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KIAH to pioneer NewsFix format for Tribune stations
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I've sometimes thought about doing a newscast this way. It's going to require far more work than if you had reporters tracking packages and anchors reading vosot scripts.
I applaud them for trying something new, but this likely won't work. The viewers will have to pay very close attention to understand what's going on in any given story. It some ways this is better suited for a PBS station.
I applaud them for trying something new, but this likely won't work. The viewers will have to pay very close attention to understand what's going on in any given story. It some ways this is better suited for a PBS station.
fredcantu said:
In the mid-80's, KING/5 in Seattle did a 6;30pm newscast called "Top Story". It was a localized version of Ted Koppel's Nightline, spending the majority of the 30 minute newscast on the top story of the day. They spent a few minutes giving the headlines and the weather, a solid 20 minutes on the top story, and wrapped up with a funny story/unusual commentary.
Pros:
- Focused reporting and interviewing on the top story
- Interesting interviews
- The anchors (Mike James and Lori Matsukawa) devoted their entire day to this one show.
- Solid reporting
Cons:
- Viewers didn't tune in. Apparently, even in Seattle, not many were interested in in-depth news.
- Very expensive to produce (had to devote two full-time anchors to this)
- Detracted from the flagship 5pm newscast, because they didn't want to "give it all away" at 5pm (but of course had to devote time to the top story of the day). Lead to awkward truncated reports on the 5pm newscast. They would cover the top story for about 90 seconds and then say "we'll have more on Top Story at 6:30".
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Oh, my...Lee Abrams has RE-discovered the Newsreel format of the 30s-40s-50s. Someone cue the "Texas News March," please.
Who knows, maybe someone else can "discover" Live-n-Local Radio again...
Who knows, maybe someone else can "discover" Live-n-Local Radio again...
JHBrandt said:
At the time, the problem was the need to fill a ONE HOUR flagship newscast at 5pm before doing "Top Story" at 6:30pm without being repetitive. KING's problem at the time was that they were a bit "old school" -- assuming that people actually watched the entire, one-hour 5pm newscast from start to finish. They didn't want to do the weather twice or even "update" their headlines at 5:30pm, which was frustrating for those of us who got home at 5:15pm.
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