Markets at least 5 TV stations with their own news production. (English only)

[e-dawg]

1. New York (2,4,5,7,11) 9 doesn't count
2. Los Angeles (2,4,5,7,11) 9 & 13 doesn't count
3. Chicago (2,5,7,9,32)
5. Boston (4,5,7,25,56)
6. San Francisco (2,4,5,7,11)
7. Dallas (4,5,8,11,33)
10. Houston (2,11,13,26,39)
14. Phoenix (3,5,10,12,15)
18. Denver (2,4,7,9,31)
26. San Deigo (6,8,10,39,51)

With all the consolidation in the TV industry, you never know the production of newscast will shrink, like New York or Los Angeles)

 

[toby]

Re: Markets at least 5 TV stations with their own news production. (English only

Is there a question here?
As for New York, if you include the three far suburban stations, WLNY, WMBC and WRNN, that is two more, and if you include NJN, which has a newscast that also airs on WNET, that is another station.

 

[compubit]

Others:
(Big 4 + others...) - these are stations with different owners...
Philadelphia - 3, 6, 10, 29 + 69 (Allentown) + 12 (Wilmington, DE) + 40 (Wildwood/Atlantic City)
Washington, DC - 4, 5, 7, 9 + 25 (Hagerstown)
Tampa - 8, 10, 13, 28 + 40 (Sarasota) + 9 (Cable)
Salt Lake City - 2, 4, 5, 13 + 4 (Cedar City) - market has two channel 4's in it - Dish uses 37 for KCSG
Birmingham - 6, 13, 33/40, 42 + 7 (Tuscaloosa)
Oklahoma City - 4, 5, 9, 25 + 13 (PBS station hosting statewide newscast)
El Paso/Las Cruces - 4, 7, 9, 14 + 22 (PBS station with Las Cruces local newscast

Counting a cable channel:
Albany - 6, 10, 13, 23 + Capital News 9
Austin - 7, 24, 36, 42 + News 8 Austin
Seattle - 4, 5, 7, 13 + Northwest Cable News

Counting markets with 2 or more stations with the same owner, but totally separate newscasts:
Albuquerque: 2, 4, 7, 13 + 10 (Roswell) + 8 (Roswell) + 12 (Farmington)
Fargo, ND: 4, 6, 11, 15 + 8 (Devil's Lake)

Finally - the most interesting...

Bismarck, ND: KXMA/KXMB share a newscast, KXMC/KXMD share a newscast, KFYR has a full slate of local newscasts, KMOT has a full local newscast at 6 & 10pm, KQCD shares the A-Block of the 6pm & 10pm newscasts with KFYR, then finishes locally, KUMV does the same with KMOT.

I'm sure I've missed something...

Jim

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Re: Markets at least 5 TV stations with their own news production. (English only

We kinda get it on a technicality.

Cleveland: 3, 5, 8, 19, the "Big Four"

Then...
WMFD/68 Mansfield produces nightly local news. It isn't a whole market production, but 68 is actually distributed throughout the Cleveland market via DirecTV's LILs.

WKYC/3 also produces a separate newscast for Akron/Canton, which used to air on WVPX/23 (PAX/i) and now airs on Time Warner Cable. At least the pre-merger part.

If you count 68 as #5, that doesn't even count the WKYC/TWC newscast.

 

[compubit]

Good catch on Cleveland.

Also, the Phoenix market does have another English Station with its own newscast - KNAZ/2 in Flagstaff. It's owned by Gannett (for now), but has a totally separate newsroom.

Also, you can add WMUR/9 in Manchester, New Hampshire to the Boston list. Owned by Hearst (who also own WCVB), but a totally separate news operation, including their own version of WCVB's flagship community affairs/features program "Chronicle".

Jim

 

[Kent]

Re: Markets at least 5 TV stations with their own news production. (English only

Also, the Phoenix market does have another English Station with its own newscast - KNAZ/2 in Flagstaff. It's owned by Gannett (for now), but has a totally separate newsroom.

