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New England Cable News - The Sometimes News Station ?

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parklane

It was real annoying to turn on NECN this afternoon as this area was under strong thunderstorm warnings and find that all NECN was telecasting was informercials for ladders and outside grills.

You would think that a station that calls themselves a News Station would have some procedure for breaking into their regular "informercials" to bring you breaking news on the News Station.

Did they get a call from the National Weather Service asking them to withhold the weather forecast in the name of national security....just like that unnamed news radio station? Or maybe, they were withholding the weather until the fall rating period.

Satire aside, NECN has to do better on Sundays. They act as if no news could break out when they run informercials and that is not very professional.
 
> It was real annoying to turn on NECN this afternoon as this
> area was under strong thunderstorm warnings and find that
> all NECN was telecasting was informercials for ladders and
> outside grills.
>
> You would think that a station that calls themselves a News
> Station would have some procedure for breaking into their
> regular "informercials" to bring you breaking news on the
> News Station.
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Hey...You've gotta give Tom Ellis a chance to get some lunch and go to the bathroom...! (and maybe a power nap?!)
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Come on NECN!, You are a news station, but I don't want you running infomericals Saturday and Sundays, I want you to be an all news station.
 
> It was real annoying to turn on NECN this afternoon as this
> area was under strong thunderstorm warnings and find that
> all NECN was telecasting was informercials for ladders and
> outside grills.
>
> > Satire aside, NECN has to do better on Sundays. They act as
> if no news could break out when they run informercials and
> that is not very professional.
>
IMHO running informericals AT ALL on a news channel is unprofessional.
 
> > It was real annoying to turn on NECN this afternoon as
> this
> > area was under strong thunderstorm warnings and find that
> > all NECN was telecasting was informercials for ladders and
>
> > outside grills.
> >
> > > Satire aside, NECN has to do better on Sundays. They act
> as
> > if no news could break out when they run informercials and
>
> > that is not very professional.
> >
> IMHO running informericals AT ALL on a news channel is
> unprofessional.
>
Yes, it SHOUTS " We are Minor League."
 
I agree they can't call themselves a 24 hour news station when they are playing infomercials throughout the weekend. 2a-5a i dont mind, but during the day is awful.

HOWEVER, i dunno if NECN could be called minor league. they are the top regional news station in the country...thats not an underachiever...in the same breath, again, i hear ya on the infomercials.


> > > It was real annoying to turn on NECN this afternoon as
> > this
> > > area was under strong thunderstorm warnings and find
> that
> > > all NECN was telecasting was informercials for ladders
> and
> >
> > > outside grills.
> > >
> > > > Satire aside, NECN has to do better on Sundays. They
> act
> > as
> > > if no news could break out when they run informercials
> and
> >
> > > that is not very professional.
> > >
> > IMHO running informericals AT ALL on a news channel is
> > unprofessional.
> >
> Yes, it SHOUTS " We are Minor League."
>
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It's also a shame

> Come on NECN!, You are a news station, but I don't want you
> running infomericals Saturday and Sundays, I want you to be
> an all news station.
>
that they only are live as very minimal as possible.

They are live less than the local stations are!
The taped loop rebroadcast with the same stale news
(that isn't even New England news to boot!), is pathetic.

The reason they are the largest regional station, is thanks to
Comcast forcing it down the throats of all the subs outside of
Boston who want to watch real Boston news via a Boston affiliate
and can't
 
Re: NECN Is Fraudulent

NECN is not an accurate name. It covers virtually no news from the other five New England states on a regular basis. It doesn't even cover much outside of Rt. 128 in Massachusetts! It should change the name to reflect reality GBCN = Greater Boston Cable News.

Then there is the whole taped loop rebroadcast...they have to interrupt themselves with breaking news! I also agree that running infomercials is pathetic. NECN is a fraud in many ways.





> > Come on NECN!, You are a news station, but I don't want
> you
> > running infomericals Saturday and Sundays, I want you to
> be
> > an all news station.
> >
> that they only are live as very minimal as possible.
>
> They are live less than the local stations are!
> The taped loop rebroadcast with the same stale news
> (that isn't even New England news to boot!), is pathetic.
>
> The reason they are the largest regional station, is thanks
> to
> Comcast forcing it down the throats of all the subs outside
> of
> Boston who want to watch real Boston news via a Boston
> affiliate
> and can't
>
 
> I agree they can't call themselves a 24 hour news station
> when they are playing infomercials throughout the weekend.
> 2a-5a i dont mind, but during the day is awful.
>
> HOWEVER, i dunno if NECN could be called minor league. they
> are the top regional news station in the country...thats not
> an underachiever...in the same breath, again, i hear ya on
> the infomercials.
>

Yea, I hear ya! Infomercials are tough to take at times but
you have to pay the bills and salaries when you program nothing but
news in the morning and night. I don't blame them for
that. They're still a solid news source, though.
And, Tom Ellis should definitely go with a darker
shade of brown next time he visits his hair stylist.
 
Re: NECN Is Fraudulent

> NECN is not an accurate name. It covers virtually no news
> from the other five New England states on a regular basis.
> It doesn't even cover much outside of Rt. 128 in
> Massachusetts! It should change the name to reflect reality
> GBCN = Greater Boston Cable News.
>
They don't even cover that much Boston news.
They spend too much time covering too many national stories.
We all ready have a minimum of three channels to watch National News.
If I want to see Nat. News, I'll go there.

There is enough NEW ENGLAND news to fill a half hour!

A better name for them is CNNWB (CNN Wanna Be)
 
> Yea, I hear ya! Infomercials are tough to take at times but
> you have to pay the bills and salaries when you program
> nothing but
> news in the morning and night. I don't blame them for
> that. They're still a solid news source, though.
> And, Tom Ellis should definitely go with a darker
> shade of brown next time he visits his hair stylist.
>

NWCN (NorthWest Cable News) out in the Pacific Northwest does news 24 hours a day WITHOUT infomercials! They have thrived for over 10 years!
 
NECN is sometimes the News People Retirement Home

Chet Curtis, R.D Sahl, Tom Ellis do work there

here is my dream NECN news lineup

Good Morning 6-9am
Mike Nikitas
Leslie Gaydos
Shannon Ogden
Matt Noyes

9-12pm- New England Daily
same

12pm-4pm
same

4pm-5pm
same- Amanda Rossester

5pm-6pm- Chet Curtis live at 5
Chet Curtis (news)
Bob Copeland (weather)
Don Gillis (sports)
Maybe a Channel 5 reunion by bringing Bob Copeland and Don Gillis out of Retirement?

Right Now with R.D. Sahl
R.D Sahl (news)
Margie Reedy (news) (maybe a Ch. 7 reunion again)
Bob Copeland (weather)
Don Gillis (sports)

NewsNight
Amanda Rossester
R.D Sahl
Bob Copeland or Tim Kelley (weather)
Chris Collins or Don Gillis (sports)

Weekend Newscast
Tom Ellis (news)
Bruce Schwegglor (weather)
(sports department will be the same)
 
Yes, but ratings and im pretty sure income-wise, NECN takes the cake by far. NECN is beating Fox in cable ratings on a regular basis.


> > Yea, I hear ya! Infomercials are tough to take at times
> but
> > you have to pay the bills and salaries when you program
> > nothing but
> > news in the morning and night. I don't blame them for
> > that. They're still a solid news source, though.
> > And, Tom Ellis should definitely go with a darker
> > shade of brown next time he visits his hair stylist.
> >
>
> NWCN (NorthWest Cable News) out in the Pacific Northwest
> does news 24 hours a day WITHOUT infomercials! They have
> thrived for over 10 years!
>
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