""Guest"" <n0gar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> Knowing that there's someone like you loose in
>> Fairfield County makes me glad I don't live there anymore.
>
> I guess since they did not follow or believe in your New England thing,
> you
> left?
>
>>
Ok, now you're just not making any sense. I see that any effort to see an
"intelligent " posting from you is
futile. No, I did not leave CT because "they (whoever THEY are?) did not
follow". Your postings are redundent bull. I think we, maybe just I, keep
posting replies to you because we cannot believe that there is actually
someone out there who is this foolish. Enjoy your NY vs. NE battle that's
raging inside your head.
Later :o)
>>
>> ""Guest"" <n0gar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:AOL5d.12886$2L4.900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> > "Liz" <MalleyCat39@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> > news:dMmdnX_oEu828crcRVn-qw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> 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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