Saturday, June 27, 2015

The Dark Side (in)

June 26, 3:45 a.m.

I had the luxury of sleeping in till 2:30 a.m., a luxury the morning crew at KOTV does not have. When I drug in the door at 3:45, they were in high gear.

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The NewsOn 6 has a producer for each hour, so there are three producers and an executive producer on hand.  Most other station have one producer to cover a highly redundant block from 5 to 7 a.m.  But KOTV has long had the most profitable morning show because they don't air the CBS morning program.  That means more hours, more money and more people.  KOTV now starts at 4:30 and their sister station KWTV starts at 4 a.m.

Tabitha Crouch, an RSU alum, arrives at 1 a.m. to build the show for the 7 to 8 hour.  With three producers, they are able to vary the content more.  In addition, they have two reporters in the field.

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