mvcg66b3r 97 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Once again WFAA is dumping ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve for its own Big D NYE show at 10:35pm. http://www.zap2it.com/rmp/tvgrid/tvgridprint?lineupid=USA-TX42822-X&tz=US/Central&time=1420081200 Will this be on other Gannett stations? Also, what other local New Year’s Eve programming is preempting national shows? And if the national shows are aired, are they live or on tape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Once again WFAA is dumping ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve for its own Big D NYE show at 10:35pm. http://www.zap2it.com/rmp/tvgrid/tvgridprint?lineupid=USA-TX42822-X&tz=US/Central&time=1420081200 Will this be on other Gannett stations? Also, what other local New Year’s Eve programming is preempting national shows? And if the national shows are aired, are they live or on tape? Big D NYE will go Live for two hours from 10:35pm to 12:35am on WFAA. http://bigdnye.com/broadcast/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 268 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 From what I caught out of Canada, most major networks replaced their morning and afternoon news on Christmas with other specials/programming Global BC ran a simulcast of BC1 in place of its morning news CTV replaced its noon nooncasts with MasterChef Canada: A Holiday Special, and the 6:00 p.m. news got cut to half an hour with a Corner Gas rerun filling the rest of the hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimmer 238 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 In Milwaukee ... WTMJ pre-empted their morning, noon, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm newscasts for a mixture of music, cartoons and pre-taped news specials. WITI junked their morning and 11am newscasts for music, an encore of a Christmas parade and a mass. WDJT, as usual, is carrying all their regular newscasts WISN aired an abbreviated hour at 6am (the usual time was filled with a loop of America This Morning) and because of NBA coverage only has a 10pm newscast this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadStar 363 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 In Milwaukee ... WTMJ pre-empted their morning, noon, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm newscasts for a mixture of music, cartoons and pre-taped news specials. WITI junked their morning and 11am newscasts for music, an encore of a Christmas parade and a mass. WDJT, as usual, is carrying all their regular newscasts WISN aired an abbreviated hour at 6am (the usual time was filled with a loop of America This Morning) and because of NBA coverage only has a 10pm newscast this evening. Additionally: WISN once again aired their annual "Season to Celebrate" special. It is produced by the news department, and features the anchors at various landmarks throughout the community, providing wrap-arounds for segments featuring holiday-oriented music performances from local and national artists and groups. It's a pretty well produced special, if you ask me, although many of the anchors are a little hammy IMO. They also carried the Catholic midnight mass from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Milwaukee. It appears that they may have donated the airtime to the archdiocese, but that's not completely clear to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 In the Huntington-Charleston market. WSAZ didn't air morning, noon, or the 2 and half hour news block from 4 to 63pm. WCHS/WVAH kept it's normal news programming. WOK didn't air morning or noon newscasts, however they did 5 and 6 and 11 newscats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1366 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 KDFW, KXAS, WFAA, and KTVT did not air the morning, 11am, noon newscast today, but FOX 4 did air the 5-630pm newscasts, so did NBC 5 at 4-6:30pm. WFAA aired NBA basketball all through the day and the evening. KTVT did aired the 6:00pm News today. and KTXA broadcast Yule Log Christmas Music from 7am-5pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Not sure what the Raleigh-area stations did as I'm out of town for the holidays, however here's what the Beckley-Bluefield area had: WOAY (ABC): All newscasts aired as scheduled. WVVA (NBC): No morning or noon news aired in favor of religious/holiday-themed programming, although there were pre-taped local cut-ins during Today WVNS (CBS/FOX): Morning/noon news preempted as well with no local cut-ins during CBS This Morning. (On a side note, it appears everything with WOAY & DIRECTV is fixed & back to normal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 KJRH dropped their morning and 11am news in favor of specials (San Antonio's River Parade at 5am and a religious special at 6am) and infomercials respectively. KOTV broadcast its' normal schedule. KTUL dropped its' 4:30-7:00a morning news block in favor of religious specials. KOKI aired news specials in place of their Noon and 5pm newscasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusNewsFan 217 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 