Several of the Wichita stations do this since about 2/3 of the state of Kansas is in the Wichita market. So, most have a news bureau somewhere in western Kansas, like Garden City. However, the top stories are generally the same on all of the satellites with the local stories spliced in after the first break. The anchoring is generally done out of Wichita, almost certainly prerecorded for some of the western Kansas stations, with different stories and western Kansas reporters on those stories. The weather is also separated out much the same but prerecorded with the same Wichita meteorlogist. I suppose it technically qualifies as unique news production, but it seems like a stretch. Is this similar to how KNAZ does news for Flagstaff?

 

[compubit]

KNAZ actually has their own studios, anchors, reporters, different logo style, even different theme music from KPNX. KNAZ does run some of KPNX's newscasts (Midday, 5pm, 5-6am), but KNAZ has totally separate newscasts at 6am, 6pm and 10pm.

Jim

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Re: Markets at least 5 TV stations with their own news production. (English only

Good catch on Cleveland.

By the way, WFMD/68 in Mansfield posts online video of its entire "Newswatch" newscast, should anyone be interested in taking a look at it.

http://www.wmfd.com/

It's a pretty decent little small market newscast. The anchors are kind of bland, but it's serviceable.

I believe the IBS folks do their website, which is rather extensive.

 

[dhett]

KNAZ actually has their own studios, anchors, reporters, different logo style, even different theme music from KPNX. KNAZ does run some of KPNX's newscasts (Midday, 5pm, 5-6am), but KNAZ has totally separate newscasts at 6am, 6pm and 10pm.

Jim

Flagstaff, home of KNAZ, is in the Phoenix market, so technically, you're correct on this. Flagstaff, however, is about 130 miles from Phoenix by air, so KNAZ's signal doesn't even come close to Phoenix.

 

[Morgan Wick]

Counting a cable channel:
Seattle - 4, 5, 7, 13 + Northwest Cable News

Er, no. NWCN is owned by Belo, same as KING, and KING contributes quite a bit to the channel. I think there's something similar with the other cable channels you mentioned.

You also didn't mention the other markets NWCN serves, though I don't know if any of their Fox affiliates do news. Probably only Portland, if even that. None of them would count anyway; Belo also owns KGW/Portland, KREM/Spokane, and channel 7 in Boise, all of which contribute to NWCN.

 

[hintomedia]

You also didn't mention the other markets NWCN serves, though I don't know if any of their Fox affiliates do news. Probably only Portland, if even that. None of them would count anyway; Belo also owns KGW/Portland, KREM/Spokane, and channel 7 in Boise, all of which contribute to NWCN.

Both Fox affiliates in Spokane (KAYU/28) and Boise (KTRV/12) have newscasts. KAYU's 10pm news is produced by KHQ/6 (NBC); KTRV seems to have its own news department, and has a 9pm newscast.

And oh yeah, the Fox affil in Portland (KPTV/12) definitely does news. They have newscasts in the morning, at 10pm, and weeknights at 11pm. KPTV's 10pm news is actually one of the highest rated primetime local newscasts in the country; I remember reading somewhere that they overtook KTVU a few years back.

Speaking of Portland, it was briefly a 5-news-station market. In addition to KATU/2 (ABC), KOIN/6 (CBS), KGW/8 (NBC) and KPTV/12 (Fox), KPDX/49 (UPN, to be MyTV) once aired a 10pm newscast as well. At first it was produced by KOIN/6, but KPDX later launched its own news op. However, a few years later, Meredith (KPDX's owners) acquired KPTV as part of a swap, merged the two stations' operations, and pulled the plug on KPDX's newscast.

 

[JeeperOne]

Re: Markets at least 5 TV stations with their own news production. (English only

Hi everyone:

Also, the Phoenix market does have another English Station with its own newscast - KNAZ/2 in Flagstaff. It's owned by Gannett (for now), but has a totally separate newsroom.

