Frankly, I get a little tired of people bashing Katie Couric. And Fort Myers is hardly the only market where she leads in audience. Here in my area, she leads in Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Roanoke, and Charleston (SC). I'm sure there are many other markets where results are the same.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
Couric #1 in SW Florida
- Thread starter JayR
- Start date
fortmill said:
In most markets, the #1 for network news will be the #1 in local news (at least at 6:00). WRAL, WFMY, WDBJ, and WCSC tend to be the 800 pound gorillas in their markets (from what I hear), so there may be no surprise Couric is tops. I suspct WTOC Savannah is the same.
In Atlanta, where the 800 pound gorilla (WSB-TV) delays ABC World News until 7:00, WSB's local news at 6:30 beats NBC Nightly News (WXIA) and CBS Evening News (WGCL). And ABC World News gets higher ratings at 7:00 on WSB than NBC or CBS does.
Follow the 800 pound gorilla around to the #1 network news in those markets.
JayR said:
I've actually visited SW Florida on several occasions, and there are plenty of young residents there, not to mention the senior communities a previous poster mentioned (but nothing like nursing homes). Fort Myers is actually one of the fastest-growing populations in the state of Florida.
Hey JayR, if you don't like it in your area... why don't you move!
How about Miami? How does she do there?
I guarantee that if WTVT/13 Tampa-St. Petersburg
and WJXT/4 Jacksonville were still CBS affiliates,
that would be two more Florida markets in her
column, because they were 800-pound gorillas in
the Cronkite/Rather days (WTVT became a Fox o&o
in 1994; WJXT went independent in 2002, giving the
NBC affiliates the edge in both markets). Little or
no chance of her being number one in Orlando:
WKMG/6 is the perennial number three there, and I
would guess that Charlie Gibson is probably number
one in that market.
I guarantee that if WTVT/13 Tampa-St. Petersburg
and WJXT/4 Jacksonville were still CBS affiliates,
that would be two more Florida markets in her
column, because they were 800-pound gorillas in
the Cronkite/Rather days (WTVT became a Fox o&o
in 1994; WJXT went independent in 2002, giving the
NBC affiliates the edge in both markets). Little or
no chance of her being number one in Orlando:
WKMG/6 is the perennial number three there, and I
would guess that Charlie Gibson is probably number
one in that market.
I catch my wife watching CBS Evening News sometimes, and then I realize it's only because she comes on after the WRAL News (the 800 pound news gorilla in Raleigh-Durham). Then we turn it to King of Queens or something else....
Here's my theory-there are a lot of homes in SW Fla.that are occupied by the seasonals or snowbirds who come for 3-6 months of the year. Many do not have cable (there are still a LOT of outdoor antennas in my MH park) and many of those antennas have much stronger VHF than UHF elements-go figure. It's been said that the winter population of Charlotte County Fla (within the Ft. Myers viewing area) is approx 2X the population of the year rounders.
Do the cable penetration #'s take into account the snowbirds as well as the permanent Fla residents?
There are a lot of very elderly, fixed income people, who make do with very little money. Not enough to afford cable/satelite. But with a strong loyalty to CBS.
Do the cable penetration #'s take into account the snowbirds as well as the permanent Fla residents?
There are a lot of very elderly, fixed income people, who make do with very little money. Not enough to afford cable/satelite. But with a strong loyalty to CBS.
- Status