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To: sandintoes who wrote (6657)	9/25/2000 7:37:13 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Then they should stick it on MCNBC between "Time and Again" segments. CNBC business watchers are probably a poor market for soap opera olympics.

To: sandintoes who wrote (6657)	9/26/2000 5:34:26 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

I appreciate your thoughts sandintoes, but I would guess all the diehard CNBC watchers have been switching off the tube as soon as the olympics come on as I have. I went out fishing today and got home just in time for the olympics...again. I shut off the tube and now fishing through all my news sources, briefing.com etc to find out what happend today...3COM etc. I would guess most folks switch to CNNFN which I don't have so in the end CNBC loses the viewers altogether. Are they drawing in a different audience? Who knows...maybe they'll change over to another sports channel when it's all done and over. We have focused quite a bit on golf the last year or two. I don't mean to harp the subject, but find their desperate attempts to gain eyeballs insulting. I suppose they know some of us have no good alternative in terms of keeping a finger on the market pulse and they could care less how irritating their loyal followers find it. Not good business IMO. I am going to write my cable provider tonight and pound the table for CNNFN and am encouraging friends and associates in the area to do the same. I doubt I'd leave CNBC for good over this, but can we now expect more losing future ventures to be handled the same way? Doesn't say much for the parent companies mission statement, if they have one. I want a decent alternative besides whiny voiced Cavuto. regards, sf