Puyallup and Sequim are always my favories.
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KSTW To Resume Local Newscasts
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The silence here is pretty comical when you think about it. You have people who bemoan the changes in local TV, insisting that the old days were so much better and claim to be such fans of local news. And yet, when a new-newscast comes on the air, few if any pay attention. Guess that's because the new-newscast isn't on KING?
Just to play devil's advocate for one minute, it seems fairly probable that any commentary on the news presentation on KSTW would be met with a certain amount of backlash from the Radio Discussions community. I did check out KSTW and didn't find it to be particularly good (or bad). They were smart to position it at 10, because there would be no viewers in the 11pm slot.
Sure, but where is it? The armchair TV news directors usually lurking here are no where to be found.
Doesn't the local FOX station have their newscast at 10?
Fox now airs their newscast at 11pm along with KING, KIRO, and KOMO.
You mean at both 10 and 11pm.
I thought they still had a 10PM.
They still do but that posted eluted that KCPQ only had an 11pm when obviously that's not the case.
I have not seen the KSTW newscast yet due to it being out of my market. I will try to locate it online soon. That said, they should be given time to iron out the kinks, if they exist.
Why would you cut any station a break now? Getting soft in your old age?
Yes, looking for my walker consumes most of my time these days. If not that, I do make time to tell the neighborhood kids to get off my lawn.
King5 is not king of the ratings. They are in a position that doesn’t create revenue like previous years. I think they should consider moving out of high rent Sodo and find a cheap location for their newscasts. Nobody cares they are near Safeco, or whatever they call it today.
This will be attempt #3 at three stations having newscasts at 10PM.
KSTW flinched in 1998.
KSTW contracted with KIRO for a 10PM newscast in 2002, lasted until 2004, and they flinched again.
A lot has changed in 18 years. Maybe they can make a go of it, but if it's a low budget operation against KCPQ and KONG, seems like a david vs. goliath situation.
I should have clarified my earlier comment a bit better. Fox 13 still runs a 10pm newscast, and it seems like KSTW would be better off competing in the 10pm hour when they have to face KIRO, KOMO, KING, and Fox all at the same time.
CBS launching ‘Now’-branded newscasts at owned-stations July 18
First on NewscastStudio: CBS Television Stations is preparing to launch a series of new newscasts ... Read More
www.newscaststudio.com
KSTW is named as one of the stations getting the now newscasts from CBS. I know KSTW's operations are hubbed from San Francisco from the KPIX-TV offices. KPIX News Anchors might be included on this but the background of the CBS Bay Area offices would change to Seattle when they do the newscast.
I am not so sure of KSTW getting local staff except for the MMA crew. I know of a another CBS affiliate that is notable for producing newscasts in other markets KTVT Dallas. KTVT even produces newscasts for WUPA-tv
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