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Originally Posted by drumsncode
The way I currently understand it, is that KWTV at 10pm has the highest percentage of viewers in its market, higher than the percentage of viewers in other markets across the nation. That's a percentage, not an absolute number of viewers, so I think that helps clear up the differing views on it.
It basically goes to show that we are all News Junkies here in Oklahoma, probably because there's nothing else to do in this "Barren Wasteland of a State" as Charles Barkley might say it.
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Now that makes more sense. It's much easier for smaller markets to get a larger percentage of viewers to one station. Do you realize we have only 3 stations with 10 pm newscasts? Do you know how many network affiliated and independent stations have 11 pm newscasts in Los Angeles? A percentage of viewers means nothing at all as far as quality of our talent or how 'good' the newscast is. Columbus, Ohio's NBC affiliate could have 90% of the 10 pm viewers and then
they would have the "#1 rated newscast in the country." It means nothing. Everyone was trying to use that phrase in this thread and connect it to the QUALITY of the newscasts we have here. Trying to compare OKC TV news, in terms of quality, with top markets is hilarious. It may be great for our market size, but big market TV news? It doesn't even come close.