WFXT changes

Sean Smyth ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu
Wed Aug 17 17:32:05 EDT 2016


My job involves me catching a slice of most of the AM newscasts. I usually
watch a couple hours on 25, just because they're on longer. 25 has
significantly downgraded in the morning. Some of the stuff they were doing
was hokey, but it was working apparently.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016, Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:

> >
> > One of the comments on that story: "Fox 25 was not broke -- so don't fix
> > it." I recall they had strong ratings (or strong enough to make corporate
> > happy) under News Corp. Cox made changes just to make changes.
> >
> >
> ​Absolutely!  At least for their morning show, they got rid of
> all the personality and​ humor and replaced with with nameless
> and forgettable reporting. People want to wake up in the
> morning, not fall back asleep.
>
>
> -Bob
>


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