Sam gets to be the play by play announcer for preseason games because (1.) unless it’s a national broadcast each teams “official station” gets to run the broadcast of preseason games AND (2.) as of about 4 or 5 months ago WJXT (News 4 JAX) is the new official TV station of the Jaguars.

 

Because Khan and his people have been so spot on with almost all their other moves I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt but this and having Frangie as the radio voice has really been bad moves IMO.

 

The funny thing about having New 4 JAX be named the official station is that before and since they’ve given the least amount of Jags coverage. For those outside of the Jacksonville market this place has 5 local news TV stations but really 3 providers. The CBS and Fox stations are owned by the same company and are known as Action News, the NBC and CBS stations are owned by the same company and are known as First Coast News, and News 4 Jax is independent.

 

Without question, Action News has the most coverage of the team. In an odd move, they’ve even increased their Jags coverage since losing their designation as the official station. And since they are the local CBS and Fox stations all of the regular season games except the primetime game (NFL Network) are on their stations. To me, First Coast news does the second best job and New 4 Jax brings up the rear. To date the other stations seem to have more resources to cover the Jags. I watch all three sports segments most nights since they don't come on at the same time. 

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