New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

[Joseph_Gallant]

Yesterday morning (July 7th), between 7 and 9 A.M. EDT, the broadcast-network morning shows were going wall-to-wall with coverage of the terrorist attacks on London's subway system.

According to this article by New York Daily News TV/Radio editor Richard Huff, so did WNYW-5's "Good Day Live".

But WPIX-11's "WB-11 Morning News" did not go to wall-to-wall coverage of the London attacks, instead running many of their regular "light" features, such as one on a man who bowled backwards, as well as interviews with soap-opera actress Cameron Matthison and professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.

WPIX received considerable criticism in Huff's column.

FYI: At one time, the Daily News owned WPIX. I know that the Tribune company now owns WPIX; doesn't Tribune also own the Daily News??

 

[radiolover78]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> Yesterday morning (July 7th), between 7 and 9 A.M. EDT, the
> broadcast-network morning shows were going wall-to-wall with
> coverage of the terrorist attacks on London's subway system.
>
>
> According to this article by New York Daily News TV/Radio
> editor Richard Huff, so did WNYW-5's "Good Day Live".
>
> But WPIX-11's "WB-11 Morning News" did not go to
> wall-to-wall coverage of the London attacks, instead running
> many of their regular "light" features, such as one on a man
> who bowled backwards, as well as interviews with soap-opera
> actress Cameron Matthison and professional wrestling legend
> Hulk Hogan.
>
> WPIX received considerable criticism in Huff's column.
>
> FYI: At one time, the Daily News owned WPIX. I know that the
> Tribune company now owns WPIX; doesn't Tribune also own the
> Daily News??
>

Interesting article. From my observation in the past over the years, WB11 really didn't coverage major news often. They did 9/11 of course, but remember the Henry Hudson Parkway wall calaps (sp)? WB11 didn't do that, but maybe it is smart for WB11 to not always have wall to wall news coverage because all the other stations do. Plus, after seeing all the seriousness, WB would have been a place to hang out and have fun for a few minutes. I am not sure what to think. Should have WB11 done more coverage of the London attacks or what they did was right?<P ID="signature">______________
Kevin</P>

 

[big610]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> > Yesterday morning (July 7th), between 7 and 9 A.M. EDT,
> the broadcast-network morning shows were going wall-to-wall
> with coverage of the terrorist attacks on London's subway
> system.
> >

> > According to this article by New York Daily News TV/Radio
> > editor Richard Huff, so did WNYW-5's "Good Day Live".
> > But WPIX-11's "WB-11 Morning News" did not go to
> > wall-to-wall coverage of the London attacks, instead
> running many of their regular "light" features, such as one on a
> man who bowled backwards, as well as interviews with
> soap-opera ... etc.
>
> Interesting article. From my observation in the past over
> the years, WB11 really didn't coverage major news often.
> They did 9/11 of course, but remember the Henry Hudson
> Parkway wall calaps (sp)? WB11 didn't do that, but maybe it
> is smart for WB11 to not always have wall to wall news
> coverage because all the other stations do. Plus, after
> seeing all the seriousness, WB would have been a place to
> hang out and have fun for a few minutes. I am not sure what
> to think. Should have WB11 done more coverage of the London
> attacks or what they did was right?
>

Maybe if anything NEW developed WB11 would have done an update. Sometimes wall-to-wall coverage is the same story rehashed over and over. To the point of overkill. Now, I do not in any way want to diminish the tragedy of the bombings. But when 'everyone' is covering the same news item, why not have an alternative? A chance to get over the events and not get so stressed out!

 

