WHDH snubs Leno

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 2 Apr 2009 at 22:43, Doug Drown wrote:

> Your observation that the VHF/UHF distinction doesn't matter anymore
> is true from a technical standpoint, but you're also correct in saying
> that the general public still makes the distinction.  When CBS lost
> WJBK-TV, Channel 2, in Detroit back in the early '90s, it bought
> Channel 62, a UHF also-ran.  Some time later it attached the historic
> WWJ call letters to the station, but I don't think the network has
> ever recovered from WJBK going over to Fox.  The last I knew, WWJ-TV
> was the only CBS O&O that didn't have a local news operation --- this
> despite the fact that WWJ-AM is an all-news station.
 
I always thought the influence of local news was important in 
bringing viewers to the channel.  Perhaps part of CBS's problem in 
the market is BECAUSE its local affiliate doesn't have a local news 
operation.

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