What's Up With KENS-5 San Antonio?

[Braves2005]

What's exactly going on with KENS-5 San Antonio in that they are using commercials now based on Jerry Springer and an old drug commercial?

Examples: "Kid is watching TV and the father finds a box of remote controls and asks the boy in question why he was hiding them and the boy answers "I learned it from watching you!"

"The host asks in a Springer type setting why you are not watching Channel 5 and then comes out the party in question using expletives and berating her"

Are KENS-5's ratings that bad to use such tactics such as this? Has anyone seen the commercials in question?

 

[klifhanger]

KENS has always in one form or another appeased the lowest common denominator in that market. The result is mind candy. SA would rather have a national enquirer environment for news than good journalism. The market is a good study how not to broadcast on either TV or radio.

 

[Mediafrog+]

KENS has always in one form or another appeased the lowest common denominator in that market.

The cheesy aspects of TV in SA go back almost half a century, driven in part by a similar long-term mentality present in the local newspapers. It's actually more sedate now than it used to be.

 

[sdh483]

I agree.......Thanks Career Point!

 

[Slambang]

KENS 5 has always been the "Ambulance Chasers" in the SA news game, showing the human tradegy highlight reel every newscast. While I hate to admit it, WOAI 4 actually has evolved into a decent newscast.