What's dumb is Dori potentially sending listeners over to KUOW, to hear what they're doing instead of the Administration presser. That, and I'm guessing Dori is weary of a public station handing him his lunch on a regular basis.
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KUOW Drops Trump Press Briefings Due To Misinformation
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What's dumb is Dori potentially sending listeners over to KUOW, to hear what they're doing instead of the Administration presser. That, and I'm guessing Dori is weary of a public station handing him his lunch on a regular basis.
He thinks he can demonize public radio to energize his base, yet he's as guilty as they are of skipping the press briefing.
KIRO has run some of them live. KOMO has run most of them live that I am aware of.
As for KUOW, they didn't even run the Democratic presidential debates. There is a lot of news that they do not run. This is really nothing new.
And whether people like Trump or not, we are in a national crisis, and I think the press conferences are important. It's not just Trump speaking. I've heard Fauci speaking and fielding questions at most of the pressers I've heard on the radio. If radio doesn't want to run the pressers, there's the internet. Which is where a lot of radio's audience is ultimately heading, anyway.
That's because CNN wanted a boat load of money from NPR to secure the radio rights. PBS/Pro Publica and NBC weren't charging.
Except that much of the information is either repeated from the prior day, the Presidents personal opinions, or the President rambling on about things that have nothing to do with the pandemic.
I don't know if you can make a generalization about "radio." If KOMO is running them, then "radio" is covered. Every station doesn't have to run the same thing.
Referring back to the KUOW press release, they feel their responsibility is to their members and sticking with their regularly scheduled programming. It's a national crisis, but more importantly it's a local crisis, so providing local information is more important than national information.
Looks like KUOW runs relatively few local shows. There is The Record, from Noon to 1:00. The rest of the afternoon is filled with national shows.
https://public.kuow.org/about/KUOW-Schedule.pdf
https://public.kuow.org/about/KUOW-Schedule.pdf
Is that true? Does anyone have the latest rankings for the M-F Noon-3:00 time slot?
That's not a standard daypart, so only a registered subscriber would be able to tabulate that schedule and that's a violation of the subscriber agreement.
However, a subscriber might be willing to tell us if the show over or under-performs the rest of the station... that is vague enough to avoid any attention and I think Nielsen is concerned about other things now.
In that case, my guess would be that KUOW outperforms during Morning Edition and All Things Considered and underperforms in most other time slots, including Noon-3:00. KIRO probably outperforms in the mornings, during Dave Ross' show, 6-9 a.m. Couldn't guess how their other time slots do.
In their last lineup shuffle, KIRO moved Tom and Curley from 9-Noon to 3-6 pm and left Dori Monson at Noon-3. I take that to mean Dori is holding up well in his time slot.
In their last lineup shuffle, KIRO moved Tom and Curley from 9-Noon to 3-6 pm and left Dori Monson at Noon-3. I take that to mean Dori is holding up well in his time slot.
I listen to KUOW frequently, especially during weekends, but some mornings also. They really don't provide as much local information as KIRO-FM or KOMO, at least during the times I've tuned them in. Perhaps they do so during the times I don't.
I suppose it depends on how you look at the demographics. KIRO skews older, and Monson caters to that older, predominately white audience. So, one has to ask themselves which is a more desirable base; 25-54 Men and Women, or 55+Men?
Yesterday, the briefing was another opportunity for the president to promote certain companies. That becomes a problem for non-commercial stations who have strict rules about promoting private business. I can see why non-coms are choosing to edit these briefings rather than run them live.
Between the potential for cursing, spreading of inaccurate or misleading information, and now free advertising for friends of the POTUS, I can see why more stations, commercial and non-comms, are choosing to just record the presser.
Radio Online reports that KIRO-FM are and will be continuing to broadcast national and local briefings. Wonder if this is having an effect on KUOW ratings. According to report ratings are up 200% at KIRO this month.
I understand some people object to stations or networks not carrying these briefings, saying they're depriving the public of important medical information.
But today, the government itself pre-empted their own briefing with an announcement about some totally unrelated counter-narcotics campaign.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/trump-coronavirus-military-drugs/index.html
No wonder stations have stopped carrying this thing. It seems as though the pres has grown bored with the virus.
But today, the government itself pre-empted their own briefing with an announcement about some totally unrelated counter-narcotics campaign.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/trump-coronavirus-military-drugs/index.html
No wonder stations have stopped carrying this thing. It seems as though the pres has grown bored with the virus.
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I know, that was so weird. I found myself half listening to the presser in the background, suddenly paying attention: 'Wait, we're sending an armada of military force for what?' I suspect that was the desired effect. Chock it up to the public is bored with the same old information followed by exaggerations, or flat-out lies by POTUS, so let's break out the military!
I'm waiting for the next wave ... where some enterprising news director says "we'll cover virus for the first 15 minutes then other stuff after that" for people who are getting fatigued with one story and want appointment-based tune-out.
The one Tuesday went for over 2 hours. I can't imagine any station staying with it that long.
BTW...to clarify...I mean they will treat the NEWSCASTS this way, not the WH Pressers.
I really do think there is "one story news fatigue" and if someone made it clear that you can tune in at :15 and get politics, local news, weather, etc. … there is some strategy in that.
I agree with the fatigue thing, but I don't see it changing for a while. Obviously the president is bored with it.
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