From traffic reporter to anchor, Shante Sumpter has taken the anchor position of the early morning news on KING 5. You have to start somewhere.
NEILSEN MARKET RANKINGS – Revised chart has Seattle-Tacoma moving up a notch to the #11th spot.
Lou Robbins — Admin/Editor | Airchecks
KTOY | KVAC (WA-1974) | KDFL (WA-1975) | KTTX (TX- 1976) | KWHI (TX-1976) | KONP (WA-1977) | KBAM (WA-1978) | KJUN (WA-1983) | KRPM (WA-1984) | KAMT (WA-1986) | KASY (WA-1988) | KBRD (WA-1989) | KTAC (WA-1990) | KMTT (WA-1991) | KOOL (AZ-1994)
Very few true “locals” left in local TV.
Using a site like Patch.com is probably easier, more timely, and a bit less biased. Does not bode well for local TV.
Any earlier and it would be like bringing back the “Signoff Edition.”
TV & movies on demand, including current flicks playing at the theaters, leaves little demand for local channels or cable tv. Channels a la carte and free, beat cable and OTA. Times are changing. News is available online with varying degrees of reality, same as local tv news.