On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Re. Iowa: Probably because the CBS affiliate in Des Moines has > traditionally > had higher ratings for their newscasts than the ABC and NBC stations > combined. > It also accounts for the fact that Letterman's Late Show has > continually beat the > Tonight Show in the market. I remember wrapping up the 10pm Sunday news at KCCI one night long ago and the GM and PD came into the studio clutching bottles of champagne. Seems they had just seen the ratings and we had put up a 50 share, which got them all excited. We went to the kitchen set, popped the bottles, and got pleasantly buzzed before we all drove home. It was a different time. We went back to Des Moines a couple of weeks ago for the first time in 20 years and I made a point of catching the news. There was a handsome, middle-aged anchorman who looked awfully familiar. Then it hit me that he was Todd Magel, who started at KCCI a year after I did, except he used to be an innocent, wide-eyed kid who got stuck with all the grunt work. What happened to him? The next night Kevin Cooney anchored and he had gray hair! How did these people get so old? I, of course, have not grown older, despite the fact we were in Des Moines because my youngest son had an admissions interview at Drake. He wants to major in Radio-TV for some bizarre reason. Melissa N. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
