You see fat people on the BBC
BBC’s Miami correspondent Fergal Parkinson, has something to say about journalism here in the US of A, and opines about some of our local stations and tv personalities.
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Best of Miami 2003
It’s time for the annual Best of Miami as seen by The Miami New Times and their readers. Of course the list deals with all aspects of South Florida, but for the purpose of this site we’ll stick to TV related stuff.
Best TV News reporter
Jilda Unruh
WPLG-TV (Channel 10)
Best Weathercaster
Don Noe
WPLG-TV (Channel 10)
Best TV Station
WJAN-TV Channel 41
Readers Choice: WPLG-TV (Channel 10)
Best Sportscaster
Ducis Rodgers
WSVN-TV (Channel 7)
Readers Choice: Jimmy Cefalo, WPLG-TV (Channel 10)
Best TV News Anchor
Lynn Martinez
WSVN-TV (Channel 7)
Readers Choice: Dwight Lauderdale, WPLG-TV (Channel 10)
WPBF yanks an hour from the morning news
Low ratings have apparently contributed to the decision WPBF is cutting off 5am – 6am hour from the morning news. Their ratings are so bad that WFLX infomercials perform better than the newscast itself, how mad is that? Maybe they should start with tweaking their newscast instead :unsure:
Read more from TCpalm.com here
The numbers
More from the Miami Herald
For NBC 6, the news is good
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Sweeps results for the period of April Each rating point is equal to about 15,276 households
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| LATE NEWS Mon-Sun 11pm | ||
| WTVJ | NBC – 6 | 6.9 |
| WFOR | CBS – 4 | 5.9 |
| WSVN (10 pm) | FOX – 7 | 5.5 |
| WPLG | ABC – 10 | 4.9 |
| WBZL (10 pm) | WB – 39 | 2.4 |
| WBFS (10 pm) | UPN – 33 | 2.3 |
| PRIME TIME ( Mon-Sun ) | ||
| WSVN | FOX – 7 | 7.2 |
| WFOR | CBS – 4 | 7.0 |
| WTVJ | NBC – 6 | 6.3 |
| WPLG | ABC – 10 | 4.7 |
| WBZL | WB – 39 | 3.8 |
| WBFS | UPN – 33 | 3.8 |
| Sign ON to Sign OFF | ||
| WFOR | CBS – 4 | 3.5 |
| WSVN | FOX – 7 | 3.5 |
| WTVJ | NBC – 6 | 3.1 |
| WPLG | ABC – 10 | 3.0 |
| WBZL | WB – 39 | 2.5 |
| WBFS | UPN – 33 | 1.6 |
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SOURCES: Nielsen Media Research via The Miami Herald |
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Who kicked ass this sweeps
WSVN has overall kicked everyone’s ass this sweeps. They’re the #1 South Florida station in prime time and is in a tie with WFOR as the most watched tv station overall.
WFOR leads with midday news.
WSVN leads the troops at 5 and 5.30 while WPLG is tops at 6pm. WSVN grabbed the 10pm spot with more than double the combined ratings of UPN33 News and WB39 News. WTVJ holds the viceroy at 11pm
The Palm Beach market
Well do I even need to say that.
WPTV is number one followed by WPEC with the other stations picking the leftovers. WFLX was #3 thanks to the Idol WPBF in 4th place – with the stations swapping places in the sign on to sign off.
Now go read the SunSentinels:
Thanks to hit, ratings are idyllic at WSVN
WPEC ties WPTV for prime-time lead
