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Station with the Most News in Your Market?

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bg02445

Which station has the most news per week in your market?

Include newscasts on any sister stations.

Let's start with Boston and Providence:

Providence
1. WPRI: 40.5 Hours
2. WPRI: 34.5 Hours
3. WJAR: 30 Hours

Boston
1. WHDH: 44 Hours
2. WFXT: 32.5 Hours
3. WBZ: 32 Hours
4. WCVB: 29.5 Hours
 
Mobile-Pensacola:

WALA-TV: 26 hours (+ 1/2*)
WKRG-TV: 24 1/2 hours
WPMI-TV: 24 1/2 hours (+ 1/2*)
WEAR-TV: 32 hours (+ 1/2*)

*public affairs or talk
 
Here's the list for the Quad Cities:

ABC / WQAD TV 8 (27:35)
M-F 5-7a, 11-12N, 5-5:30p, 6-7p, 10-10:35p
Sat 6-6:30p, 10-10:35p
Sun 5:30-6p, 10-10:35p

NBC / KWQC TV 6 (25:00)
M-F 5-7a, 12-1p, 5-5:30p, 6-6:30p, 10-10:35p
Sat 6-6:30p, 10-10:30p
Sun 5-5:30p, 10-10:35p

CBS / WHBF TV 4 (7:35)
M-F 5-5:30p, 10-10:35p
Sat 6-6:30p, 10-10:35p
Sun 5-5:30p, 10-10:35p

FOX / KLJB-18 (3:00)
M-F 9-9:30p
Sun 9-9:30p

Whoa! I thought KWQC was the news winner in this category, but budget cuts in early 2008, several news staff were laid off and the Saturday morning newsandwich was eliminated. Not to mention WQAD's 11 A.M. having started in September 2008 and then more recently expanding to a full hour.

Anyway, this list does not include any news repeats or the locally produced Paula Sands Live....
 
bg02445 said:
Which station has the most news per week in your market?

Include newscasts on any sister stations.

Let's start with Boston and Providence:

Providence
1. WPRI: 40.5 Hours
2. WPRI: 34.5 Hours
3. WJAR: 30 Hours

Boston
1. WHDH: 44 Hours
2. WFXT: 32.5 Hours
3. WBZ: 32 Hours
4. WCVB: 29.5 Hours
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WPRI has two sets of newscasts???? ???
 
Here in L.A.:

KCBS 2 (CBS)*: 5-7 AM, 11-11:30 AM, 5-6:30 PM, 11-11:35 PM
KNBC 4 (NBC): 4:30-7 AM, 5-6:30 PM; 11-11:35 PM
KTLA 5 (CW): 4:30-10 AM, 1-2 PM, 6-7 PM, 10-11 PM
KABC 7 (ABC): 4:30-7 AM, 11 AM-noon, 4-6:30 PM, 11-11:35 PM
KCAL 9 (Ind.)*: Noon-1 PM, 2-3:30 PM, 4-5 PM, 8-10:45 PM (10:45-11 PM is SportsCentral)
KTTV 11 (Fox)**: 4:30-10:30 AM, Noon-12:30 PM, 10-11 PM

As for the least, that title would go to KCOP 13 (MyNetworkTV)** which only has half an hour of news per day (11-11:30 PM--"Fox News at 11", produced by KTTV Fox 11)

*2 and 9 are both owned by CBS Corporation.
**11 and 13 are both owned by Fox Television Stations.
 
Not sure about the most, but how about the least: WWJ-TV (CBS) Detroit, (market #11) 0 hours

(unless you count their weather/traffic segment 5-7am)
 
Houston:

KPRC (NBC)
4:30-7 am
11 am-12 pm
4-4:30 pm
5-5:30 pm
6-6:30 pm
10-10:35 pm
5 hr, 35 min

KHOU (CBS)
4:30-7 am
12-12:30pm
5-5:30pm
6-6:30pm
10-10:35pm
4 hr, 35 min

KTRK (ABC)
4:30-7 am
11 am-12 pm
4-5:30 pm
6-7 pm
10-10:35 pm
6 hr, 35 min

KRIV (Fox)
4-10 am
12-12:30pm
5-6pm
9-10pm
8 hr, 30 min

KIAH (CW)
5-6 pm
9-10 pm
2 hrs
 
travisl5678 said:
KRON 4 here in San Francisco with 11.5 hours a day(most of it is in the morning from 4am-11am
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I was checking to see if anyone had posted KRON4 in San Francisco. Although KRON4 calls this time commitment as 'NEWS' I do not feel it is actually a newscast. Majority is weather and traffic and 'sponsored' segments.
 
