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Hi Everybody,
In the early 1980s Nelsonville TV Cable began the process of filming local sporting events in their viewing area for rebroadcasting. In days before the internet and instant communication, a person could ignore the radio and wait until a game was broadcast on Nelsonville TV Cable and watch without knowing the outcome of the event. "Live on 5" was an element of local culture that allowed the communities to have an understanding of the athletes from other schools and the ability to follow teams as they progressed through the state playoffs.
Nelsonville TV Cable played an important role in the rivalry between Nelsonville-York and Trimble. For years it was obviously a feature game that would be broadcast every season. As Nelsonville TV Cable expanded, they began filming every game for the schools in their broadcast area. There was a camera crew and commentators for Nelsonville York and a separate one for Trimble. When faced with the decision of which crew would broadcast the yearly Nelsonville-York/Trimble game the only acceptable answer was; both. It's pretty hard to imagine that there was another local cable company that would send two separate camera crews to cover the same sporting event, but Nelsonville TV Cable did just that. If you were a Buckeye and you turned on Channel 15 and heard the Tomcat commentators, chances are you'd wait until the "Nelsonville-York version" of the game is replayed, and vice versa. Over the years many commentators and camera operators have contributed to the Nelsonville-York or Trimble perspective of the rivalry, but one person has been a consistent part of Nelsonville TV Cable's broadcasting team, and that is Jim McCumber. In the years of the single camera crew, Jim McCumber's even demeanor in play by play highlighted a professional delivery of reporting the game as it transpired, even in the shocking or dramatic in which he would simple say "that deserves a big, oh my."
To the countless individuals who have contributed to the broadcast of these games over the decades we offer you our most sincere gratitude for the time and effort to our local community.