Are Fox Stations Known For Being Cheap?

[landtuna]

I was watching my local Fox O&O this morning and they were doing a piece on the upcoming landfall of a tropical storm in Corpus Christi, TX. The Corpus reporter was doing a location shot in front of a rather large marina when my guy, who is a sailboat enthusiast, asked "which one of those yachts is yours?"

The reporter laughed and replied "I work for Fox. You don't have to ask."

I've heard several asides to this same subject over the past few months from people employed at Fox stations.

Are they just joking or is there some truth to their statements?

 

[LKellerIII]

KTVU Oakland/San Francisco is certainly not known for being cheap - quite the opposite. KTVU's news department easily rivals the local "Big 3" O&O stations, and has had a top rated 10:00 O'Clock newscast for decades - well before the station affiliated with Fox.

What you saying may be true for smaller market Fox affiliates - all those "Fox 47s" and "Fox 65s" out there. But in this economy, that could probably be said for a lot of the Big 3 smaller market affiliates, as well.

 

[Sammi Brie]

landtuna, if you had to ask longtime 10 employees which owner was the best for the station (Gulf, Taft, Great American, New World or Fox), I don't think any of them would say Fox.

 

[TheRob]

Was the reporter from KRIV by any chance? Years ago, FOX went to the expensive of building a helicopter pad for that station... but they built the pad under a set of power lines.

When I worked as a FOX O&O employee, we were at the bottom of the totem pole, and we were always up for sale (eventually that came true). They spent the minimum on our news operation.