New newscast in Burlington (again)

[odomski]

Fybush.com is reporting that Burlington, Vermont's Fox affiliate (WFFF-44) is planning on launching a 10:00 p.m. newscast in the near future. Scott is reporting the station has a job opening for a news director. Also, speculation is that once the WFFF newscast is up and running, they may produce some kind of newscast for ABC affiliate WVNY.

How many times at WVNY tried doing news and have it fail? If my memory is correct, they dumped their most-recent news department two years ago or so. Why even bother trying again, since all their other attempts have failed? I understand the station has gone through several ownership changes during their attempts at news to compete with WCAX and WPTZ.

Is this the first attempt at news for WFFF?

 

[am_directional]

The only way another newscast in the market will work is if it does not directly compete against the mighty channels 3 and 5. 10 p.m. makes sense.

Weren't there rumors at one point that FOX was going to start a national newscast for their TV affilates?

Also, what about 44's "WB Time" when they run WB shows after 10 p.m?


> Fybush.com is reporting that Burlington, Vermont's Fox
> affiliate (WFFF-44) is planning on launching a 10:00 p.m.
> newscast in the near future. Scott is reporting the station
> has a job opening for a news director. Also, speculation is
> that once the WFFF newscast is up and running, they may
> produce some kind of newscast for ABC affiliate WVNY.
>
> How many times at WVNY tried doing news and have it fail?
> If my memory is correct, they dumped their most-recent news
> department two years ago or so. Why even bother trying
> again, since all their other attempts have failed? I
> understand the station has gone through several ownership
> changes during their attempts at news to compete with WCAX
> and WPTZ.
>
> Is this the first attempt at news for WFFF?
>

 

[rugrats1]

> The only way another newscast in the market will work is if
> it does not directly compete against the mighty channels 3
> and 5. 10 p.m. makes sense.

But if they start a newscast on 22, they will have to compete with 3 and 5 at 6 and 11 -- maybe noon.
>
> Weren't there rumors at one point that FOX was going to
> start a national newscast for their TV affilates?
>
It might still be a possibility, now that the editorial control at its O&Os are being tightened.

> Also, what about 44's "WB Time" when they run WB shows after
> 10 p.m?

Probably be moved to 11PM.

> > How many times at WVNY tried doing news and have it fail?

Too many to count, I bet.

> > Is this the first attempt at news for WFFF?

I believe it is.

 

[lesnessman]

> > The only way another newscast in the market will work is
> if it does not directly compete against the mighty channels 3
> and 5. 10 p.m. makes sense.
>
> But if they start a newscast on 22, they will have to
> compete with 3 and 5 at 6 and 11 -- maybe noon.




Channel 22 could also do a 7pm news.

Won't happen at Noon. Not enough people watching. Unless your anchors and reporters run a split shift, you'd have to hire separate people for it. Not worth it. Use your resources to do what you can in the evening when you have the maximum audience.

 

[BRNout]

> > The only way another newscast in the market will work is
> if
> > it does not directly compete against the mighty channels 3
>
> > and 5. 10 p.m. makes sense.
>
> But if they start a newscast on 22, they will have to
> compete with 3 and 5 at 6 and 11 -- maybe noon.
> >
Been visiting the area on and off over the past couple of weeks and WVNY-22 stands out as a really bad ABC affiliate. No newscasts, which makes it totally annoying to watch "Good Morning America". When it's time for cut-ins, all WVNY offers are PSAs and a network-fed running scroll of national headlines with that obnioxious "Good Morning America" theme music piped in. In the meantime, 3 and 5 are cranking out reasonably good (especially for the size of market) morning newscasts.

So annoying that, for the first time in 5+ years, I actually watched "Today" on WPTZ. As for 22, the station comes off as an ameteurish automated joke.