Several of the Wichita stations do this since about 2/3 of the state of Kansas is in the Wichita market. So, most have a news bureau somewhere in western Kansas, like Garden City. However, the top stories are generally the same on all of the satellites with the local stories spliced in after the first break. The anchoring is generally done out of Wichita, almost certainly prerecorded for some of the western Kansas stations, with different stories and western Kansas reporters on those stories. The weather is also separated out much the same but prerecorded with the same Wichita meteorlogist. I suppose it technically qualifies as unique news production, but it seems like a stretch. Is this similar to how KNAZ does news for Flagstaff?

The same goes for Colorado too since roughly 2/3 of the state is in the Denver DMA. The only parts that are NOT are Colorado Springs/Pueblo (And anything directly east and west of there) and the entire western slope west of Glenwood Springs. Those are in the Colorado Springs/Pueblo and Grand Junction DMAs respectively.

That said though, some of the Denver stations do have bureaus in the areas I just mentioned above. Plus, KUSA 9 also has a Northern Colorado Bureau, which is, I believe, located somewhere in Fort Collins (though with reporter Roger Wolfe retiring after 20+ years there, I dunno if they'll keep it now).

Just my $.02 worth

Cheers

 

[trusty]

Atlanta has 2, 5, 11 & 46 with 36 beginniing a 10PM newscast this fall produced by 11 (its new owners - duopoly).

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

Atlanta has 2, 5, 11 & 46 with 36 beginniing a 10PM newscast this fall produced by 11 (its new owners - duopoly).

As indicated by the OP, Denver has KWGN 2 (WB - Soon to be CW) with their 5:00 AM & 9:00 PM newscasts, KCNC 4 (CBS) with its 5:00 AM, NOON, 5:00, 6:00 & 10:00 PM newscasts, KMGH 7 (ABC) with its 5:00 & 11:00 AM, 4:00, 5:00, & 10:00 PM newscasts, KUSA 9 (NBC) with its 5:00 AM, NOON, 4:00, 5:00 & 10:00 PM newscasts, & KDVR 31 (FOX) with its 5:00 AM & 9:00 PM newscasts, each with news their own news operations.

However beginning this fall (To the surprise of no one), Gannett-owned KTVD 20 (UPN, Soon to be MyNetwork TV) will have a 30 minute 9:00 PM newscast produced by KUSA 9 (NBC). Not sure when it begins or what they'll name the newscast though.

Cheers

 

[formeraa]

Counting a cable channel:
Seattle - 4, 5, 7, 13 + Northwest Cable News

Er, no. NWCN is owned by Belo, same as KING, and KING contributes quite a bit to the channel. I think there's something similar with the other cable channels you mentioned.

You also didn't mention the other markets NWCN serves, though I don't know if any of their Fox affiliates do news. Probably only Portland, if even that. None of them would count anyway; Belo also owns KGW/Portland, KREM/Spokane, and channel 7 in Boise, all of which contribute to NWCN.

While NWCN is owned by Belo, they have a totally separate staff and production area from KING 5. A good friend of mine works for KING and he says that they are really separate. Yes, they definitely cross-utilize a number of stories, but their newscasts are anchored by totally different people.

So, the OP said "5 stations with their own news production". Seattle makes it based on the fact that NWCN has a separate staff producing the news in a different part of the KING building.

 

[Morgan Wick]

Counting a cable channel:
Seattle - 4, 5, 7, 13 + Northwest Cable News

Er, no. NWCN is owned by Belo, same as KING, and KING contributes quite a bit to the channel. I think there's something similar with the other cable channels you mentioned.

You also didn't mention the other markets NWCN serves, though I don't know if any of their Fox affiliates do news. Probably only Portland, if even that. None of them would count anyway; Belo also owns KGW/Portland, KREM/Spokane, and channel 7 in Boise, all of which contribute to NWCN.

While NWCN is owned by Belo, they have a totally separate staff and production area from KING 5. A good friend of mine works for KING and he says that they are really separate. Yes, they definitely cross-utilize a number of stories, but their newscasts are anchored by totally different people.

So, the OP said "5 stations with their own news production". Seattle makes it based on the fact that NWCN has a separate staff producing the news in a different part of the KING building.

The OP also didn't count WWOR as separate, even though that news shares just about NOTHING with WNYW's news.