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| | AFN To End Radio Play-By-Play Sports (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | “AFN audiences prefer to watch the greater variety of sports on television rather than listen to them on the radio,” said Robert Matheson, director of broadcasting at the AFN Broadcast Center in Riverside, Calif. “When radio sports coverage comes on, most listeners tune out. |
 | | AFN radio play-by-play sports broadcasts were, as recently as 10 years ago, broadly listened to. |
 | | Some motor sports programming will remain on AFN radio's schedule in order to complete their seasons, with the September 9 NASCAR Nextel Cup race from Richmond International Raceway scheduled to be the final AFN radio sports play-by-play broadcast. |
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