Archive for August, 2009
2009-2010 DMAs Announced
Saturday, August 29th, 2009Nielsen has announced its 2009-2010 DMA Rankings, which go into effect next month. Boston will stay at market 7, and all other top 10 markets remain unchanged. Boston’s total TV homes increases from 2,409,080 to 2,410,180. Total TV homes around the country increases from 114,456,650 to 114,866,380. In the top 20 markets, there are some [...]
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 [...]
Venuti to MIT
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009It has been sort of slow in the TV world this month, but there is now finally something to report. Joe Venuti, most recently a weather producer and fill-in meteorologist at WCVB, has left the station for a full time research position with MIT. Joe tells me, “I’m working with a group that is contracted [...]