Re: Why WMTW will always be third

[Chuckigo@att.net]

of Sunday evening's TV news coverage, Dan B. wrote:
>During the 11PM News, WMTW spent only 3 minutes on
> coverage of the first storm of the season.  They then
> moved into national coverage.
  (snip)
> WCSH also knows that people have lots of other places
> to get national news, but very few places to get local
> news so they lead with what they do best.
> The people at WMTW are just clueless.

just as a thought here: for a very long time, WMTW has served a large area that 
might rely on channel 8 for well-rounded coverage, being as those areas are not 
necessarily cable-ready and do not have, at the touch of a clicker, 73 news 
channels.  granted, since the move off of the mountain, that area is probably 
not as vast as before.
  not that i totally disagree with your assessment, but there is a large 
audience outside of the Portland Metro that relies on over-the-air signals.

- -Chuck Igo