Recent news items indicate big changes are coming for the traditional form of broadcasting baseball games in Japan and the end of the line for baseball -- and other sports -- on Armed Forces Network radio in our world of high-tech, satellite and cable communications.
According to the Nikkan Sports paper of July 8, Tokyo's Fuji-TV and its network affiliates will next month discontinue terrestrial telecasts of Yomiuri Giants road games. To watch the games live in the future, viewers will need a cable or satellite system that includes the channels Fuji 739 and Fuji 721.
It is expected other stations and networks will eventually follow the trend and air games of the Giants and other teams on pay TV only.