Reply #5: Sounds kinda strange to air BG games deep in OSU country

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My guess is there is indeed money involved, and there's some kind of package deal somewhere.

The strange thing about sports play-by-play is that often they don't care if anyone at all is listening, because somwhere some sponsors are throwing money at it. Think of it as an infomercial of sorts.

Believe it or not, sports does make money. Hell, in my town there's a station airing minor league soccer games. Hard as I try, I just can't imagine anyone listening to that. But sponsors do like to play the part of 'civic booster', and this is a way to do it.