Cox Communications, our friendly monopoly cable supplier in Orange
County, CA, has struck another blow against televised motorsports by
surreptitiously moving SPEED from its "enhanced" channels to a digital
sports tier. This means that race fans will have to cough up for BOTH
digital cable service and the sports tier, which is 99.9 percent obscure
stick-and-ball crap.
SPEED has been replaced in the lineup (channel 65) with yet another MTV
music video channel, and moved to digital channel 318.
I have lodged a strenuous protest (for all the good that will do), and
suggest that like-minded Cox subscribers do the same (ditto, regarding
prospective results) if it makes 'em feel any better.
I'm extra pissed because this comes exactly one day before my car is
scheduled to appear (albeit in a supporting role) on a SPEED program
featuring Ernie Nagamatsu's "Old Yeller" special from the fabulous '50s.
For those of you lucky enough to still get SPEED, please let me know if
they show any of my yellow Alfa running around with Ernie's glorious old
nailhead.
Brian Mertz
'64 Giulia Spider Veloce
VARA #82 EP
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