"Liz" <MalleyCat39@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I'm with you on this one, Jim. I think our little 'guest' is either some
> pissed off cubicle worker, or one of those guys who feels it's his
mission
> in life to try to get every one to believe in his point of view. But
this
> guy is actually writing to radio and TV stations. Scary stuff.
>
>
They did not think it was scary. Here are some replies:
NBC 30. Last reply on top, 1st one on bottom....
Good points, thanks for sharing them with me.
I'll make sure to bring them up at the next Department Head meeting.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: A Hell of a Man [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:22 PM
To: Ennis, Don (NBC Universal, WVIT)
Subject: RE: NBC30.com - Website Feedback
Thank you for reading and responding,
It is true that NBC30 covers more of CT than others, including the
strong
New England coverage of the station in New Haven, but I have noticed that
your main weather guy will say things like: "Let's take a look at the
temperatures around Southern New England." That is clear, in addition to
the other thing that I have outlined in the previous e-mail.
I have actually sent the same e-mail to all of the main stations in CT.
This New England centered news re****ting concerns me greatly as the entire
state does not agree. The simple solution in my view is to NOT EXCLUDE
any
commercials, news or weather about the tri-state. You can even showcase
New
England and the tri-state on equal time, just do not choose New England
and
dismiss the tri-state as if the New England thing is some sort of club
that
you must cater to.
When I see commercials that say: "See your New England Jeep/Eagle
dealer."
as opposed to tri-state, we have to ask ourselves does this serve ALL of
CT,
or just the areas near the MA border? Even the Katherine Gibbs college
commercials are edited to cut out NY and NJ. If you really want me to, I
can make a serious list of even more detailed examples of what I am
talking
about.
I would say that my bottom line is that if you do no cease New England
centered news, commercials and other things, at least INCLUDE EQUAL
coverage
of the tri-state. Who cares is people in MA is offended? This is
supposed
to be CT news, right? They know that CT is a part of the tri-state so
they
would hardly be shocked.
Thank you for your time
<So-called News Channel 8:
Thanks for your email to us here at News Channel 8.
Our station is part of the Connecticut television market which is
defined as
being all of the counties of the state, with the exception of Fairfield
County, which because of its proximity, is considered part of the New
York
City television market, and has been for over 50 years. This is why
commercials in New York often refer to the Tri-State area, because they
usually are inclusive of Fairfield County, but not necessarily of the
rest
of Connecticut.
As to your question about New England, we use the term to refer to the
region that the majority of our viewers believe themselves to be part
of.
That isn't something we decided upon, as you point out it is a
longstanding
historical reference, but also an area as currently defined by the
census
bureau of the U.S., which includes Connecticut as part of the New
England
Region.
As to our weather forecasts, we do usually show regional maps of the
northeast to indicate weather patterns, as the state of Connecticut is
small
enough that our primary weather influences are usually from the west or
north because of the prevailing winds that push along the weather
fronts.
It is atypical that our weather moves in from the south or Long Island
sound, but when it does, we show that as well.
Our television station is not seen in New York and is not typically
widely
viewed in most of Fairfield County. Given that there are a half-dozen
television stations that cover New York City news and are available to
the
residents of Fairfield County, we choose to focus our programming and
news
coverage on where the bulk of our viewers reside, in the other seven
counties of the state. By the way, those are counties that are loaded
with
Boston Red Sox and New England Patriot fans, as well as people who have
more
of an affinity for the New England region of the country, versus New
York
City.
Even with all of this said, our record here at WTNH is that we cover
more
local news in the northern and eastern ****tions of Fairfield County
than any
New York City station. Only our good friends at News 12 Connecticut,
who
specialize in covering the news in Fairfield County, typically do more.
But we appreciate your suggestions, and we will continue to look at our
coverage to assure that we serve the majority of our viewers across the
entire state as well as we possibly can.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback with us.
Kirk Varner
VP & Director of News
WTNH/WCTX Television
While his answers seemed legit, bit of digging/verifications and I found
out that the man was lying as there is no CT TV market! I wrote Nielsen
and
they back that up. Here is a bit of what they said:
Nielsen Media Research measures audiences broadcast and cable
television.
The Nielsen Media Research local market definition, also known as a
Designated Market Area (DMA), was designed for the sole purpose of
measuring
viewing. Because we look at every county to see what over-the-air
stations
receive the majority of viewing, we assign counties into a DMA based on
majority viewing. A DMA consists of all counties whose largest viewing
share is given to stations of that same market area.
Digging further on their site you can find that there is no CT TV
market.
These so-called CT stations are making up their own markets. They are
doing
anything to get ratings and money. I told them that they should get into
LI
news as they would be nationally known. We will see who makes the real
changes. I have channel 8 blocked out of my system.
So you see, I do this not to cause trouble, but to address what has not
been addressed properly. I did this when I was 15. I called WFSB because
on their weather, they had CT, MA and RI highlighted on their map. I told
them that they had it wrong. They changed it. I guess a phone call has a
much more powerful impact than e-mail.
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