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e-dawg

With majority of affiliates in the top-100 markets have locally produce or share newscast. Could they have a 30 min national news like the big three networks have?

I.E. Shepard Smith hosting FOX WORLD REPORT 630ET/530 CT/MT/PT?
 
I'm sure if it was a lucrative option, I am sure that the affiliates would have been carrying one years ago. And with the nightly network news model on the back nine, I would not expect the Fox network to assemble such a program anytime soon.

By the way, technically, the Fox O&O's had their own nightly newscast back in the late 80's. It was called "A Current Affair."
 
DToTheJ said:
I'm sure if it was a lucrative option, I am sure that the affiliates would have been carrying one years ago. And with the nightly network news model on the back nine, I would not expect the Fox network to assemble such a program anytime soon.

By the way, technically, the Fox O&O's had their own nightly newscast back in the late 80's. It was called "A Current Affair."
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...A Current Affair was hardly a "nightly newscast." It's partly why most Fox affiliates of the time still carried Independent Network News. Plus, in many markets, A Current Affair was carried by affiliates of the big 3 (WMTV/15 Madison, an NBC affiliate, carried it while WMSN/47 went with INN; I seem to recall WITI/6 Milwaukee carrying ACA when it was still a CBS affiliate, while WVTV/18 still had INN and the Fox affiliate at the time, WCGV/24, didn't carry either one); when INN folded in 1990, most Fox affiliates (including WMSN) merely picked up CNN Headline News...
 
e-dawg said:
With majority of affiliates in the top-100 markets have locally produce or share newscast. Could they have a 30 min national news like the big three networks have?

I.E. Shepard Smith hosting FOX WORLD REPORT 630ET/530 CT/MT/PT?
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They've long said they have no desire to do that, and considering it's a gradually declining space to be in, why bother at this point?
 
The prediction of the end of the network evening news is nothing new. There was talk of this form of news ending as early as the 1970's, yet all three of the original majors are still doing it. Who knows, with that kind of track record, maybe Fox SHOULD jump aboard!
 
For the most part, the Fox affiliates and O&Os have a successful business model that would be hurt by having a national evening newscast.

The largest Fox stations run extended local newscasts in the early evening hours, and are able to offer local news against the national news on the other three big network affiliates. Smaller Fox stations still counterprogram news in the early evening hours with sitcom reruns. Either way, they're doing well, and wouldn't want to give up a half hour to the network.

There's another issue for some stations, as well. As discussed on another thread, several Fox affiliates have pointedly dissociated their local news operations from the national Fox News cable channel. I don't imagine those stations would be thrilled with having to air a national newscast from Fox News that might undermine that perception of independence.
 
Agreed.

However, this might be an opportunity for Fox to change their image (if indeed they feel the need to do such). There are still many Fox markets, both large and small that do not run evening local news. If there was indeed a national half hour available, this might encourage more local coverage in Fox markets. However, I agree the Fox national news image could be a problem. A problem that could perhaps be alleviated with smart programming.
 
I don't think FOX would want to change the image of their news. CNN and MSNBC already have the liberal side, so why would FOX want to try to take that over.

They are already winning in the ratings, so the only thing going after a slice of the liberal pie would alienate those conservatives.

As for FOX doing a OTA evening newscast. I would ask, why would they do this? Is there more profit than running reruns or TMZ? If not, then why do it. Already NBC, ABC and CBS are splitting up the audience three ways. Would a FOX evening news attract NEW viewers? Or would it just win over viewers from a pie already being sliced three ways.

I think the people that watch the reruns or TMZ type shows, would not switch to news. They'd go to independent stations for more sitcoms or the like. Therefore FOX would only get viewers who already watch news on ABC, NBC, and CBS.
 
Mark said:
I don't think FOX would want to change the image of their news. CNN and MSNBC already have the liberal side...
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Correction - CNN is actually trying to be "neutral"... But they do have their liberal moments...
 
DToTheJ said:
Mark said:
I don't think FOX would want to change the image of their news. CNN and MSNBC already have the liberal side...
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Correction - CNN is actually trying to be "neutral"... But they do have their liberal moments...
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Yes - and they also have their "conservative moments" - they have pundits from both ends of the political spectrum. Conservatives have been complaining for years that the media (in general) is tilted to the left, and I don't disagree. I've known a number of TV, radio, and newspaper reporters in my time, and they were almost all liberals.

But it seems to me that in the mind of many conservatives, the equilibrium has been so shifted to the right by Fox News, that they assume any media outlet that doesn't criticize Obama and "big government" 100% of the time is therefore "liberal." Not true.
 
Mark said:
I don't think FOX would want to change the image of their news. CNN and MSNBC already have the liberal side, so why would FOX want to try to take that over.

They are already winning in the ratings, so the only thing going after a slice of the liberal pie would alienate those conservatives.

As for FOX doing a OTA evening newscast. I would ask, why would they do this? Is there more profit than running reruns or TMZ? If not, then why do it. Already NBC, ABC and CBS are splitting up the audience three ways. Would a FOX evening news attract NEW viewers? Or would it just win over viewers from a pie already being sliced three ways.

I think the people that watch the reruns or TMZ type shows, would not switch to news. They'd go to independent stations for more sitcoms or the like. Therefore FOX would only get viewers who already watch news on ABC, NBC, and CBS.
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Yes, I think this is correct. I wasn't implying that Fox news channel should change, I was saying that if Fox entertainment were to run an early evening half hour it probably would benefit to be more neutral. Afterall, two of the largest markets in the country are strongly liberal cities. (NY, Chicago). LA, SF, and Philly lean liberal as well. At the end of the day, you are correct, TMZ would probably draw the bigger numbers.
 
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