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WPVI 6 PM Saturday Action News broadcast not airing

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Jul

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I'm noticing that the 6 PM Saturday edition of Action News is not airing as of this post time. Instead 6ABC is airing ABC World News Saturday as of post time . Curious as to why that is? Action News was listed on the various TV listings to air at 6 PM, World News at 6:30 PM.
 
From 6ABC website: The start of tonight's 6 p.m. edition of Action News is being delayed. 6:31 PM UPDATE: Another airing of World News is airing on 6ABC right now. This is unusual for a major station like WPVI to have something like this to happen.
 
Its called technical difficulties, and happens to stations all the time.

I still remember a few years ago when pvi had world news now on instead of Action News morning. Then when they finally returned to Action news around 6:00AM, they had no graphics for another 1/2hr. It was funny watching David Murphy doing the weather from the little accu-weather table they use to have, without showing us anything.
 
Well as someone said on the national board (which BTW, why did you post this on that board?)

"They [Automation systems] can make a big station look small-market in no time flat"
 
The only news here is that local TV news viewership is dropping to all time lows each and every month. Simply don't watch local TV news and your life will be better for it!
 
bsquared11 said:
... local TV news viewership is dropping to all time lows...Simply don't watch local TV news and your life will be better for it!

Yet the mighty WPVI still chugs on. Philadelphians are creatures of habit like that...
 
DToTheJ said:
bsquared11 said:
... local TV news viewership is dropping to all time lows...Simply don't watch local TV news and your life will be better for it!

Yet the mighty WPVI still chugs on. Philadelphians are creatures of habit like that...

And the big story on Action News tonight is...
 
Oh gee, B is here spreading the same ol' stuff.

News flash--no pun intended--it isn't just broadcast news that's dropped over the years, it's broadcast TV. Anyone think, for a moment, it might be because comparing 2010 to years--and decades--ago is beyond the proverbial apples-to-oranges scenario? When the pie has been expanded with hundreds of choices, well, DUH, of course the total share is lower. But guess what...with few exceptions, the shows, news included, on broadcast, still reach more viewers than any one of those other choices.

But hey, never let facts get in the way of a bitter, jealous rant.
 
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