KRON4 has dumped its Saturday 5PM newscast, (more infomercials) but has added a 9PM show.
I talked to a KRON on-air staffer who confirmed that indeed, 5Pm was shelved, (has to be cost-cutting move) but what else is new at 1001 Van Ness, where more ominous financial conditions continue to plague the SF independent, in addition to newsroom turmoil and unrelenting industry gossip regarding upper newsroom management activity. Stay tuned on that one.
BAY MEDIA NOTES:
***KTVU wins September; SF zoo bear story pulls pool query; KNBR morning mystery
KTVU won the Sept. '09 ratings wars across the board in Bay Area local TV. Both morning news and "Mornings on 2" dominated across the board...The Bay Area local TV news got another reminder of economic downsizing. As news of the man who made his way into the bear den at SF zoo, a widely-used actuality of a SFPD officer and eyewitness of the account were simultaneously played on several local newscasts, including ABC7 and KTVU. The "pool" actuality saves money and expect to see a lot of this shared content as financial resources are scant...KNBR mystery: KNBR morning man Brian Murphy was absent this morning on the stations a.m. show. Was he sick? On vacation? We don't know because his sidekick, "Paulie" didn't say anything about why "Murph" was mysteriously absent from the broadcast. Only thing that was uttered, "Murph is out today; we 'hope to have him back, maybe tomorrow." Geez, thanks for the clear-up.
*********
Follow me on Twitter; listen to my sports commentary on XTRA Sports 860 AM and read me daily at Examiner.com
No comments:
Post a Comment