I'm surpise that KNTV does well in the rating with the NBC programs, Syndication, and News. Since KNTV came out of nowhere to be an NBC affliated for the bay area. People in the south bay knows CHannel 11, but people in the city and north bay never heard or can't recieved channel 11 at all in the past. Since CH. 11 now has a decent coverage of the bay area. They should stop focusing heavy on Southbay and concentrate their news for the rest of the bay area.
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KNTV NBC 11
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One reason for KNTV-11's success as an NBC O&O is that they started carrying NBC programs when that network was still number-one in prime-time.
And now, they've got a better over-the-air signal in San Francisco.
And now, they've got a better over-the-air signal in San Francisco.
> I'm surpise that KNTV does well in the rating with the NBC
> programs, Syndication, and News. Since KNTV came out of
> nowhere to be an NBC affliated for the bay area. People in
> the south bay knows CHannel 11, but people in the city and
> north bay never heard or can't recieved channel 11 at all in
> the past. Since CH. 11 now has a decent coverage of the bay
> area. They should stop focusing heavy on Southbay and
> concentrate their news for the rest of the bay area.
>
KNTV didn't exactly "come out of nowhere" - they were the South Bay's ABC affiliate for many years - people in SF, Marin, and the East Bay could get it on cable (then Viacom). Anybody over the age of 35 would have remembered KNTV. In SF, we also got the Sacramento network affiliates and Channel 40, I remember. Then the federal regs changed, giving local affiliates preference on cable so KNTV went away for anybody north of the Peninsula. But KNTV had been around for many years, and had some heritage. Also - since they became the Bay Area's only NBC affiliate, they had a large built in audience. As I remember, there were only about 100,000 viewers in SF and the North Bay who were unable to get NBC11 because they still got their reception over the air. As for their news - maybe I'm getting old and cynical, but all 3 network affiliates news programs seem equally cookie-cutter dull and lifeless to me. On the rare occasions I stay up to watch the late news, I couldn't care less which of the 3 I have on. I will admit that Allen Denton seems to be in an anchorman time warp -he reminds me of the big-name Bay Area anchors from the 1970s...I keep expecting him to tease some titillating Sweeps Month "special series" of reports about the Porn industry, or some such. But Van Amburg he is not - thankfully.
As for their small concentration on Silicon Valley news - I see nothing wrong with that. A significant portion of the Bay Area population either works there, or WANTS to work there.
> programs, Syndication, and News. Since KNTV came out of
> nowhere to be an NBC affliated for the bay area. People in
> the south bay knows CHannel 11, but people in the city and
> north bay never heard or can't recieved channel 11 at all in
> the past. Since CH. 11 now has a decent coverage of the bay
> area. They should stop focusing heavy on Southbay and
> concentrate their news for the rest of the bay area.
>
KNTV didn't exactly "come out of nowhere" - they were the South Bay's ABC affiliate for many years - people in SF, Marin, and the East Bay could get it on cable (then Viacom). Anybody over the age of 35 would have remembered KNTV. In SF, we also got the Sacramento network affiliates and Channel 40, I remember. Then the federal regs changed, giving local affiliates preference on cable so KNTV went away for anybody north of the Peninsula. But KNTV had been around for many years, and had some heritage. Also - since they became the Bay Area's only NBC affiliate, they had a large built in audience. As I remember, there were only about 100,000 viewers in SF and the North Bay who were unable to get NBC11 because they still got their reception over the air. As for their news - maybe I'm getting old and cynical, but all 3 network affiliates news programs seem equally cookie-cutter dull and lifeless to me. On the rare occasions I stay up to watch the late news, I couldn't care less which of the 3 I have on. I will admit that Allen Denton seems to be in an anchorman time warp -he reminds me of the big-name Bay Area anchors from the 1970s...I keep expecting him to tease some titillating Sweeps Month "special series" of reports about the Porn industry, or some such. But Van Amburg he is not - thankfully.
As for their small concentration on Silicon Valley news - I see nothing wrong with that. A significant portion of the Bay Area population either works there, or WANTS to work there.
> I'm surpise that KNTV does well in the rating with the NBC
> programs, Syndication, and News. Since KNTV came out of
> nowhere to be an NBC affliated for the bay area. People in
> the south bay knows CHannel 11, but people in the city and
> north bay never heard or can't recieved channel 11 at all in
> the past. Since CH. 11 now has a decent coverage of the bay
> area. They should stop focusing heavy on Southbay and
> concentrate their news for the rest of the bay area.
>
I never watched KNTV when it was ABC nor do I watch it now. I don't like thier SJ slant.
> programs, Syndication, and News. Since KNTV came out of
> nowhere to be an NBC affliated for the bay area. People in
> the south bay knows CHannel 11, but people in the city and
> north bay never heard or can't recieved channel 11 at all in
> the past. Since CH. 11 now has a decent coverage of the bay
> area. They should stop focusing heavy on Southbay and
> concentrate their news for the rest of the bay area.
>
I never watched KNTV when it was ABC nor do I watch it now. I don't like thier SJ slant.
> One reason for KNTV-11's success as an NBC O&O is that they
> started carrying NBC programs when that network was still
> number-one in prime-time.
>
> And now, they've got a better over-the-air signal in San
> Francisco.
>
Does anybody know why the audio and video are slightly out of synch on KNTV? I watch the over the air analog signal and it's very noticeable.
> started carrying NBC programs when that network was still
> number-one in prime-time.
>
> And now, they've got a better over-the-air signal in San
> Francisco.
>
Does anybody know why the audio and video are slightly out of synch on KNTV? I watch the over the air analog signal and it's very noticeable.
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