Klamath Falls

[c_hawkbob]

Looking at the possibility if taking a job there, so if you know something about it, please speak up!

Most importantly; is it in the Seahawks broadcast area? It's Oregon, which is said to be Seahawks country, but its closer to the Bay Area than Seattle ...

[burrrton]

All I know about Klamath Falls is gathered from passing through it on my way to Redding (zip).

Hope you take it, though, Robert- would be great to meet you at the Clink at some point.

[RiverDog]

The only thing I know about Klamath Falls is that my dad once served there during WW2. He was in the Navy, and I think it was a Marine base that was later converted into a college campus (Oregon Tech?). He had some pretty funny stories to tell about his time there.

[makena]

Looking at the possibility if taking a job there, so if you know something about it, please speak up!

Most importantly; is it in the Seahawks broadcast area? It's Oregon, which is said to be Seahawks country, but its closer to the Bay Area than Seattle ...

C-Bob..

I think North and North Eastern Oregon is mostly Seahawks with 49ers/Raiders in the south and the Packers floating around here and there... but mostly Hawk fans. I'm not sure about Klamath but when I've been down there, I did not see too much hawk stuff.. The DMA (Designated Marketing Area) which is a broadcast boundary system used by Nielson and the US Census stretches from Medford to part of Northern California... so I'm sure you would get Bay area sports teams and the Ducks or Beavers. The coast is pretty Hawk oriented as far as I know. I always feel like they (Oregonians) are hawk fans in general but they seem to be wishy-washy depending on what part of the state you are in; particularly southern Oregon.

My cousin works for the Seahawks back office and one day we were talking about NFL jersey sales and how a good portion of the sales go to women. Anyways, she said to me that the sales in Oregon was something like 75% goes to Hawk fans but I can't remember the exact figure. She broke it down like this:

Seahawks - Niners - Packers - Cowboys

Before the hawks won the superbowl back in 2012, I read an article about how Packers were more popular than the hawks in Oregon. This is not the article but it's close:
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/05/oregon-poll-shows-packers-more-popular-than-nearby-seahawks/
Here is another interesting one:
https://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/index.ssf/2015/01/is_portland_a_seattle_seahawks.html

Also, i looked at yelps best sports bar in Klamath and looked at some of the pictures that were posted. I saw a lot of Ducks stuff and a raiders images but it was hard to tell.
Here is map of NFL teams by County:


I hope you find this helpful.

Mak

[c_hawkbob]

That's great info Mak, exactly what I was looking for ... unfortunately it points to my being stuck with the Bay area teams as my local teams if I take the position.

Oh well, at least I'll be geographically closer, maybe catch a game or two at the Clink instead of always away games.

[burrrton]

Egads- still an 8 hour drive from Klamath Falls- it ain't Kentucky, but I thought it was closer.

[makena]

yeah but you can take the train and make it an adventure. When I was a kid, I took the train down there to check out the caves.
Someone say beverage car?

Mak

[RiverDog]

That's great info Mak, exactly what I was looking for ... unfortunately it points to my being stuck with the Bay area teams as my local teams if I take the position.

Oh well, at least I'll be geographically closer, maybe catch a game or two at the Clink instead of always away games.

At least you can still sign up for Sunday Ticket and get your Seahawk fix. Consider my dilemma:

Earlier this year as I was going on fixed income, I decided to save some money and get rid of my satellite service and utilize OTA broadcasts for the network stations/PBS and an internet streaming service for ESPN, TBS, and other cable stations. This April I discovered that there is no legal way that I can stream Mariner baseball games live even if I bought the all inclusive package from MLB.com as they black out regional teams. And woulnd't you know it that the M's are having the best season they've had in at least 15 years.

Good Luck with your new job should you decide to take it.