Killing News To Save The Station

摘要

The end of local news came quickly at WTOU in northeastern Pennsylvania. On the afternoon of Friday, April 3, the station announced that its news department had been dismissed, and that day's newscasts would be the station's last. "The viewers have spoken, letting us know that WYOU is the station they rely on for entertainment," Dennis Thatcher, EVP/COO of station owner Mission Broadcasting, spun in a statement.rnWYOU's news ratings, or lack thereof, had spoken as well, with its household ratings consistently in the ls. WYOU's news, which was produced by Nexstar's WBRE,clearly of an audience in Wilkes Barre-Scranton.