WAVY, the Media General-owned NBC affiliate in the Hampton Roads, Va., area, (comprising Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News), is reminding drivers to steer clear of distracted drivers all month long because April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The station is featuring on-air messages from its traffic reporter Jen Lewis, as well as tips […]
WCIA Expands Local Programming Again
WCIA, the Nexstar-owned CBS affiliate in Champaign, Illinois expanded its 6 p.m. newscast to an hour yesterday. But hey, when you already do a live, hour-long, local magazine show geared towards women every morning and a live, hour-long, life-style show every afternoon, producing an extra half-hour news segment is no big deal, right? “We have […]
‘Saturday Night Live’ On Easter Monday
Michael Keaton was guest host and Carly Rae Jepsen was the musical guest (Rolling Stone called her performance “captivating”), on NBC’s Saturday Night Live this past weekend. You can browse through 40 seasons of SNL by clicking here.
KSNV Wins Jackpot In Vegas Early And Late News
Now that the February ratings period is in the books, some TV stations are reporting a change in news viewership. So over the past few weeks, Market Share has been interviewing local news and marketing managers and showing relevant news promos from local news operations that performed well in February to try and determine why. […]
High Drama On The High Seas: Covering Sailor Rescued After 66 Days
When it comes to riveting news stories, nothing can beat a sailor surviving 66 days alone and adrift at sea, in my opinion. I have a fascination with rough seas, ships sailing and sinking and people surviving shipwrecks. So when I saw that a shipwrecked sailor who had been adrift at sea for 66 days […]
KGTV News At 11, From Second To First
Now that the February ratings period is complete, some TV stations are reporting a change in news viewership. So Market Share has been interviewing local news and marketing managers from operations that performed well in February to try to determine why. So far, we’ve reviewed station ratings performances in Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, West Palm, and […]
WTVT Celebrates 60 Years Of Broadcasting
Sixty years ago, a postage stamp was 3 cents and a gallon of gas set you back 29 cents. Sixty years ago, the Honeymooners started airing on TV, James Dean died in his Porsche in California, and Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. And 60 […]
WHBQ Memphis Names New Creative Services Director
Ron DeJoseph is the new creative services director at WHBQ, the Cox-owned Fox affiliate in Memphis. DeJoseph comes from WSOC, Cox’s ABC affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., where he’s currently the promotion manager, running the marketing department until WSOC hires a creative services director there. WSOC’s former creative services director went to the Cox operation in […]
Watch The Longest, Toughest 2,000-Mile Race
OK, we’re all going on a little trip, say 2,000 miles. That would be like driving from Philadelphia to Santa Fe. Or Seattle to Dallas. Butte to New Orleans. Quite a haul. But we’ll be comfy in the car, out of the elements, stopping regularly at convenience stores along the way for refreshments and potty […]
‘Saturday Night Live’ Laughs On Monday Morning
The guest host for Saturday Night Live on NBC this past week was Dwayne Johnson, AKA “The Rock.” In looking around the Internet for any word about this past weekend’s show, I came across a review on The A.V. Club, an entertainment website published by The Onion. Here are just a few comments it made […]