One day every year for the past 28 years, KSBW, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, Calif., conducts a broadcast fundraiser, KSBW Share Your Holiday, together with the Salvation Army to collect money, food and toys for those in need. This year, California’s Central coast residents were felling especially generous. More than $161,000 in cash […]
Rain Drives Ratings For KUSI San Diego
It doesn’t rain much in sunny San Diego. And when it does, viewers turn out to watch the rain coverage on local TV. KUSI, the independent station there owned by McKinnon Broadcasting, had one of its highest rated newscasts on Thursday night, Dec. 11, at 10. “Everybody turns to us when there’s something going on,” […]
Jimmy Kimmel Montage: We Need The Rain
It’s raining in Southern California but that’s OK, because apparently, they need the rain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdsgQdZ9HQY
Cool Yule Promos From Days Of Yore
These days, the major networks supply their affiliates with everything they need to create and customize holiday promos. The theme, the music, the graphics, shots of their favorite network entertainment and news personalities, the works. All the station has to do is insert shots of its news personalities and voila, and it has a high-end, […]
It’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ On Wednesday Morning
For those of you who missed last weekend’s show, or maybe you did watch it and are a little fuzzy about the details, here are some funny skits from this past Saturday Night Live on NBC. Do the shows hold up in the light of day or are they just a bit funnier on Saturday […]
WGN Chicago’s ‘Merry Own’ Holiday Spots
It’s that magical time of year, the November sweeps are over and that festive time is just ahead. The POPs (proof of performance) spots are made and airing, the press releases spinning the ratings have been written and sent. So what is your station doing on-air to share the holiday spirit? Send me your station […]
JC Penney Proves It’s Better To Give
If I had a million bucks, I’d love to just give it all away, a little at a time. I’d do it on TV, like that old show The Millionaire. Maybe I could get Jay Leno to host it. See that older woman in a wheelchair waiting for a bus, she gets $10,000. The guy […]
Mom’s Murder Inspires Toy Drive By WMAR Cameraman
It’s that time of year when many TV stations conduct toy drives to benefit children in need. And while all toy drives celebrate the joy of giving to those less fortunate, one TV stations’ toy drive has a sad beginning. Photojournalist Pete O’Neal has seen many crime scenes during at 30 years at WMAR, the […]
KYW Philadelphia Launches Toy Campaign
In its 29th year, the Joy of Sharing toy campaign kicks off this holiday season benefitting children in need in Philadelphia. The Joy of Sharing campaign will collect toys at various drop off sites around the city until Friday, Dec. 19. CBS O&O KYW, WPSG (the company’s CW affil in the market) and all CBS […]
BYU Scores With 1960s-Era TV Drama
It’s a national television network that airs more than hundreds of hours of sports, but it’s not ESPN. It advocates family-friendly programming, but it’s not the Hallmark Channel. It can be seen in more than 53 million homes, and next year it celebrates its 50th anniversary in television. And yet, unless you live in Salt […]