Hear, hear.
I've signed. I love Speedvision. I have a TV in my shop with a sign under
it that says "If you don't want to watch Speedvision, you're in the wrong
place". The sale to Fox made sense, but they are bound to make substantial
changes. It's also personally unfortunate--I know the VP and CEO, and they
were very generous in getting me backstage passes to events I attended. I
doubt Fox will be as forthcoming.
The Legends of Motorsport footage is a major assets of Speedvision. Roger
Warner told me that they bought rights to a huge archive of historical
stuff. A great library. I bet the production costs for those programs sets
an all-time low record--a few minutes of Roger D explaining the segment,
and that's it. Nickelodeon levels. Fox doesn't care as much about
production costs, and so they'd be likely to fill the slots with higher
viewer ship segments.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Hill [mailto:jrhill@chorus.net]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 10:22 AM
To: vintage-race@autox.team.net; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fwd: Hillbilly Hell On Wheels
Dick Buckingham, Jr wrote:
> I love SPEEDVISION the way it is. This
> is your chance to perhaps have some effect on your future enjoyment of
> motorsports. Don't let apathy rule!
Things are already changing rapidly. The regional Fox Sports Network
channels are already broadcasting LeMans recaps, GrandAm races, etc. All
of
which is good, compared to endless replays of "NASCAR Today".
What will almost certainly be lost in the shuffle are the priceless films
shown on "Legends of Motorsport" of sports car and Formula 1 races of the
fifties and sixties. The historic british racing series "A Motor Racing
Diary" has already disappeared.
Jim Hill
Madison WI
++++++++++ORIGINAL MESSAGE++++++++++++
> I just signed the petition. It was painless and took only about 2-3
minutes.
> So far they have 13,400 signatures. I would think that it would take a
whole
> lot more than this to have an impact. I love SPEEDVISION the way it is.
This
> is your chance to perhaps have some effect on your future enjoyment of
> motorsports. Don't let apathy rule!
>
> Dick Buckingham, Jr.
> SPEEDVISION Formula 1 fan
>
> KLynch7589@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Listers, please forgive but I thought this important to pass along if
you've
> > not seen already. KEVIN LYNCH
> > Dear Listers,
> >
> > I have just read and signed this online petition. It comes in the wake
of
> > the Fox Broadcasting buyout of Speedvision from the Outdoor Life
Network.
> > Fox has been big into NASCAR racing and has a lot riding on it and as
you
> > have seen on the air, Fox, like PT Barnum, never lost a penny
> > underestimating the taste of the American public. While it would be
nice
> > to see less boats and planes and more vintage racing on Speedvision,
more
> > NASCAR roundy-round racing would worse to me than another small craft
> > maintenence show. Check out this petition and see if it says anything
for
> > you. It would be a shame to see this station turn to the Fox Top-Forty
> > Motorsports Channel. Log on to:
> >
> > "Speedvision & NASCAR programming"
> >
> > hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
> > service, at:
> >
> > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/svsn/
> >
> > I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
> > agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and
consider
> > signing yourself.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Rick Feibusch
> > Automotive Journalist/Appraiser
> > Coordinator,
> > The Palo Alto & Los Angeles British Car Meets
> > Venice, CA
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