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jossip.com - 8/4/2008
A Decade Later, 2,118 Percent More Olympics
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When CBS televised the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, some 170 hours of coverage were broadcast over 17 days. When NBC wraps up its coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it will have broadcast 3,600 hours. [ FT ] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: CBS , NBC , Olympics
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