Happy Half-Birthday, NY1
Station to Station wishes the happiest of half-birthdays to News at Eleven, the nightly newscast launched on scrappy cable channel NY 1 News in Manhattan. NY1, which should consider officially adopting "scrappy" as part of its name, introduced Eleven Jan. 22, putting it up against the newscasts of the Big Three flagships, which G.M. Steve Paulus had dubbed "unwatchable" due to sweeps stunts and cheesy network tie-ins. (WCBS, WNBC and WABC cover the New York tri-state area, while NY1 focuses on New York City.)
Six months since launch, Eleven is finding its audience, says Paulus, especially for only-in-New York events like this week’s burst steam pipe and resulting asbestos geyser. "We’ve seen dramatic spikes in viewership during major news events," he says, "so it’s clear that New Yorkers continue to turn to us for late-breaking news."
Parent Time Warner Cable won’t get rich from News at Eleven, but Paulus says the station has already covered its expenses.
NJ'ite commented:
Wow, 5w30 needs to chill and keep from sounding like some frustrated, ticked off wannabe reporter who probably tried to interview for a job at NY 1 and couldn't obtain it.
NY 1 covers great stories - through and through, unlike any other station on the air, of real New York news.
I moved out of NY recently and the one thing I miss most is not being able to watch the 11pm news with Dodley and Torre delivering what we want and need to know. have to wait until the am when I get into work.
So, happy half birthday News at 11 - and Happy 15th birthday to the station!
5w30 commented:
Take out the "S" and that's wht one usually gets from NY1.
Green reporters, out-of-date reports; it just screams cheap.