[TonySantiago]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> > > Yesterday morning (July 7th), between 7 and 9 A.M. EDT,
> > the broadcast-network morning shows were going
> wall-to-wall
> > with coverage of the terrorist attacks on London's subway
> > system.
> > >
>
> > > According to this article by New York Daily News
> TV/Radio
> > > editor Richard Huff, so did WNYW-5's "Good Day Live".
> > > But WPIX-11's "WB-11 Morning News" did not go to
> > > wall-to-wall coverage of the London attacks, instead
> > running many of their regular "light" features, such as
> one on a
> > man who bowled backwards, as well as interviews with
> > soap-opera ... etc.
> >
> > Interesting article. From my observation in the past over
> > the years, WB11 really didn't coverage major news often.
> > They did 9/11 of course, but remember the Henry Hudson
> > Parkway wall calaps (sp)? WB11 didn't do that, but maybe
> it
> > is smart for WB11 to not always have wall to wall news
> > coverage because all the other stations do. Plus, after
> > seeing all the seriousness, WB would have been a place to
> > hang out and have fun for a few minutes. I am not sure
> what
> > to think. Should have WB11 done more coverage of the
> London
> > attacks or what they did was right?
> >
>
> Maybe if anything NEW developed WB11 would have done an
> update. Sometimes wall-to-wall coverage is the same story
> rehashed over and over. To the point of overkill. Now, I do
> not in any way want to diminish the tragedy of the bombings.
> But when 'everyone' is covering the same news item, why not
> have an alternative? A chance to get over the events and not
> get so stressed out!
>

I work at Lifetime. When 9-11 happened, most of the cable networks were breaking to news (even simulcasting other news outlets) or just cut off air altogether. Lifetime was one of the very few cable networks that were running regular programming. And we had HUGE ratings because people went to Lifetime for refuge from all of the news that was going on.

 

[Calgaryperson]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> > > > Yesterday morning (July 7th), between 7 and 9 A.M.
> EDT,
> > > the broadcast-network morning shows were going
> > wall-to-wall
> > > with coverage of the terrorist attacks on London's
> subway
> > > system.
> > > >
> >
> > > > According to this article by New York Daily News
> > TV/Radio
> > > > editor Richard Huff, so did WNYW-5's "Good Day Live".
> > > > But WPIX-11's "WB-11 Morning News" did not go to
> > > > wall-to-wall coverage of the London attacks, instead
> > > running many of their regular "light" features, such as
> > one on a
> > > man who bowled backwards, as well as interviews with
> > > soap-opera ... etc.
> > >
> > > Interesting article. From my observation in the past
> over
> > > the years, WB11 really didn't coverage major news often.
>
> > > They did 9/11 of course, but remember the Henry Hudson
> > > Parkway wall calaps (sp)? WB11 didn't do that, but maybe
>
> > it
> > > is smart for WB11 to not always have wall to wall news
> > > coverage because all the other stations do. Plus, after
> > > seeing all the seriousness, WB would have been a place
> to
> > > hang out and have fun for a few minutes. I am not sure
> > what
> > > to think. Should have WB11 done more coverage of the
> > London
> > > attacks or what they did was right?
> > >
> >
> > Maybe if anything NEW developed WB11 would have done an
> > update. Sometimes wall-to-wall coverage is the same story
> > rehashed over and over. To the point of overkill. Now, I
> do
> > not in any way want to diminish the tragedy of the
> bombings.
> > But when 'everyone' is covering the same news item, why
> not
> > have an alternative? A chance to get over the events and
> not
> > get so stressed out!
> >
>
> I work at Lifetime. When 9-11 happened, most of the cable
> networks were breaking to news (even simulcasting other news
> outlets) or just cut off air altogether. Lifetime was one
> of the very few cable networks that were running regular
> programming. And we had HUGE ratings because people went to
> Lifetime for refuge from all of the news that was going on.
>
I remember A&E also ran regular programming that day.<P ID="signature">______________

Canada TV and College Radio</P>

 

[cawasinnj]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> FYI: At one time, the Daily News owned WPIX. I know that the
> Tribune company now owns WPIX; doesn't Tribune also own the
> Daily News??

According to wikipedia, the Trib hasn't owned the paper since 1991.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News

I remember that time pretty well. I was concerned that if the paper folded, the reference to it in the Billy Joel song "New York State of Mind" wouldn't make sense anymore. <g>

 

[wxctintern]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

Tony,

I remember that. I was one of the people watching for a while anyway, just to get away from it all. I also remeber they ran a crawl every so often say tune to ABC News for more info about the day's events.<P ID="signature">______________
~Jay Clark~
</P>

 

[Danfm]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> I remember A&E also ran regular programming that day.
>

Sci Fi Channel was running regular programming too on 9/11/01 That Morning I remember flipping away from the news coverage of the tragic events trying to watch Sci Fi's Dark Shadows reruns that morning but I found it hard to focus Dark Shadows with all that was going on and the funk I was in from what I had Just seen.

