{"id":323731,"date":"2025-10-22T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/323731\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:48:10","slug":"nbc-hits-audio-issues-in-return-to-nba-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/323731\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC hits audio issues in return to NBA coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-media \">The opening minutes of NBA on NBC\u2019s return included a \u201cmad dash to replace a microphone that had been hindered by audio issues.\u201d It prompted host <b>Maria Taylor <\/b>and analysts <b>Carmelo Anthony<\/b>, <b>Vince Carter<\/b> and <b>Tracy McGrady <\/b>to \u201cplay pass the mic.\u201d McGrady had early issues with his mic that \u201cprevented viewers from hearing\u201d what he was saying. Someone off-screen \u201chanded Taylor a new mic, which was then given to McGrady.\u201d The audio issues \u201cweren\u2019t over just yet, as moments later, Taylor\u2019s mic cut out as she was attempting to steer the conversation.\u201d McGrady: \u201cThis is the first night, so it\u2019s not gonna be perfect, NBC family.\u201d The issues \u201csubsided after the first commercial break as the show avoided any further audio snafus\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/21\/sports\/nbc-still-working-out-kinks-as-nba-returns-to-its-airwaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/21\/sports\/nbc-still-working-out-kinks-as-nba-returns-to-its-airwaves\/\">N.Y. POST, 10\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-media \">Viewers \u201cloved how the network leaned into the nostalgia of the 90s, the energy of the pregame show and the chemistry between commentators, as well as the player intros, which fans were particularly fired up about.\u201d Save for the pregame audio issue, \u201cwe\u2019re off to a pretty strong start\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nba-on-nbc-earns-rave-early-reviews-from-fans-season-opener-rockets-thunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nba-on-nbc-earns-rave-early-reviews-from-fans-season-opener-rockets-thunder\">SI, 10\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The opening minutes of NBA on NBC\u2019s return included a \u201cmad dash to replace a microphone that had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":323732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1339,1260,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-323731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115417664930751619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}