KOAA, the NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs owned by Cordillera Communications, leads the market by a nose — less than 40,000 social media actions as its nearest competitor — in the past six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. KOAA posted 1.2 million total social actions in that period, accounting for […]
WSB Interviews Ex-Wife Of Husband Who Killed Son In Hot Car
You probably remember the case from a couple years ago. A father who intentionally left his 2-year-old son in a hot car to die. Investigators say he was engaged in online flirting and had affairs with a prostitute and an under-age teenager and concluded he killed his son to escape his family life. Ross Harris […]
WFAA Promo Is Scary But That’s The Point
After watching a recent WFAA promo, the next time I’m in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, I’m taking the bus, a train or walking. Because apparently, if I get a ride in a cab, or with Uber or Lyft, there’s no telling who’s really driving the car. A three-part investigation by WFAA, Tegna’s ABC affiliate, reveals […]
Duane Lammers Helps Stations Get Their Share Of Retrans Dollars
All of the billions of dollars in retransmission consent fees that broadcasters receive, like found money, can be traced back to a single penny held in the hand of Duane Lammers, then COO of Nexstar Broadcasting. That was the opening sentence in the column I wrote almost exactly a year ago called, The Retrans Man, […]
WDIV’s ‘ClickOnDetroit’ Top News Website In Detroit
ClickOnDetroit.com, WDIV’s website, had more than a million unique visitors during December 2016, making it the No. 1 news and information site in Detroit, according to the latest comScore data. WDIV is Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in the Motor City. ClickOnDetroit, beat the nearest competition, (Freep.com, 979,458), (MLive.com, 806,043, and (Detroitnews.com, 617,240), according to the […]
Black & White & Bold: KLRT’s New Promo
KLRT, Mission Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate in Little Rock, Ark., wanted to create a promo for Donna Terell and Kevin Kelly — the longest-running anchor team in town — that had attitude. After all, this spot was going to run in the Super Bowl, and it had to have the kind of production value that could air […]
In The Mood For Music? Check The Weather First
It’s a dank winter day outside — cloudy, drizzly and foggy. The kind of weather that makes you want to listen to a sad song, and now, thanks to AccuWeather and Spotify, there’s a whole playlist of sad songs for you — or the right music for whatever kind of weather you’re experiencing. Does the weather influence […]
Best Platform For Topicals, Broadcast Or Facebook?
You’re sitting around with the general manager and news director talking news topicals, everybody’s favorite topic. The GM asked you point-blank, which platform do you think works best to promote our late news, Facebook or our own on-air? You take a sip of your coffee to buy time and ponder. You have about a million […]
WMAR Joins 30 Broadcasters In Airing Heroin Special
WMAR, the ABC affiliate in Baltimore owned by Scripps, is airing the new documentary, Breaking Heroin’s Grip: Road to Recovery, Saturday night, Feb. 11 at 7. In addition to WMAR, Breaking Heroin’s Grip: Road to Recovery will air on nearly 30 radio and TV stations in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., either simultaneously with […]
WDTN’s ‘Living Dayton’ Celebrates 5th Year
TV stations looking for examples of successful locally-produced programming to replace syndicated fare need look no further than Dayton, Ohio. That’s because WDTN, the NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar, has been producing a local lifestyle program called Living Dayton for the past five years. That’s 1,300 shows with more than 10,000 segments. This is a […]