Local Programming

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Local Programming

• Brought to you by the letters E and M and the
  number 101.

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Locally Produced TV Programs

• Network affiliates can make up to half of its
  annual profit from advertising on the local
  newscast.
• It helps if the station is top-rated by even a
  small station can be profitable

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Locally Produced TV Programs

• In the 1970s, the newscasts follow a
  documentary format to some of their stories
  while others developed from the investigative
  reporting tradition.
• Backhauling sending stories back to a home base
  via satellite

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Locally Produced TV Programs

• Stringers self-employed professionals who sell
  individual stories to radio and TV stations
• Camcorder footage has revolutionize the process
  of getting stories from the public.

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Locally Produced TV Programs

• Family-Centered vs Family-Censored
• Keeping with the ideal of serving in the public
  interest, station also produce public affairs
  show to discuss issues of the day

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Locally Produced TV Programs

• To keep competitive, stations will typically buy
  new equipment to gather news from the field (such
  as news vans or helicopters).
• Does this improve the quality of the newscast?

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Locally Produced TV Programs

• Affiliates use updates to promote their
  newscasts. These updates are sandwiched during
  national programming.
• Local Access Programming also the power of the
  media to be used by anybody that wants to
  (Waynes World vs Athens Local Access)

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Locally Radio Programs

• Backhauling sending stories back to a home base
  via satellite