Prime access is no longer an FCC rule. It was eliminated 15 years ago. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:35 PM, JW <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Affiliates won't allow the move to 7:30, the merger with CNN is seen > > by both CBS and CNN as tarnishing their respective brands, and Katie's > > salary wasn't what was preventing the network from hiring additional > > reporters -- they genuinely don't feel the quality of the newscast is > > suffering and have no motivation to make such a change. > > First, 7:30 belonging to the affiliates is a forty-year old FCC > mandate which marked the beginning of network prime-time starting at > 8:00. > > Second, Kevin's right that high anchor salaries aren't responsible for > fewer reporters. At some point, the networks decided that they didn't > need all those bureaus and reporters to cover the news, and they > passed the savings along to shareholders. If one were to decide that > it might be nice to have someone on board who understood what's going > on in Syria before it became a crisis, they could afford her > regardless of what the anchor is being paid. > > Deggans' larger point is right - it would be great if CBS would take > advantage of this opportunity to invest in the news department and go > back to producing a newscast that imparted more information and a lot > less fluff. While I suspect that a more serious nightly newscast would > bring back some viewers, I'm not holding my breath waiting for it. > > -- > 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 > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- 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
