Archive for December, 2009
December Numbers & 2009 Review
Thursday, December 31st, 2009As 2009 draws to a close I have a look at this month’s P2+ numbers. After the monthly numbers I have added some notes about how the ratings have shifted over the course of this year. 5-6 AM WCVB: 51,000 WBZ: 34,000 WHDH: 29,000 WFXT: 26,000 6-7 AM WCVB: 88,000 WBZ: 63,000 WFXT: 60,000 WHDH: [...]
Examples of Getting Local
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009No real news in this post, just a few observations from WBZ-TV. Did anyone catch Jonathan Elias’ report on the Massachusetts fishing industry this week? If you didn’t, the bottom line was that fishermen are facing huge regulation from the government which is hurting business. Whether or not you agree with the fishing industry and [...]
Meteorologist Laid Off
Sunday, December 13th, 2009After 25 years at WNDS/WZMY-TV, meteorologist Al Kaprielian is being laid off effective December 31. The station, which once produced evening newscasts, has been getting away from news and moving more towards syndicated programming over the past several years. As a result, Al has been the only on air personality at MyTV for some time [...]
New WHDH.com Goes Live
Sunday, December 6th, 2009An updated version of WHDH.com went live this weekend, and in my opinion it has a lot of great improvements. For starters, the homepage looks far more professional with white, red, and black being the dominant colors. Stories are also organized in an easy to read format, as opposed to the old site which always [...]