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Morning News at 4:30 a.m.?

searadiofreak said:
... don't read too much into the Vegas start times. Anyone who has visited this unique city knows that there are huge numbers of shift workers who might have occasion to watch a 4am news, either at the end of their day or at the beginning!Vegas has its own time schedule...
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So are you saying that a 3 AM newscast in Sin City is not too far behind?
 
Entirely possible! Although due to the shift schedules, 3 am is still "the dreggs". Perhaps they could call it the "The Vegas 3 AM Dregg News".
 
Could be worse, you could have more "infomercials"!! :)
 
WPIX is not the first to have 4 AM Start time. KRON 4 in San fran started to air their news time to 4 AM as early as January 2007, right after their acquisition of MNTV.
 
Markieo said:
Could be worse, you could have more "infomercials"!! :)
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I think infomercials might be a lead-in for the new news on WPIX, if not these other stations that start news at 4 or 4:30 AM...
 
Well, so far in Honolulu the only station so far to start their newscasts at 4AM is KGMB's "Hawaii News Now: Sunrise Edition." I wouldn't be surprised if KHON and KITV followed suit, but this is of course Hawaii.
 
As for early morning newscast. I can understand if New York, Las Vegas, or Chicago can start their news at 3AM. Remember New York, Chicago, and Las Vegas are considered to be a 24/7 or 5 city. New York City slogan. City that never sleeps. In Chicago, people commute far away to work far away as Milwaukee, South Bend, and Rockford IL. In Las Vegas, people party until dawn. Also, casinos and nightclubs are up all day and night. As for L.A. I've only could think of two places that open very late. The Sunset Strip and Hollywood. In San Francisco, the city shuts down at 2AM. Have you ever try to go out to night clubs in San Francisco. They shut the bars/clubs at 2AM and the only place that opens later is the End Up in S.O.M.A.
 
Trust me, the countdown is on until the major network O&O's in market no. 1 follow PIX's lead and start their morning newscasts at 4 AM.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
The earliest morning newscasts for 3 Indiana markets. The 4:30 half hour is always pretty empty ... mostly an anchor reading stores, very few packages and no live shots. Practically never any traffic troubles to report.

4:30 - WTHR (NBC) / Indianapolis - 5am for everyone else
4:30 - WFIE (NBC) / Evansville - 5am for WEHT (ABC), WTVW (Fox)
5:30 - WTHI (CBS) and WTWO (NBC) / Terre Haute
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Actually in Indy, add WXIN (Fox) & WTTV/WTTK (CW) to the list for a 4:30am start time. WXIN also has the longest running morning news in Indiana. The morning newscast runs from 4:30-10am.
 
Two stations in Kansas City (not mine) just switched to 4:30 a.m. start times, and a third will follow. One announced the change, then two others followed claiming they had been studying it for months (not likely). This is the second attempt for two of them at a pre-5:00 newscast.

Tuesday's ratings:

KMBC local news 1.8/11
KCTV CBS Overnight 1.8/11 (will move local news at 4:30 soon)
WDAF Cops 1.7/11
KSHB local news 0.4/3


I can't wait for winter, because Kansas City stations start news at 4:00 in the morning when snow is expected. How long before they stay on the air all night long for two inches of snow?
 
KYW Philadelphia moves up to 4:30 on Labor Day.

bpatrick, I am the same Neil Rattigan that appeared as a tv weatherman in "Walking to the Waterline." I was on for just a few seconds. Typecasting has hurt my career ever since :)
 
only1moore said:
Well, so far in Honolulu the only station so far to start their newscasts at 4AM is KGMB's "Hawaii News Now: Sunrise Edition." I wouldn't be surprised if KHON and KITV followed suit, but this is of course Hawaii.
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With the time difference, Hawaii could show GMA and The Today Show live in the middle of the night!!! :D
 
There have been "newscasts" in the middle of the night for years. It is interesting that they suddenly want all Americans to have it turned on at that hour. Maybe they can win you over while you are in a twilight state - that place between sleeping and waking. You won't hear the same news stories, but they will be expanded upon during normal human hours. LOL
 
Silkie said:
There have been "newscasts" in the middle of the night for years. It is interesting that they suddenly want all Americans to have it turned on at that hour. Maybe they can win you over while you are in a twilight state - that place between sleeping and waking. You won't hear the same news stories, but they will be expanded upon during normal human hours. LOL
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But not scintillating LOCAL newscasts! :D
 
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