay. You're welcome.

https://x.com/506sports/status/1707502017256522092?s=20

 

 

Thanks for that! 

 

I've been busy today, or slacking, whatever you want to call it, lol. 

 

Here is your tweet in graphic form:

 

 

 

Here are the updates, including the FOX one I posted yesterday upthread. Maps have been updated.

 

UPDATES:

 

CBS Early:

 

all MI stations; Green Bay and Wausau WI; Des Moines IA; Fargo ND; Mankato MN; Cape Girardeau and Kirksville MO; all MT stations: DEN-CHI to MIA-BUF (Thu)

 

Erie PA; Amarillo, Wichita Falls and Sherman TX: PIT-HOU to MIA-BUF (Thu)

 

FOX Early:

 

Oklahoma City and Tulsa OK; Fort Smith AR: WSH-PHI to TB-NO (Wed)

 

St. Louis MO: CIN-TN to WSH-PHI (Thu)

 

Grand Rapids, Lansing and Marquette MI: WSH-PHI to MIN-CAR (Thu)

 

Anchorage AK: LAR-IND to MIN-CAR (Thu)

13 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

 

lol..... I sent the following to the GM of Erie's CBS affiliate earlier today: 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at your programming schedule, I was very relieved to see the following as it is inarguably the best NFL game on this weekend's schedule with significant local interest.

 

2023-2024 NFL Football on WSEE/CBS and WICU/NBC

Week 4 - Sunday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. - Miami at Buffalo - WSEE/CBS

 

But then when I look at your programming schedule I see that you have opted to switch to an absolutely gawdawful game involving Pittsburgh and the painfully unwatchable Houston Texans, neither of which are even in your broadcast area and which clearly goes directly against your stated policy: 

 

The local station has little say in what is aired nationally with some rare exceptions. Erie is in the Buffalo market and those games will come first here regardless of team record or state location when circumstance dictates.

 

How you folks can choose to broadcast an awful out of market game instead of the best game of the week which involves the team that is actually in your market is totally baffling. I understand the difficulties your network(s) must face competing with the variety of current technology, but doing this sort of a disservice to your viewers cannot possibly help your position in any way, not to mention it almost certainly will bring a smaller share of viewers to your advertisers.

 

I sincerely hope that before Sunday comes around you opt to go back to your original programming decision and provide your viewers with the best product available that the greatest number of people are likely to want to watch. If you choose not to do that, could you please take a brief moment to respond to this request with the suggestion of who I might contact that has the influence to alter this decision, whether that be someone in advertising, programming, etc?

 

Thank you for your consideration,

******** *******

 

Very nice! An intelligent, well-written letter with cited info to back if up. You represent well for the Bills Mafia.

[Fan in Chicago]

On 9/27/2023 at 10:47 AM, The Frankish Reich said:

There should be some kind of NFL .

Buffalo guy Gregg Easterbrook used to say something like this: "There are 32 widescreen TVs in Hell's Sports Bar, and every one of them is showing Broncos-Bears."

Surely, even Satan can't be that heartless

[Xwnyer]

YTTV and spectrum still showing browns ravens in Raleigh however local CBS a website says Bills.   

[chongli]

Another minor update, with more markets switching to MIA-BUF:

 

CBS Single:

 

Madison and La Crosse WI: DEN-CHI to MIA-BUF (Fri)

 

Map has been updated.

 

9 hours ago, Xwnyer said:

YTTV and spectrum still showing browns ravens in Raleigh however local CBS a website says Bills.   

 

Yeah, some schedule guides are slow to update, but the Bills game is definitely on! The local station guide, as well as zap2it are usually more reliable, but not always.

Edited September 29, 2023 by chongli

[chongli]

UPDATE:

 

FOX-Late:

 

Des Moines and Ottumwa IA: NE-DAL to AZ-SF (Fri)

 

Map has been changed.

 

Kowtowing for Brock Purdy.

 

 

[TwistofFate]

On 9/27/2023 at 10:55 AM, chongli said:

 

It's because Oregon is cowtowing for Herbert, who went to Oregon.

 

For MNF this past week, none of their streams worked  Usually they are good though. 

Worked fine for me