WTAG leaves CBS for Fox

Garrett Wollman wollman@csail.mit.edu
Tue Feb 13 10:57:23 EST 2007


<<On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:10:56 -0500, "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net> said:

> My question is, what is now the nearest station to Boston that
> carries the hourly CBS newscast 24/7?

> I wonder whether, with the departure of WTAG, WBZ will pick it up.

WBZ already carries the CBS top-hour overnights.  They have determined
(correctly in my view) that it's better to run a local newscast at
times when the newsroom is staffed, to reinforce the idea that WBZ is
the local news station.

-GAWollman



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