As mentioned, KOHD has discontinued their local news program. Here’s the official announcement, with various other sources weighing in here, here, and here.
True, to say “nobody cares” is being a bit harsh. Strictly speaking, those posts have a combined 16 comments from people who do, in fact, care (including Drew Bledsoe, btw). But that poor showing would seem to validate KOHD’s claim that, “viewer’s habits are not reflected positively in Nielson ratings”. Not that that was ever in doubt. After all, viewers have been fleeing TV news in droves for years now. What caught my eye about these comments is the concern that this gives KTVZ a virtual monopoly on the local TV news market, as though these people were losing all choice in where their news comes from.
To which I respond with a very blunt, “Dude, seriously???” (more…)






