The 200 Boston (?) Conventions and Minimal TV.

[PUBLICREF2 <norwood@mln.lib.ma.us>]

One reason Boston is bidding for the 2000 Democratic Convention
is to get a positive image of the city for four nights on prime-time
TV.

Mayor Menino and Company--wake up and smell the coffee!

Thanks to declining TV ratings--and the fact that Presidential nominees
are now chosen in the primaries--ABC, CBS and NBC are only planning
two hours of live coverage of each of the 2000 conventions, all of it
on one night-the acceptance speeches of the Presidential and Vice-
Presidential nominees on the final night of the conventions. Otherwise,
 the "big 3" will completly ignore the first three days/nights of the
2000 conventions, sticking with regular programs. In fact, late local
newscasts on many affiliates during convention week in 2000 will
probably give lip service--if anything--to the conventions. While
the Democrats meet in Boston to nominate a candidate (if they pick
the Hub), most 11 P.M. local newscasts across the country that week
will lead with crime and fires!

Joseph Gallant

<notquite@hotmail.com>

P.S.: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel will be there gavel-to-gavel,but
that will draw only a minimal viewership.

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