WPVI, the ABC O&O in Philadelphia, and ABC News earned a combined cume of 17 million during Tuesday night’s election coverage, according to the station. WPVI’s 6 p.m. newscast was the most-watched of the day, while at 11, WPVI had 375,000 viewers, more than the combined 300,000 viewers on its next two nearest competitors. WPVI’s […]
WJXT Most Watched for Jacksonville Election Coverage
WJXT, Graham Media’s independent station Jacksonville, Fla., was the market’s most watched TV station on election night, according to a statement from the station. WJXT’s coverage was continuous from 7 o’clock Tuesday night until 3:30 Wednesday morning. “We know all stories are local stories,” said Bob Ellis, WJXT’s general manager. “With no network affiliation, covering […]
WSVN Captures Most Viewers On Election Night
WSVN, Miami’s Fox affiliate owned by Sunbeam, won the Election Night coverage with the most viewers on air, online and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The station was the only one in the market to carry election coverage wall-to-wall from 7 Tuesday night until 3:30 Wednesday morning, and the first to announce the Trump victory, […]
WGN Promo Thanks Chicago Cubs Fans
I shared WGN’s poignant spots after the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years. WGN is Tribune’s independent station in Chicago. Here’s a spot that thanks fans for their participation throughout the year into the parade and rally. https://www.facebook.com/WGNTV/videos/10153961910812411/
WDTN’s ‘Food For Friends’ Starts Today
Needy families in the Dayton, Ohio, area have received more than 13 million food items in the 35 years since WDTN first developed its Food for Friends campaign in 1982. “ ‘Working For You’ isn’t just a slogan but our mission as a television station to give back whenever possible,” said Joe Abouzeid, WDTN’s general […]
WVEC’s ‘Conversational’ Morning News Promos
Here are a couple of new morning news promos from WVEC, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in Norfolk, Va. “I am so proud of the work our 13NewsNow Daybreak team does every day!,” wrote Emily Mowers, WVEC’s marketing director. “Human, conversational, relatable, and natural are the aspects we were really wanting to focus on. Those are the […]
KTRK’s Dave Ward: A World Record Anchor
In any business, it’s exceedingly rare for an employee to work at the same place for 50 years. In the world of local television news anchors, it’s almost unheard of. In fact, it’s happened only once, just this week, and it’s a world record. Dave Ward, news anchor at KTRK, ABC’s Houston O&O, holds the […]
A Couple Of New Promos From WPVI
Here are some new promos from WPVI, the ABC O&O in Philadelphia, that I saw posted Facebook. A couple in bed are losing sleep over the WPVI news app. https://www.facebook.com/mike.monsell/videos/10155597868399152/ Meteorologists Adam Joseph and Cecily Tynan are like bother and sister. https://www.facebook.com/6abcActionNews/videos/10157800176345094/
‘Saturday Night Live’ Monday Morning Edition
(NOTE: For some reason, the videos take a little longer than usual to load, but if you wait about 30-60 seconds, they do in fact load. I’m checking into the problem.) I watched many of the segments from this past weekend’s edition of Saturday Night Live on NBC and jotted down some notes that I […]
WGN Airing/Streaming Cubs Parade Today
The Chicago Cubs and their fans have endured the jokes about not winning a championship for far too long. Today, the Cubs and their city can bury the past as they are the 2016 World Series Champs. How does a city celebrate being the World Series Champs when they haven’t won it in a 108 […]