1069_KIFR said:
travisl5678 said:
KRON 4 here in San Francisco with 11.5 hours a day(most of it is in the morning from 4am-11am
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I was checking to see if anyone had posted KRON4 in San Francisco. Although KRON4 calls this time commitment as 'NEWS' I do not feel it is actually a newscast. Majority is weather and traffic and 'sponsored' segments.
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I have only seen paid segments on the morning weekend news
 
Mastaclocksetta said:
Here in L.A.:

KCBS 2 (CBS)*: 5-7 AM, 11-11:30 AM, 5-6:30 PM, 11-11:35 PM
KNBC 4 (NBC): 4:30-7 AM, 5-6:30 PM; 11-11:35 PM
KTLA 5 (CW): 4:30-10 AM, 1-2 PM, 6-7 PM, 10-11 PM
KABC 7 (ABC): 4:30-7 AM, 11 AM-noon, 4-6:30 PM, 11-11:35 PM
KCAL 9 (Ind.)*: Noon-1 PM, 2-3:30 PM, 4-5 PM, 8-10:45 PM (10:45-11 PM is SportsCentral)
KTTV 11 (Fox)**: 4:30-10:30 AM, Noon-12:30 PM, 10-11 PM

As for the least, that title would go to KCOP 13 (MyNetworkTV)** which only has half an hour of news per day (11-11:30 PM--"Fox News at 11", produced by KTTV Fox 11)

*2 and 9 are both owned by CBS Corporation.
**11 and 13 are both owned by Fox Television Stations.
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This is ticky tack because your list hit all the major news players.
+30 minutes M-F for KOCE 50 (PBS): Real Orange
+30 minutes M-F for KDOC 56 (Ind): California Vote 2010
 
So here's LA, with the foreign language stations included as well:

1. KCBS/KCAL: 66.5 Hours/Week
2. KTLA: 46.5 Hours/Week
3. KTTV/KCOP: 40 Hours/Week
4. KABC: 39 Hours/Week
5. KNBC: 27 Hours/Week
6. KVEA/KWHY: 23 Hours/Week
7. KMEX/KFTR: 21 Hours/Week
8. KSCI: 20 Hours/Week*
9. KRCA: 7.5 Hours/Week**
10. KNLA: 5 Hours/Week**
11. KAZA: 2.5 Hours/Week
12. KDOC: 0.5 Hours/Week
12. KOCE: 0.5 Hours/Week

*Broadcasts Asian-language newscasts produced locally at their studios.
**Spanish Language Independent

So in total, 299 hours of local news airs on 17 stations each week in the L.A. area. I think they win the award for most news in a market.
 
Detroit-Windsor (weekly):

WJBK/2 - 57:30
WDIV/4 - 34:25
WXYZ/7 - 34:25
CBET/9 - 5:50
WMYD/20 - 2:30
WKBD/50 - 0:00
WWJ/62 - 0:00

WJBK's morning show alone during the week makes up 5 hours 30 minutes a day. WDIV and WXYZ have exactly the same amount of news overall but their schedules are somewhat different - WXYZ has a half hour at 7 PM while WDIV does not, for example. WMYD perhaps should not be included as it is my understanding their newscast doesn't even originate in Michigan. Windsor's CBET is also included here since its coverage area includes Detroit and its newscasts cover some Detroit news and sports.
 
One thing you have to say, stations in larger markets are going "overboard" in terms of news coverage, but since news programs are "cheaper" to produce than buying sydnicated shows, don't look for this trend to change anytime soon, you
might see some smaller markets cut back some, especially with those "extended" newscasts on weekends.
 
Well, here in Honolulu....

KHON/2 (FOX) 27 hours
KITV/4 (ABC) 32 hours
KGMB/5 (CBS) 28.5 hours
KFVE/9 (MyNet) 11 hours
KHNL/13 (NBC) 23.5 hours

By default, KITV has the most news hours per week. However, because KGMB/KFVE/KHNL uses the same newscasts throughout the day, they would win hands down.
 
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