For Austin Rangers fans

by trza on May 6, 2009 10:53 PM CDT

For my fellow Austin Rangers fans who are frustrated by the flakiness of Time Warner:

I made a discovery two days ago. I have the DTV box instead of cable. I get a few channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW and PBS). The CBS channel actually has 2 signals (42.1 and 42.2). I'm at home right now and 42.2 is broadcasting the game. They also showed the game against the Ms two nights ago. Usually all they show are reruns of the Rockford Files and Knight Rider, which don't get me wrong is pretty cool. But having the Rangers on crystal clear in my living room made my night. I don't know if this is a season-long thing or if it's going to be intermittent or what, but it was a pretty great discovery. So, if you use the box, give it a look. Or unhook your cable and there you go.

Also, AM 1530 broadcasts the games on the air and on their site:

http://www.espnaustin.com

That will be $5.

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If you have Time Warner Digital...

…it’s channel 1532. Vanilla signal, not HD.

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by Lucas on May 6, 2009 11:18 PM CDT reply actions

you have been getting games

that would have been on 77 last year on 1532? If you search by theme it doesn’t show up on the list for me.
I get U-verse hooked up at the new house on Saturday so its moot for me anyways. I’ve been going to a buddy’s house and watching his FSW-D channel on his uverse. Can’t wait to drop TW.

I cant wait for Round Rock to switch its affiliation to the Rangers. Gawd it sucks to turn on FSN and have the astros on every night. For some reason FSN thinks that austinites really want to watch the most boring team in baseball at least 5 nights a week.

by corbsclinton on May 7, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions

hm

by Mike E on May 7, 2009 12:26 AM CDT reply actions

They used to air on 77, which is the infomercial channel. At the beginning of the year when I called Time Warner, they had no idea how many games they would air or if they would be airing any… I freaked out and switched to DirectTV. I’ve been able to see every FSSW game, but when they’re on KDFI I don’t think I’ll get them.

Your way, if it works all season, is much easier

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by trident on May 7, 2009 1:17 AM CDT reply actions

Dish Network has it all

Dish has almost every Rangers game on either FSSW or an alternate sports channel. They even have the games on KDFI a lot. It is awesome.

I also have the mlb app on the iphone. It lets me listen to every Rangers game in the car. Awesome.

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by m_nieft on May 7, 2009 8:21 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

That app

Is the best $10 I’ve spent in a long while.

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by Ted Price on May 7, 2009 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions

yep

love it

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by Dirk Diggler on May 7, 2009 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions

agreed

its awesome. though i find the most use i get out of it is checking box scores on the go

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by rentz on May 7, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah that's pretty much what I use it for

except for day games when I’m at work, then I’ll use it to listen to the audio….

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by Dirk Diggler on May 7, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions

mlb app

I know the app is probably free but do you have to pay MLB for radio content (like mlb.tv or the radio feeds online)?

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by hightowersmith on May 7, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions

the app isn't free

it costs 9.99 to buy it and it comes with the home/away audio feeds for each game.

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by Dirk Diggler on May 7, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions

OK but

are the feeds free?

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on May 7, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions

well what do you mean

the 9.99 you are spending is for the app which comes with the audio feeds like I said above. Are they free in that you had to pay something to get them? No. But are they free if you mean other than the 9.99 which you paid to access them? Well, no because you had to pay 9.99.

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by Dirk Diggler on May 7, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions