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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Traditional Media Faces Evolution, Not Extinction
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009A new opinion survey by Fisher College and Howell Communications found that traditional media such as newspapers and television news are far from extinct in Boston. Of the survey’s 400 Greater Boston 18+ respondents, 74% said they receive the news “regularly” from TV news, 50% said they received news regularly from newspapers, and 44% said [...]
Biggest Story of the Year
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Early yesterday morning, news broke that long time Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy died. Within minutes, local stations mobilized to cover the story that will likely be the biggest story of the year in Boston. WBZ: WBZ featured live coverage all day, beginning about 40 minutes after the news first broke. Normal CBS programming aired on [...]
July Book ’09
Friday, July 31st, 2009Although the July ratings period is probably the least important all year, it is still interesting to check in and see how the various stations did. Remember, these sweeps periods are somewhat trivial because Boston is in a people metered market (meaning data comes in each day). The numbers below are Live P2+ numbers. 5 [...]
Dick Albert to be Honored at Local Emmys
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009The Boston/New England chapter of the National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences will hold the 32nd Emmy awards this Saturday May 30th in Boston. The awards ceremony, which will be hosted by Tom Bergeron, will honor various stations for notable work over the past year. Dick Albert, long time WCVB meteorologist, will receive the [...]
Sweeps Ends with No Major Shocks
Friday, May 22nd, 2009The May sweeps period is over, and there really weren’t many surprises. Just as we have seen in last books, WHDH has picked up lots of ground to win the morning hours. WCVB, on the other hand, has been slipping as of late, but still remains in second place overall. Midday and the early evening [...]
The Ratings Game
Monday, March 30th, 2009As many of you know, the March Sweeps numbers will be out shortly. These numbers are mainly used to set ad rates in the future. If you are not intimately acquainted with the TV industry, the way ratings are measured may be confusing. This article in today’s Globe may help you sort it all out.
DTV Delay
Monday, February 9th, 2009Earlier this month the President and Congress delayed the national transition to all digital TV. The transition, which had been scheduled to take place later this month, will now occur on or by June 12. Here in Boston, WBZ and WCVB both say they will delay the switch as recommended by the government. The FCC [...]
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