# Which is your local news channel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171 "2010-02-16T05:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/1 "2010-02-16T05:02:20Z")
Your preferred local news broadcast. Not 24-hour news. Personally: Back home in Kansas City, there is, perhaps surprisingly, an embarrassment of riches in local news. All four of the local news stations (KCTV, KSHB, WDAF, and KMBZ) are fantastic. But if forced to choose, I’d go with the ABC affiliate: KMBZ. Gotta love Bryan Busby and Lenny Dawson. But I’m living in Philadelphia at the moment, so my vote goes for the local Fox news crew. None of the broadcasts is great in this city, but the Fox guys don’t take themselves too seriously, and don’t jerk me around too much. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/2 "2010-02-16T15:49:15Z")
You are ungrateful. Don’t you know that Katie Horner has saved your life many times? 😃 Seriously though, I’m like the rest of the lazy couch potatoes and watch whatever local news pops up after the show. Jeopardy determines my 5:00 viewing on the NBC affiliate and 10:00 is usually CBS or ABC. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/3 "2010-02-16T16:41:58Z")
There is no news on the 10 o’clock news. Well, maybe five minutes of news, at best. The rest is features, weather, sports, attempts at levity, and other trivia. I’m surprised they even call it “the news” anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/4 "2010-02-16T18:25:45Z")
WGN News at 9 (central). Mainly because my wife and I both get up really early in the morning and won’t usually stay awake long enough for a 9:00 drama, so we just default to the news. They do have Tom Skilling, though, the best weather guy in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Drygon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Drygon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drygon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/5 "2010-02-16T18:30:52Z")
We watch the CBS news at 6 and FOX\* at 10. - Actually, the FOX station here doesn’t have a news team so the news is actually done by the NBC newscasters. It’s funny to see them mixing up the call signs when they switch over to NBC and redo the same broadcast at 11. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/6 "2010-02-16T18:36:36Z")
WNYT. They have the best local news broadcast for over 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/7 "2010-02-16T18:38:39Z")
TimeWarner Cable has its own local news channel (run, I believe, through the local NBC affiliate) which lacks most of the ACTIONNEWSNOW crap that I normally associate with local news. It’s where I usually turn when I just want to know what’s happening without having to hear that they’ll have more on the story, including interviews with the innocent victims, pie charts, and how it all affects the local weather at 11. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/8 "2010-02-16T22:35:11Z")
ABC. Most of the network programs I watch are ABC. Now I’m watching some NBC because I’m watching some of the Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/9 "2010-02-16T22:59:14Z")
ABC. Most of the network programs I watch are ABC. Now I’m watching some NBC because I’m watching some of the Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/10 "2010-02-17T03:42:16Z")
As much as it pains me–but only because the parent company sucks–I only watch the local NBC station for local news. Their website is totally the pits, too - ya gotta actually watch the tv news to really know what is going on. There has been some dirty dealing with some of the older on-air personalities too, unfortunately, but they are still the best local news crew. This is NBC4 in Washington DC and yes, they did George Michael wrong, as well as Susan Kidd. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/11 "2010-02-17T04:29:37Z")
Currently NBC is winning. If it continues to do so, it belies the whole argument that tanking in prime time decreases news viewership. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/12 "2010-02-17T04:31:44Z")
Northwest Cable News. It’s local enough. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/13 "2010-02-17T09:41:29Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Currently NBC is winning. If it continues to do so, it belies the whole argument that tanking in prime time decreases news viewership. Dissent: In Portland, I find the FOX affiliate to have the least-moronic local news. The NBC channel wins the most-moronic award. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/14 "2010-02-17T11:03:45Z")
Our CBS affiliate is probably the best of the local broadcasts (not that it’s stellar in all regards, but it’s not bad most of the time). WBNS 10 TV in Columbus. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/15 "2010-02-17T12:32:26Z")
NBC’s WILX-10 Lansing-Jackson, MI. The weatherman (Andy Provenzano) is the best in our area. Tim Staudt has been doing the sports since the early 1970s and does a pretty good job with MSU and prep sports. For a mid market station, I think they’re actually not that bad. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/16 "2010-02-17T14:15:31Z")
I get my news from The Daily Show on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/17 "2010-02-17T14:26:57Z")
BBC News 24. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/18 "2010-02-17T14:30:15Z")
I don’t watch local news. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/19 "2010-02-17T14:47:31Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > As much as it pains me–but only because the parent company sucks–I only watch the local NBC station for local news. Their website is totally the pits, too - ya gotta actually watch the tv news to really know what is going on. There has been some dirty dealing with some of the older on-air personalities too, unfortunately, but they are still the best local news crew. This is NBC4 in Washington DC and yes, they did George Michael wrong, as well as Susan Kidd. Funny, I prefer the CBS station out of DC, though I will watch NBC4 at times. I don’t like the ABC nor Fox stations for my news. I might watch NBC4 if they broadcast in HD, but they don’t which I find strange these days. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171/20 "2010-02-17T20:13:50Z")
Why do they use such unoriginal names? A channel in Ohio when I was a kid called its news program"Action News." I move to Florida, and yep, there was a channel here which also used the same moniker. It changed to something else for c. 20 years or so, but now it’s back to the original nickname. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-local-news-channel/529171.md?page=2)