Re: Amount of "newscasts" in Hawaii
I think the earlier poster who pointed out that Honolulu is just a middle-sized market got it right. You should be comparing Honolulu to other markets in the 60 and 70 range (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita, etc.) -- and in that case, Honolulu has just as many -- but more likely, more -- newscasts. Honolulu has four major newscasts at 6, for example, where even top-sized markets don't (like L.A. or Chicago, where Fox-owned stations air off-net syndicated fare, which is much more profitable).
Hawaii has always emulated Central/Mountain time (primetime from 7 to 10), rather than the Pacific/Eastern 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. primetime, so I don't think that's really relevant to whether our market has enough news.
But again, to be fair, I'd say Honolulu has more newscasts than most of the other markets its size.
And by the way, also don't forget that the Honolulu market produces much more original local programming than even the biggest markets.
I think the earlier poster who pointed out that Honolulu is just a middle-sized market got it right. You should be comparing Honolulu to other markets in the 60 and 70 range (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita, etc.) -- and in that case, Honolulu has just as many -- but more likely, more -- newscasts. Honolulu has four major newscasts at 6, for example, where even top-sized markets don't (like L.A. or Chicago, where Fox-owned stations air off-net syndicated fare, which is much more profitable).
Hawaii has always emulated Central/Mountain time (primetime from 7 to 10), rather than the Pacific/Eastern 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. primetime, so I don't think that's really relevant to whether our market has enough news.
But again, to be fair, I'd say Honolulu has more newscasts than most of the other markets its size.
And by the way, also don't forget that the Honolulu market produces much more original local programming than even the biggest markets.
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