Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Two Classic IHRA Drag Races From Bristol on TV4U.Com

There are two very cool classic drag races from the IHRA on TVS Sports.Com and the Classic Sports Channel on TV4U.Com. It's even on TVS Turbo.Com, the racing channel from the TVS Television Network. Produced by Mizlou TV Network, the races feature Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, andother legendary racers. Fun to watch!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Chet Coppeck Hosts Classic Roller Derby

While watching the Classic Sports shows on the Front Row Sports Entertainment.Com IPTV network, be sure to click over to the Roller Derby section. There is a special treat....not only some great classic roller derby with names like the Midwest Pioneers and their stars Joanie Weston and Ronnie Robinson. It's just too much nostalgia to take all in one sitting! Be sure to check out the hairdo of media legend Chet Coppeck as he starts his career with a stint describing the action on the banked track.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Tavern Sports From the Silver Nugget Casino

TVS has been fortunate to be able to join up with the Silver Nugget Casino in N Las Vegas to make new versions of highly popular 'tavern' type sports. First and foremost is bowling. New episodes of Challenge Cup Bowling, Las Vegas Celebrity Bowling, Make That Spare, and Jackpot Bowling are being produced by TVS at the Silver Nugget Casino throughout the year. These are fun shows with some really good bowlers. The Challenge Cups have an 'open' format where we have attracted pros, amateurs, and even league bowlers. You can see a ten time Team USA bowler lose to a young lady just starting out in the top level of amateur bowling, only to have a 17 year old kid get hot and knock her off and win the tournament! Then, a college star came in and won the next two, knocking out top amateurs and even a PBA bowler or two. The Challenge Cups will become a monthly event at the Silver Nugget this August and then you should see some pretty good bowlers start showing up to win $1,000 and be on TV. When we started the Miller Doubles back in the 1970's the original prize pool was $25,000. By 1980 it was $100,000 and by the mid 1980's was $250,000! Lets hope the Challenge Cup moves along those lines as we turn the Silver Nugget Casino in to the TV mecca for bowlers across the world.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Old Radio Shows

The Suspense show on Nostalgia TV (NTV) was originally a popular radio show. This often happened in the early days of TV. Show like Dragnet, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Wild Bill Hickok, Have Gun Will Travel, and You Bet Your Life were all originally radio shows. In the early years of TV, the networks hedged their bets and ran these shows on both radio AND television. Once the coast was clear, the networks scrapped he radio version and just presented the shows on TV. If you'd like to hear the radio version of Suspense and the other shows, they'll be coming soon to RKONetwork.Com.