Re: those who covered the memorial

[Sptseditor@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/11/99 7:16:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
plandrsn@ma.ultranet.com writes:

<< WWLP is being dropped by Charter Communications on January 1 on the 
 former Greater Media systems, including Worcester, in favor of WYDN 
 Worcester (channel 48). >>

I've never heard of this station. Is WYDN a low-power, ethnic broadcaster?

<< There was also a letter to the editor in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette 
this week complaining about the total lack of coverage of the fire story 
by Worcester's two TV stations, WUNI (27) and WYDN (48).  I agree with 
the writer that it is shameful that Worcester had to rely on out-of-town 
stations for coverage while its own stations ignored the story. >>

In fairness, WUNI is a Spanish broadcaster that does not offer local news. 
They're targeted more for the Boston audience, with mostly satellite and 
pre-canned material. While flipping channels, I have seen WUNI occasionally 
carrying headlines from New England Cable News (with Spanish voice-overs, of 
course). 

In Worcester, I thought people (at least those with cable) would turn to 
Charter's Channel 3. I know they are supposed to be the news leader out there 
in Worcester County, at least they were when Greater owned them. If I 
recalled correctly, they had a nightly newscast. I would think they were the 
best positioned of any television outfits in the area to bring coverage. 
(Just curious, did the Springfield stations cover the story like the Boston 
stations did?)

What people should be more up-in-arms about is the lack of coverage by WTAG, 
which claims it's the market's news leader. I read several posts on 
alt.radio.broadcasting from a Worcester resident noting that WTAG had little 
coverage in the heart of the story. Meanwhile, I noticed that WXLO was doing 
news updates on the fire even into the middle of this week.

-Sean