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WXIA ties for 1st place at 11 PM

jal41

jal41

http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/...s-rivals-to-atlanta-mayoral-election-results/

Apparently, Jay Leno not being on due to the President's address may have caused this. But still...the 800 pound gorilla WSB-TV could not be beaten.

Also...WXIA sent staffers to every single voting precient in Atlanta to gather election results firsthand. This apparently caused problems because they were close to calling the race for Mary Norwood, while the competition was calling for Kasim Reed (who won by a very narrow margin). News director Ellen Crooke has apprently done this at every other station she has worked for.
 
Since WSB is indeed an "800-pound gorilla" and always
has been, 11 Alive should count a tie as being as good
as a win.

I have to believe that if Leno had been on Tuesday night
he would have been pre-empted in Atlanta regardless.
Theoretically, WXIA can hand off pre-empted NBC shows
to WATL, but doesn't 11 produce a 10 PM newscast for 36?
That would have produced a conflict, and it doesn't take a
rocket scientist to know (based on the revenue potential)
how it would have worked out.
 
They couldn't have passed it off to WATL.

NBC, not WXIA, made the decision to not show Leno. They showed the Biggest Loser instead. Smart move.

By the way, I'm hearing rumors one or more of the stations are considering doing a story on WXIA's election returns screwup.
 
I'm quite aware that NBC pre-empted Leno, and I
suspect that people who post on the National TV
board are wondering how that impacted NBC affiliates'
late local news nationally.

Under what circumstances, then, can 11 hand off
an NBC program to 36?
 
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