DC TV Stations Team Up

[noggi 604]

Wanted to share this promo which started running last night on air and in digital spaces in the DC market

 

https://www.facebook.com/WUSA9/posts/10159684883884778

 

[nickp 339]

 Not every day that you work with your “competitors” on a promo but local news is your news In this together

[Gavin 118]

53 minutes ago, nickp said:

 Not every day that you work with your “competitors” on a promo but local news is your news In this together

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There go to hatin' each other again whenever this stops.

[TheRolyPoly 2546]

5 hours ago, noggi said:

Wanted to share this promo which started running last night on air and in digital spaces in the DC market

 

https://www.facebook.com/WUSA9/posts/10159684883884778

 

 

It is together, especially in a crisis like this. WRC, WTTG, WJLA and 24/7 News, WUSA, WTOP Radio and The Washington Post, all together providing news on COVID-19. Its wonderful.

[Gavin 118]

2 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

 

It is together, especially in a crisis like this. WRC, WTTG, WJLA and 24/7 News, WUSA, WTOP Radio and The Washington Post, all together providing news on COVID-19. It's wonderful

Where Telemundo and Univision???

[TheRolyPoly 2546]

4 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Where Telemundo and Univision???

 

I know. I know. But I don't think the anchors would like to translate it into Spanish with Spanish anchors from WFDC and WZDC.

[Gavin 118]

5 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

 

I know. I know. But I don't think the anchors would like to translate it into Spanish with Spanish anchors from WFDC and WZDC.

They can speak English, or do it in Spanish with some translation in the bottom.

[rkolsen 1685]

Or they could have the English language stations speak the phrase in Spanish.  

[east-tx-tv 121]

13 hours ago, noggi said:

Wanted to share this promo which started running last night on air and in digital spaces in the DC market

 

https://www.facebook.com/WUSA9/posts/10159684883884778

 

 

Wow, mind-blowing promo.

 

I wonder what other markets would do this.  Guess it would depend on how long the virus is the story, and how cooperative local stations would feel (especially the way certain owners are or might be).

[PTVNews 196]

Interesting, but I don't really see the point. Why promote the other stations? They can do the same exact type of promo with their own talent. And if they wanted to do something together, they could all make the same promo with the same style/script/graphics, but with their own talent.

[jero23 105]

Atlanta TV stations teamed up together to all air a virtual town hall on March 26th. 

[kfc513 238]

Sorry to bump this thread, but I've just discovered that the Grand Rapids, MI stations did the same thing and made their own version of the PSA.

See here: https://michmab.com/grand-rapids-television-unites-during-covid-19/?print=print

[ABC 7 Denver 1729]

Ok, but just want to state the Richmond market did it first. The Richmond market did it best.

 

[Roadrunner 217]

And it was done in Houston too, among other places, so this concept is very sweet but quickly lost its uniqueness and I hardly think they're just as jovial now.

[noggi 604]

1 hour ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

Ok, but just want to state the Richmond market did it first. The Richmond market did it best.

 

 

This is inaccurate... on a few levels. 

[ABC 7 Denver 1729]

29 minutes ago, noggi said:

 

This is inaccurate... on a few levels. 

Ok, maybe not first. But definitely best.

 

https://marketshare.tvnewscheck.com/2020/05/01/all-richmond-tv-stations-join-together-for-together-statement/

[jerseyfla 207]

The earliest example I've seen of stations advertising together as one was from 1987 when the West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce market stations had PSAs advocating for viewers to watch the stations in that market. Many people in Palm Beach County would opt to watch Miami stations over WPB stations on cable and antenna, especially WTVJ over WTVX for CBS before the Big Switch of 1989.