In Columbus, OH, All stations don't do morning news on Christmas Day. WCMH airs aa local Choir music special in place of their morning news and other holiday stuff for Noon. WSYX and WBNS stretch out their network newscast till 6am and air cheap holiday specials till 7am Same for WTTE with the holiday specials. With specials till 11am. For Afternoons WSYX is airing NBA games, WBNS runs a full newscast. WCMH runs a year in review in place of the 5pm news and runs a normal 6pm news All stations use their weekend staffs to do the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2 190 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 In Sydney, Australia: Channel 7: NBC Today from 7:00 AM, canceled Sunrise/The Morning Show/4PM News, aired 6PM News Channel 9: canceled Today at 5:30/11:00-12:00/3:00/4:00/5:00 News, aired regular 6-7:00PM newscast Channel 10: aired pre-recorded , Eyewitness News at 5:00 ABC News 24: aired LIVE newscasts from 7:00 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easttxtv 7 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Once again WFAA is dumping ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve for its own Big D NYE show at 10:35pm. http://www.zap2it.com/rmp/tvgrid/tvgridprint?lineupid=USA-TX42822-X&tz=US/Central&time=1420081200 Big D NYE will go Live for two hours from 10:35pm to 12:35am on WFAA. http://bigdnye.com/broadcast/ The last few years, WFAA would run the Rockin' Eve show after the BigDNYE show finished up--which is a little awkward, meaning the NYC eastern time New Year's takes place an hour *after* the Dallas central time New Year's (if you're tuned into WFAA's version). If WFAA is going to continue doing that, it will just confuse people. They should air the Dallas local show in full, except break away for the NYC eastern time countdown, then come back to Dallas for the rest. Then when WFAA's local stuff is over, go back and air ABC's post-eastern-time-countdown entertainment. That way the countdowns are in pattern, and no awkwardness (other than seeing how some people can't handle their bubbly ). Now if only the Dallas fireworks weren't *quite* so lame.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4164 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Once again WFAA is dumping ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve for its own Big D NYE show at 10:35pm. http://www.zap2it.com/rmp/tvgrid/tvgridprint?lineupid=USA-TX42822-X&tz=US/Central&time=1420081200 Will this be on other Gannett stations? Also, what other local New Year’s Eve programming is preempting national shows? And if the national shows are aired, are they live or on tape? WKYC has usually run NBC programming with no preemptions (it's now a Carson Daly-hosted countdown, right?) and that shouldn't be changing. WEWS has ran split screens with NYRE and local countdowns in Akron and Cleveland. Out in Buffalo, KB has traditionally aired coverage of the countdown in Buffalo, presumably in tandem with NYRE. That shouldn't be changing under Scripps management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 WKYC has usually run NBC programming with no preemptions (it's now a Carson Daly-hosted countdown, right?) and that shouldn't be changing. WEWS has ran split screens with NYRE and local countdowns in Akron and Cleveland. Out in Buffalo, KB has traditionally aired coverage of the countdown in Buffalo, presumably in tandem with NYRE. That shouldn't be changing under Scripps management. I know Pittsburgh's local countdown airs on KDKA but since CBS airs a Late Show rerun its no loss. St. Louis doesn't air anything special for New Years and KMOV never aired the Dallas celebrations during its Belo days and doubt KSDK will air it now that its a sister station of WFAA. Surprisingly I don't think New Orleans airs anything either even though their countdown airs on CNN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnya2k6 171 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 St. Louis doesn't air anything special for New Years and KMOV never aired the Dallas celebrations during its Belo days and doubt KSDK will air it now that its a sister station of WFAA. Here, WXIA -- also sister station of KSDK and WFAA -- and WSB will split-screen Times Square and the Peach Drop (dunno about WGCL); WAGA will most likely stream their Peach Drop coverage on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 What kind of ratings do local newscasts on Christmas Day get? It seems unreasonable in my mind to run a newscast (except perhaps in the largest markets) during the daytime on Christmas. Even evening and late night news could get ratings too low to be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easttxtv 7 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 What kind of ratings do local newscasts on Christmas Day get? It seems unreasonable in my mind to run a newscast (except perhaps in the largest markets) during the daytime on Christmas. Even evening and late night news could get ratings too low to be worth it. I've thought about the why-bother factor more than the what-kind-of-ratings question