LAS VEGAS -- If Sam Flood has his way, the radio communications that NBC viewers will hear between drivers, spotters and crew chiefs won't be taped -- they will be aired live. It's what makes sports great," said Flood, executive producer of NBC Sports, which returns as a NASCAR broadcast partner in 2015. I wouldn't want to be on an NBC show having the FCC catch an F-bomb being plopped out of the air. NBC and NBC Sports Network will air the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races of the season beginning in 2015, and even though that kickoff is still more than a year away, the network's plans for NASCAR are already coming into focus.
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