I can’t take local tv news seriously anymore.
If anything positive comes from the poor judgment and mismanagement of local news programming, it will be that some day one or more of the stations either lose their license, forfeit their license due to financial losses, or lose their network affiliation and become MeTV or Comet stations.
KOMO is giving away a nifty coffee mug to winning contest entries, KIRO is tossing money to viewers. KING 5 should hold daily dance contests during the 5 pm and 11 pm newscasts.
Have Tegna, COX, and Sinclair not heard of Naked News? At least put Frankie Katafias (KIRO), Hannah Knowles (KOMO), and Conner Board (KING) in bikinis during news shows.
I’m just tossing some ideas here:
KING 5 News Dance Your Pants Off Contest
KOMO 4 News Is It Crack or Is It Meth Blind Taste Tests
or how about a tie-in with a local restaurant? KIRO 7 News Dick’s In A Box
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)
Forget the coffee mugs. Adult diapers and colostomy bags would be more appropriate for the station’s “output”.
Suggested slogan: The station with a nose for news.