l14dap 1 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 KGMB, the CBS affiliate in Honolulu, is expanding Sunrise on KGMB9 to 3.5 hours starting January 7, 2008. It will run from 4:30am-8:00am. The Early Show will follow it. http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/1538/76/ Pretty fast considering the newscast just debuted in September.
Mrtraveler01 739 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Good for them, but I hope they are not doing it because the psychic said so, that was pretty corny. But, it does look like a decent morning news program from what I could see.
TSSZNews 1053 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 ...Why does Hawaii need a 3 and a half hour morning news? Maybe if the news is in more than one language (English / Japanese / Filipino maybe?) but...yikes. -T
fox1 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 KGMB, the CBS affiliate in Honolulu, is expanding Sunrise on KGMB9 to 3.5 hours starting January 7, 2008. It will run from 4:30am-8:00am. The Early Show will follow it. http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/1538/76/ Pretty fast considering the newscast just debuted in September. Uh wow... but I guess those Hawaiians are typically early-risers. Even in 1995, I couldn't believe that market could support THREE 5am or 5:30am newscasts!! And as you say, KGMB have traditionally not been in the morning market at all. The open is reminiscent of 7's Sunrise down under.
l14dap 1 Posted September 18, 2008 Author Posted September 18, 2008 Just remembered... today marks the one year anniversary of KGMB's morning newscast. It's amazing how well it has done in just a short amount of time (the newscast is a strong #2 and has encroached on KHON's morning ratings the last couple books AND has gone from 2 hours to 3.5 hours). The new owners (a holding company no less) have put a considerable amount of resources into the show and I guess it's fair to say that it has paid off. They celebrate: http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/9798/82/
caliwxdude 255 Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 (Filipino maybe?) -T The language of the Philippines is called Tagalog... Anyway, that aside, it's only a matter of time before you see everyone going to 4:30am with their morning newscasts. 4:30 is the new 5:00!
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