about newscasts around Christmas time. I like that there was at least something, even if it was fewer newscasts or abbreviated ones. If there's weather or traffic issues, at least those who need to know can tune in. Also, so many of the stations encourage sending in topical/seasonal photos or videos, so there's a local angle as well. With several of the bigger markets having stations with so much of the programming day taken up with news, what would they air instead if no news was on? Infomercials? Some aired local or distant-market parades (WFAA had a re-air of this year's Children's Holiday Parade (the only de-facto Christmas themed parade in downtown Dallas), KDFW aired one that San Antonio did this year of flotillas along the San Antonio River/Riverwalk area), some aired special Christmas religious services (WFAA showed one that a local Methodist church had), so there was some filler in case a newscast didn't air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I checked the Mountain Time stations on Zap2it, and they're all airing ABC and NBC's countdowns at 11:30pm MT, two hours behind. The 10:30-11:30 hour is filled with Christmas specials, sitcom reruns or infomercials. At least most of us here in the Central Time Zone get to see the ball drop live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 What kind of ratings do local newscasts on Christmas Day get? It seems unreasonable in my mind to run a newscast (except perhaps in the largest markets) during the daytime on Christmas. Even evening and late night news could get ratings too low to be worth it. We ran all 6 hours of Fox 26 Morning News Christmas morning, with a single anchor and weather. I get a daily email with ratings information, but looks like it is being delayed until Monday at the earliest. KHOU aired reruns of "Great Day Houston" during their morning block (last year it was a rerun of the mayor's downtown tree lighting ceremony). KPRC was live, but I'm not sure about KTRK (though I think it's safe assume they aired at least a portion on their shows). We are also live all 6 hours new years day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 In San Antonio, KABB and WOAI aired all newscasts as scheduled. KSAT had no newscasts until 10PM. And KENS 5 had no newscasts until 5PM. They aired a 5, 6 and 10. WOAI also aired midnight mass from San Fernando Cathedral. I didn't pay attention to KENS but KSAT replaced their 5-7AM morning newscast with a reair of the Battle of Flowers parade from April... (4:30AM was just a repeat of America This Morning) The funny thing I've been reading here is that while other markets take the San Antonio Holiday River Parade, none of the stations here reair it. (KABB produces it and KMYS airs it live in primetime). To answer this: mvcg66b3r, on 25 Dec 2014 - 5:37 PM, said: Also, what other local New Year’s Eve programming is preempting national shows? And if the national shows are aired, are they live or on tape? In San Antonio, the tradition as of late, on WOAI, is to air the Celebrate San Antonio Countdown live from Hemisfair Park. Their main team Randy Beamer and Evy Ramos host it and it's a really big production for them. Nearly the entire station works on it and is their biggest production of the year and it shows. It's very well produced but they let the anchors get drunk off their ass during the show so they act like fools. It's pretty funny television... That means they pre-empt their 11:30-12AM ET part of the Carson Daly countdown. (the 10-11ET primetime portion is still shown) BUT, they air the Ball Drop portion LIVE, generally in a split screen format. About a minute to midnight eastern, they will go to the ball drop and then as soon as it drops, cut the NBC feed. KSAT goes with the Rockin' New Year countdown, aired Live as it happens. So we get their countdown at 11PM CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2 190 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 What kind of ratings do local newscasts on Christmas Day get? It seems unreasonable in my mind to run a newscast (except perhaps in the largest markets) during the daytime on Christmas. Even evening and late night news could get ratings too low to be worth it. Ratings data for Australia's capital city markets on Christmas Day shows newscasts approximately 40% down on average figures: Rank | Program | Network | 5-city | Sydney | Melbourne | Brisbane | Adelaide | Perth 1 NINE NEWS 6:30 Network 9 751,000 253,000 204,000 186,000 61,000 47,000 3 NINE NEWS Network 9 669,000 228,000 178,000 167,000 54,000 42,000 4 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 617,000 213,000 141,000 151,000 63,000 50,000 5 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 576,000 137,000 139,000 128,000 68,000 105,000 7 ABC NEWS Network ABC 543,000 190,000 143,000 111,000 51,000 49,000 8 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION Network 9 479,000 169,000 138,000 79,000 57,000 36,000 9 TEN EYEWITNESS NEWS Network TEN 391,000 124,000 119,000 61,000 31,000 56,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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