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(24-10-2023, 12:52 PM)James2001 Wrote: Even the non-affiliated stations will likely be full of syndicated and bought in content, it's not as if they're broadcasting local content all, or even most, of the time.
And lots of local news. WHDH Boston after they lost their NBC affliation, they now air 12 hours of news a day on weekdays with Family Feud, Dr. Phil, Funny You Should Ask and Inside Edition padding the rest of the schedule. Weekends are still a generous 6 hours a day.
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(24-10-2023, 01:03 PM)London Lite Wrote: And lots of local news. WHDH Boston after they lost their NBC affliation, they now air 12 hours of news a day on weekdays with Family Feud, Dr. Phil, Funny You Should Ask and Inside Edition padding the rest of the schedule. Weekends are still a generous 6 hours a day.
Didn't the owners of CHCH Hamilton, Channel Zero, go for some of the local TV licences when they were initially advertised?
From what I recall, they had become a very news-intensive station after going independent and were planning the same (or similar) for the licences here.
Not only did they fail to win a licence, but CHCH's subsidiary ended up going bankrupt, forcing the station to scale back its news operations.
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