Packers fan wants to know why radio, TV can't sync their game broadcasts
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/fans/2025/12/17/reader-wants-to-know-why-radio-tv-cant-sync-packers-games-green-bay/87739635007/
"Key points
TV broadcasts are often delayed compared to more real-time radio broadcasts.
Syncing radio and TV is impractical due to the variety of broadcast delays across different platforms like cable, satellite, and streaming. ...
.. Why isn't the radio broadcast delayed the same short time to coordinate with the action on the field? ..
... I can imagine radio stations would love to do it if they could. ..
.. From personal experience, I can tell you I hear the fireworks when the Packers score a touchdown in Lambeau Field. I know that some 30 seconds later I'll see that play on my cable-fed smart TV. But when I am on the phone with a friend in Arizona and we are watching the same broadcast, he sees plays some 20 second before I do. ..
... In the days when the only place to watch the game was the over-the-air broadcast from one of the four networks – ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox – that might have been possible. Well, more possible. Maybe. ..
... A friend of mine, who also likes to listen to radio and watch TV, offered these suggestions to sync broadcasts. ... "