Charleston Panther Fans....got some bad news.

[Sweeneyman]

Thank you Shawn for your thoughts and comments.

In the many years we have aired Panthers this is the first time we considered a preemption, and obviously, was not a wise decision.

In the future we will continue to support and air the Panthers games as they are available from the network.

I Apologize for the inconvenience we may have caused you and your family.

Again, thanks for your support.

Sincerely,

Bill Littleton

Program Director

WTAT/WMMP

On 11/16/2010 10:19 AM, Sweeney, Shawn wrote:

> Bill,

>

> How are you? I hope I find you well.

>

> At any rate, I wanted to email you, and express my deep regret that

> you chose not to air the Carolina Panthers game on Sunday, and instead

> aired the Chicago Bears game. WE are not in Chicago, and as bad as the

> Panthers are this season, they are still the home team in essence, and

> are deserving of local broadcast and support. I am unsure of where in

> the country you hail from, but I assure you………………….we are loyal to our

> teams here in the south regardless of a down year. I seriously hope

> you give more thought to these decisions in the future, because in

> this case…………….you upset a lot of people. Have a great day!!!

>

> Best Regards

>

> Shawn Sweeney

Seems as though we are getting our point across.

[Hotsauce]

Bill emailed me back to, pretty similar response...said it was a bad decision, etc...

I would encourage everyone to please continue emailing him. Please remember to be respectful, it will send the correct message to the network we are trying to get across!

[Happy Panther]

I bet he throws on Woman's Field Hockey from Tibet next game just to spite all of you

[mav1234]

he apologized to me as well, said it won't happen again and it was a big mistake.

I wasn't sure I'd even get a response. It was mostly just a copy of what other people got but hey, at least they said they wouldn't do it again.

Grats, Charleston

[Spaceballs83]

If i could quit my job right now and be given one in Charleston, SC i would move there today. Been to that city twice....love it!

[jasonluckydog]

I would like to thank everybody for your help and emails! This is why the Huddle is awesome because of you.

Jason

[FuzzyDuck13]

Brett Favre & The casual NFL fan combine for a LOT more ratings than the 1-8 Panthers and the fluke Tampa Bay Bucs that don't even get their games shown outside of a 50 square mile radius in Florida.

Sad, but true.

With their lack of sellouts this season they haven't even been getting that 50 mile radius.

[jtm]

I got same response also. Keep them coming.

[CatMan72]

Got the same response as others, I'm sure this guy was overwhelmed by the # of emails he got about this, LOL

[Hotsauce]

I was driving home today, and heard someone threw in a plug on Primetime with the Pacman. Pac was saying that viewers were calling into the station, saying that they refused to watch the Panthers game ???WTF??? He mentioned that he had gotten emails from people this week. I think Pac had it backwards, and was wrong...