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Weekend Evening News
Weekend Evening News
Will Detroit ever get a weekend 5pm newscast? So many of the top markets have a weekend 5pm. Considering a lot of the time sports does go until 6pm for some of the year, but also a lot of the times shows that don’t matter are playing in the 5pm slot. Would they ever consider a 5pm weekend newscast at 2,4,7? The short 6pm 30 minute newscast seems like such a waste to even have anchors and reporters come in for such a short show and wait until 10 or 11pm for the next show.
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Is there an audience to make that profitable? If so it would have happened by now. Doing an hour at 5 would require permanent staffing of at least 2 more reporters and photographers as well as a show producer and that show would be preemted on a fairly regular basis. In union stations you can't jerk people's schedules around to make that work without it costing you in penalties or overtime days.
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I don't see a weekend 5PM newscast in my opinion just isn't going to make money or very little profit as well with sports taking up 6 to months out of the year just doesn't make much sense. WWMT did air a weekend Noon newscast 6 or 7 years in the early 90s but stopped airing it in the winter or spring of 2000 because of sports. I also believe wasn't making much money in my opinion, WOODTV, and WZZM didn't add a noon newscast on the weekend.
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Does the union part go for all 3 stations here?Editorcj wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:48 pmIs there an audience to make that profitable? If so it would have happened by now. Doing an hour at 5 would require permanent staffing of at least 2 more reporters and photographers as well as a show producer and that show would be preemted on a fairly regular basis. In union stations you can't jerk people's schedules around to make that work without it costing you in penalties or overtime days.
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WXYZ also does a 7pm newscast on the weekends.TRTV wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:56 pmWill Detroit ever get a weekend 5pm newscast? So many of the top markets have a weekend 5pm. Considering a lot of the time sports does go until 6pm for some of the year, but also a lot of the times shows that don’t matter are playing in the 5pm slot. Would they ever consider a 5pm weekend newscast at 2,4,7? The short 6pm 30 minute newscast seems like such a waste to even have anchors and reporters come in for such a short show and wait until 10 or 11pm for the next show.
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They'll make it streaming and attempt to get around it. Unions allowed management to blow holes into their contracts with stipulations for the internet, and now they're deeply regretting it.Editorcj wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:48 pmIs there an audience to make that profitable? If so it would have happened by now. Doing an hour at 5 would require permanent staffing of at least 2 more reporters and photographers as well as a show producer and that show would be preemted on a fairly regular basis. In union stations you can't jerk people's schedules around to make that work without it costing you in penalties or overtime days.
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I think streaming a 5pm on the weekends would bring in negligible revenue.
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I just do not see it happening on the major network channels as its already booked up.
If CW can get a news crew, then that would be the best bet for those wanting to watch on the old rabbit ears.
If CW can get a news crew, then that would be the best bet for those wanting to watch on the old rabbit ears.
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Focus on this question and think about sports schedules.
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