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From the Boston Athletic Association: 113th Boston Marathon to be Broadcast Live on WBZ-TV in Boston Market and Globally on Universal Sports Local and National fans to receive detailed coverage of the April 20 race
The Boston Athletic Association has once again partnered with WBZ-TV (CBS owned-and-operated, Channel 4) in Boston to help provide viewers in the local market with the most comprehensive coverage of the American road race. To offer national and global fans a complete viewing of this year's Marathon, the B.A.A. has partnered with Universal Sports. WBZ-TV will begin live coverage at 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. and Universal Sports' will begin at 9:00 a.m. until 12:30. "We want to offer the fans of these athletes and the Boston Marathon the opportunity to follow the race, mile for mile," said Guy Morse, Executive Director of the Boston Athletic Association. "We value our media partners that help us do that and take pride in knowing spectators all over the world can watch this historical event." WBZ-TV enters its third decade as a Boston Marathon broadcaster and will stream live coverage to New England viewers on its website www.wbztv.com. Two webcams will stream uninterrupted coverage from the finish line and on 'Heartbreak Hill' for regional viewers, while archived footage will be available to all viewers 24 hours after the conclusion of the race. And for the first time, WBZ-TV will use the popular social networking site Twitter to blog live, race day updates as they happen on Marathon Monday. Universal Sports will provide a global stream of the race on its website, www.universalsports.com, with Emmy Award winning broadcasters Al Trautwig and Larry Rawson providing the commentary. Universal Sports also has the national broadcast rights this year, and will air the race live. Universal Sports covers the marathon live on national TV, and streams the entire race worldwide on its website, UniversalSports.com, Emmy Award winning broadcasters Al Trautwig and Larry Rawson will provide commentary of the race. Go to UniversalSports.com to find out where to find Universal Sports in your area. Universal Sports is a 24-hour television channel available in 45 million television households in over 30 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington DC, San Diego, Houston, San Francisco, Denver, Indianapolis and Seattle. It is the preeminent home for major world championship and Olympic qualifying events, providing over 2,000 hours of live event coverage and more than 100,000 hours of programming content delivered online. 
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Here's the comment I just left on WBZ's website at the end of this marathon:
1. You should never interview our top American female racer seconds before the start of her marathon race. I was appalled that you would do that.
2. Why on earth would you break away for a commercial less than two miles from the finish of the women's race with Goucher in the lead? Ridiculous.
3. Your focus on Tune after she collapsed at the end of the race was intrusive and upsetting. You completely ignored the winner, Biktimirova, and even worse, you ignored Goucher crossing the finish in 3rd place, and her emotion afterwards. Why on earth would you not show Goucher at that truly historic moment? As an American man who has followed the Boston Marathon for years,and was truly excited to see two Americans racing so well, I was enraged and appalled that you denied so many viewers the chance to watch Goucher cross the finish line in historic fashion. All because you were more focused on sensationalism, and so eager to stick a camera into the face of a racer in serious medical need. You showed me a side of your station that disgusts me.
Beyond this, I know that your staff was doing the best that they could do, and this marathon was truly historic.
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Here's the comment I just left on WBZ's website at the end of this marathon:
1. You should never interview our top American female racer seconds before the start of her marathon race. I was appalled that you would do that.
2. Why on earth would you break away for a commercial less than two miles from the finish of the women's race with Goucher in the lead? Ridiculous.
3. Your focus on Tune after she collapsed at the end of the race was intrusive and upsetting. You completely ignored the winner, Biktimirova, and even worse, you ignored Goucher crossing the finish in 3rd place, and her emotion afterwards. Why on earth would you not show Goucher at that truly historic moment? As an American man who has followed the Boston Marathon for years,and was truly excited to see two Americans racing so well, I was enraged and appalled that you denied so many viewers the chance to watch Goucher cross the finish line in historic fashion. All because you were more focused on sensationalism, and so eager to stick a camera into the face of a racer in serious medical need. You showed me a side of your station that disgusts me.
Beyond this, I know that your staff was doing the best that they could do, and this marathon was truly historic.
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