Local morning news--not as early anymore?

[MediaZone4K 2158]

4 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Hard news. No interviews, no fluff. Its straight news the entire time from 5-11 a.m. WSVN is a station that doesn't do heavy fluff.

Not counting Deco Drive.

 

It's surpising to me that a vibrant area like Miami, there is no fluff morning newscast. Almost every station in both Miami and overlapping West Palm Beach has a 9am show, and they are all hard news. SVN being a tabloid brand is in the perfect position to do that.

Edited November 20, 2023 by MediaZone4K

[tyrannical bastard 3933]

On 11/20/2023 at 5:09 PM, MediaZone4K said:

Not counting Deco Drive.

 

It's surpising to me that a vibrant area like Miami, there is no fluff morning newscast. Almost every station in both Miami and overlapping West Palm Beach has a 9am show, and they are all hard news. SVN being a tabloid brand is in the perfect position to do that.

That is surprising, usually from 7-9 am, and 9am afterwards, the content outside of the top and bottom of the hour gets lighter with lots of banter, "roving reporter" content and some stations like WGN making it all their own.  I like their "9 at 9" countdown of stuff at 9am.

 

Smaller markets, especially those that are duopoly partners tend to keep it more newsy if they're counter programming the national shows.

[tyrannical bastard 3933]

Watching WGN now during their "9 at 9" countdown and they are blowing past the "15 second" rule on content.  They must have an expansive royalty budget, and I'm glad that Nexstar hasnt clamped down on it like they and others have done in recent years!

 

WJW has been another that has frequently used a lot of popular music as bumpers in their shows, but this may be sort of a package they buy that has the music pre-cleared.

Edited November 25, 2023 by tyrannical bastard
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[TheRolyPoly 2362]

Yeah, no. WSVN is all hard news, traffic and weather, business, and even morning sports updates from 5-11 a.m.

[Megatron81 256]

Always was surprised that Nexstar hasn't ever put news on WXSP from 7AM to 9AM must not want to go against the cash cow of Today on sister station Wood TV, or maybe not much money to be made putting news on from 7AM to 9AM or scared going up against Fox17 morning news as there they only game in town once 7AM hits. WXMI has a slogan while the rest go to New York were live with local news at 7AM. 

 

Only a handful of times did Wood TV ever air news from 7AM to 9AM when there was a major winter storm when it was LIN & Media General Nexstar hasn't done it since they own the stations since 2017.