 

[mjlarochelle]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> I work at Lifetime. When 9-11 happened, most of the cable
> networks were breaking to news (even simulcasting other news
> outlets) or just cut off air altogether. Lifetime was one
> of the very few cable networks that were running regular
> programming. And we had HUGE ratings because people went to
> Lifetime for refuge from all of the news that was going on.
---------
Oh, I hear ya. I watched CNN for awhile on 9/11, but by September 13th I was sick of flipping around all the channels and finding almost nothing but 9/11 coverage that was just the same thing over and over. I even taped much of CNN's coverage from the afternoon of the 11th and the morning of the 12th, and when I looked back on it several years later it seemed like I was watching the same loop of tape over and over, just telling us the same thing time and time again. It was like one of those cartoons where the same background gets used in a loop (remember that episode of the Simpsons where Bart and Lisa tour Itchy & Scratchy). We already knew the two towers had collapsed. We didn't have to see the same darn footage of the towers falling every 60 seconds and Aaron Brown saying that Osama bin Laden might be involved.

Finally, I think it was September 14th or 15th that ABC decided to break away from their coverage and run "The Century" for the next day or so. I vaguely remember Peter Jennings telling viewers that they needed a break from the coverage so they'd show something else. The other networks didn't follow suit, and I spent part of that weekend watching ABC.

For months afterwards, I was calling CNN "The 9/11 Channel", because they had nothing but 9/11 coverage well into October. Every news story they ran involved Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Patacki, Osama, or 9/11 victims. I just stopped watching CNN for awhile, because I got sick of it.

 

[rugrats1]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> > I remember A&E also ran regular programming that day.
> >
>
> Sci Fi Channel was running regular programming too on
> 9/11/01 ...

The kiddie channels, Disney, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network also had their normal schedule on that day, with some slight variations. In Nick's case, "Slime Time Live" (or whatever it was in the afternoon; U-Pick Live didn't start until 2002) was cancelled for the rest of the week, and "Invader Zim" was removed from Nick until October.

 

[wxctintern]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

KIDS WB was cancelled on 9-11-01. WTXX Channel 20 in Hartford was simulcasting the FOX News Channel from Sister Station WTIC Channel 61. They later switched to a simulcast of WPIX from NYC. (Another sister station). Don't know if it's true or not, but someone told me that WPIX's feed was being fed to all the WB affiliates.<P ID="signature">______________
~Jay Clark~
</P>

 

[bhayes1016]

Re: New York Daily News: While London Was Under Attack, What Did WPIX's Morning Show Do??

> KIDS WB was cancelled on 9-11-01. WTXX Channel 20 in
> Hartford was simulcasting the FOX News Channel from Sister
> Station WTIC Channel 61. They later switched to a simulcast
> of WPIX from NYC. (Another sister station). Don't know if
> it's true or not, but someone told me that WPIX's feed was
> being fed to all the WB affiliates.
>

The WB affiliate in Houston simulcast CNN that day.

 

[pqgeorge]

Both WPIX/11 and WCBS/2 were simulcasted in Boston.

Sister station WLVI/56 in Cambridge/(Boston), MA ran WPIX's 9/11 coverage for the better part of 9/11 and 9/12. WCBS/2's 9/11 coverage was simulcasted on a staggered schedule on sister stations WBZ/4 (CBS) and WSBK/38 (UPN) for a few days. Some of WNBC/4's Saturday "9/11" teen talk shows were seen on WJAR/10 in Providence, RI as well.



> > KIDS WB was cancelled on 9-11-01. WTXX Channel 20 in
> > Hartford was simulcasting the FOX News Channel from Sister
>
> > Station WTIC Channel 61. They later switched to a
> simulcast
> > of WPIX from NYC. (Another sister station). Don't know if
> > it's true or not, but someone told me that WPIX's feed was
>
> > being fed to all the WB affiliates.
> >
>
> The WB affiliate in Houston simulcast CNN that day.
> <P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>

 

[cawasinnj]

Re: Both WPIX/11 and WCBS/2 were simulcasted in Boston.

> Sister station WLVI/56 in Cambridge/(Boston), MA ran WPIX's
> 9/11 coverage for the better part of 9/11 and 9/12.

KUWB Ogden/Salt Lake City UT (also a WB affiliate) ran WB11's coverage for a while before being replaced by a combination of CNN and local coverage.