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Monday, August 2nd, 2010WBZ made some minor changes to its news open this week. The new open includes diamond shaped lower third features, and a slightly different musical cut. Another potential aesthetic change lies ahead for WBZ as well. NewsByte2, a television news blog out of New York, linked to WCBS-TV’s new website which is set to launch [...]
July Sweeps In
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The July sweeps period was the same old song and dance in Boston. For the sixth straight month WCVB won all newscasts in terms of total viewers. Here is the break down for total viewers Monday-Friday: 5-6 AM WCVB: 55,000 WHDH: 34,000 WFXT: 20,000 WBZ: 17,000 6-7 AM WCVB: 94,000 WHDH: 72,000 WBZ: 41,000 WFXT: [...]
Tran Hired Full Time
Monday, July 12th, 2010After freelancing at WHDH-TV for the past few months, Susan Tran has been hired as a full time reporter at WHDH. In an internal memo to news staffers, WHDH news director Linda Miele said, “Susan’s brought her high-energy to our shows as a freelancer for the last few months and I’m very excited she’s now [...]
WCVB Wins June
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010The June ratings yielded few surprises, with WCVB again coming away as the overall winner. Here are the ratings, Monday-Friday P2+. 5 AM WCVB: 60,000 WHDH: 44,000 WFXT: 24,000 WBZ: 20,000 6 AM WCVB: 97,000 WHDH: 79,000 WFXT: 55,000 WBZ: 41,000 7-9 AM WHDH (Today): 91,000 WCVB (GMA): 78,000 WFXT (Local): 60,000 WBZ (Early): 29,000 [...]
May Sweeps In
Thursday, May 27th, 2010The May sweeps numbers are in, and they show another winning month for WCVB. You can compare the numbers to last May, which show WCVB surging in the morning and at 11 PM at the expense of WHDH and WBZ in 2010. Here are the P2+ numbers: 5-6 AM WCVB: 56,000 WHDH: 35,000 WFXT: 30,000 [...]
Emmy Awards Presented
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010The 33rd Boston/New England Emmy Awards were presented early this week. WBZ/WSBK came away with the most Emmys (15), followed by WCVB (5), WFXT (4), WHDH (4), and NECN (1). Here are a few categories of note: Newscast Evening- Larger Market (Winner: WBZ) WBZ News at 11 (8/27/09) & WBZ News at 6, Kevin Osgood [...]
5 Sweeps Again
Thursday, April 29th, 2010For the third straight month, WCVB had the most viewers for every newscast (Monday-Friday, P2+). Here’s how the numbers broke down: 5-6 AM WCVB: 50,000 WHDH: 36,000 WFXT: 27,000 WBZ: 19,000 6-7 AM WCVB: 98,000 WHDH: 81,000 WFXT: 59,000 WBZ: 41,000 While we are on the topic of mornings, I wanted to commend WBZ on [...]
Award Season!
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010There are several award related announcements to be made, so I am going to lump them into one post: The Radio Television Digital News Association recently announced the regional 2010 Edward R. Murrow Award winners. Here are the Boston winners from Region 10 (New England): Overall Excellence: WCVB Video Breaking News Coverage: WCVB MBTA Green [...]
Herald, WHDH Sued
Saturday, April 10th, 2010The Boston Globe reports that Joanna Marinova, a co-director of a local non profit organization, has filed a lawsuit against The Boston Herald and WHDH-TV. She claims that both news organizations defamed her when they falsely reported last year that she had sex with an inmate in a visitors’ area of a Bridgewater prison. The [...]
WCVB Continues to Dominate
Thursday, April 1st, 2010The viewership numbers for March 2010 are in, and WCVB is on top yet again. The following numbers are adults 2+ Monday-Friday. A few things to note: – I included the numbers for 7:30 PM to show how Chronicle stacks up against syndicated programs on other stations since it has been a topic of discussion [...]
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