Effects of NBC's Hockey Programming on Local Broadcasters

[Morgan Wick]

For all that stations may hate waiting to do news, they love the lead-in.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Apparently Phoenix was in the top 10 out of all TV markets for ratings for the game, alongside traditional hockey markets (Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis ranked) and some unusual winners (Tampa, Raleigh).

I believe Raleigh and Tampa Bay have both had Stanley Cup championship-winning teams in the last dozen years.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Maybe if a Finals game goes into overtime, NBC should give the local affiliates in the Eastern and Central time zones a ten-minute window for an abbreviated newscast during the intermission between the end of regulation and the start of ther first overtime, as well as the regular half-hour late news after the game, whenever it ends.

For the West, the network could feed the first ten minutes of "Nightly News".

 

[Brother]

What I don't understand is with the number of TV stations streaming live newscasts on their websites WHY they just don't run their late newscasts on their websites (And now mobile apps) live as they usually would as if there was no such conflict on the local OTA front & then simply broadcast the recording of that newscast locally when it's possible to do so

Any breaking news can be pushed to the website & app unless they have a crew already on the scene

This isn't specific to any one broadcaster, station or network affiliate or even O&O. It's industry wide

I don't get it. Am I the only one who doesn't get it?

Just saying.....

Cheers & 73 ;D

Wouldn't it be easier to move the local news to one of their subchannels (most NBC affiliates have them), run a crawl during the hockey game to promote it, then rerun it on the main channel after the game is over?

Also, I thought everyone here was demanding more intense localism in their TV stations. Seems to me that running a live newscast after the game, no matter how long the wait, can be a great way to show their localism and unwavering, undeniable respect for their viewers. "Hey, look at us! It doesn't matter how long this game took, but we're here for you, live and in person, just like we promised! More proof that we're trustworthy, dagnabbit!" Of course, they can reword that to suit the tastes of the specific television market.

 

[landtuna]

Wouldn't it be easier to move the local news to one of their subchannels (most NBC affiliates have them), run a crawl during the hockey game to promote it, then rerun it on the main channel after the game is over?

If we are to believe statistics approximately 85% of viewers would not be able to watch the sub channel because they subscribe to cable or sat.

Given that most viewers have already heard or watched the local news prior to the start of the game it is probably unnecessary for them to be subjected to another barrage of car dealer ads er, I mean local news when they really should be in bed.

 

[Brother]

Wouldn't it be easier to move the local news to one of their subchannels (most NBC affiliates have them), run a crawl during the hockey game to promote it, then rerun it on the main channel after the game is over?

If we are to believe statistics approximately 85% of viewers would not be able to watch the sub channel because they subscribe to cable or sat.

Given that most viewers have already heard or watched the local news prior to the start of the game it is probably unnecessary for them to be subjected to another barrage of car dealer ads er, I mean local news when they really should be in bed.

Satellite, I'll definitely grant you. I do know that in St. Louis, all subchannels from the Big Four and CW affiliates are on local cable systems. It can be a tricky matter of finding them, but a crawl on the main channel would help out. I can't speak for any other markets, though, so I'll concede it's different elsewhere.

No quarrel at all with your second statement. I suppose my contention with Pat Cook's original idea is that if people want their late local news at their normal starting time, the last thing they'll try is searching the station's website for it. Perhaps crazier still, trying to figure out a mobile app that the average late news viewer simply has never needed to understand. I suppose that could be fine for that whole "we're there for you everywhere you go" jazz, but how necessary would it be? The late news viewer more than likely will just switch it to another newscast or go to bed.

 

[mescutia]

Personally, these stations just need to stop wasting their .2 channels already. They never use them for spillover, which seems to be an intelligent choice.

WCVB in Boston does that with its subchannel. It usually has MeTV on it, but when they stayed with news on 5.1 during both the blizzard earlier this year and the manhunt for the marathon bombing suspect, the MeTV programming was replaced by ABC's programming. I don't know if WCVB runs the 11pm newscast on 5.2 if there's a live event delaying it on 5.1, though.