2014 Boston Marathon TV and Streaming Info
by LetsRun.com
April 20, 2014
There are a slew of ways to watch Monday’s 118th Boston Marathon. The 2014 Boston Marathon women’s race starts at 9:32 am ET and the men’s race at 10 am ET.
The race is being streamed at http://watchlive.baa.org/ starting at 9:30 a.m. ET if you are from one of the following countries United States, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Also, the local television stream is: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014-boston-marathon-live-stream/ which should be available for people in New England.
In the US, it also might be online starting an hour earlier (8:30 am) on Universal Sports.
A live finish line camera is here.
National TV
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In terms of television, in the US, the race is on nationally on Universal Sports in the US. Now, we know many of you don’t get Universal Sports but “in an unprecedented effort to bring coverage of this year’s Boston Marathon events to the largest possible audience, all of the network’s distribution partners are providing free previews of Universal Sports from April 14-21. To find Universal Sports on your channel finder, please visit universalsports.com.”
Monday, April 21
Pre-Race Show
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. ET
Marathon Monday
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
Post-Race Show
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
Wrap Up Show
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
For video highlights and more, go to www.universalsports.com.
Local TV
In terms of local TV, in New England WBZ-TV (Channel 4) offers a full range of Boston Marathon news, features and athlete interviews, starting at 7 am to a complete wrap-up on the WBZ-TV News at 11:00pm.
Monday, April 21
Exclusive Live Local Coverage of the Boston Marathon
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET on WBZ-TV
The Re-Run: Race Re-Broadcast
8:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m. ET on myTV38
WBZ-TV’s coverage can be accessed online in New England only at CBSBoston.com. They also hav an excusive HeartBreak Hill camera.
The local radio station is WBZ NewsRadio 1030.
International TV
The race is on in Canada on Rogers SportsNet.
We haven’t seen anything about it being on the BBC so we don’t know what to tell Brits to do, but our messageboard posters may be able to help you: Boston Marathon TV and Streaming info – Is it on in the UK? Brits a little help?.