quick takes: wcvb eye opener - 11/18/2009 - 20 points

in this week's editorial meeting, our editor-in-chief got on our asses about the lack of non-jedi coverage of wcvb.  i complained and as a result got stuck with writing 3 wcvb-related posts this week. 


admittedly, both channel 5 and necn get the short end of the stick when it comes to posts on this blog - with the exception of the ongoing "heather unruh looks like a young anakin skywalker" story.  we don't watch channel 5 much because our entire editorial staff is under the age of 60 - although dr. fever makes (a pretty lame) defense of the leader of the "preppy pair" mike lynch.


so here's the second of 3 obligatory posts on newscenter 5: 

bianca de la garza - the image of bianca in a red t-shirt from her ill-fated home segment at fox 25 remains burned into my memory.  this morning she looks good at the desk with "wrong way" randy price.  her delivery of the "female viagra" story is a significant improvement over heather's reading of it last night.  (+15 points and a singapore sling with a funny straw)   


j.c. monahan - i've never paid much attention to j.c.  this morning i'm impressed.  the blue sweater and black skirt totally work and as she stands to left of the anchor desk i spy a pair of shiny black f-me pumps.  (+ 30 points)

randy price - i think wrong way randy and ed harding have the same hairdresser.  (-15 points)

shiba russell - she's at the site of a gym shooting at the marshall school in dorchester.  a colleague of dr. fever's has been trying to sell us on shiba.  i just don't see it.  maybe this morning's cold temperatures froze her face. (- 10 points)


off topic - the sports hub's john wallach.  you aim the ball dude.  you aim the ball.

off topic: sports hub quickly cuts into 'eei's piece of the ratings pie

per the globe's chad finn, the sports hub is already making inroads against the smug behemoth weei in the arbitron ratings.

from finn's story:

"The Arbitron ratings for the period Sept. 17-Oct. 14 were released yesterday, and as usual, WEEI is rightfully pleased with its numbers, finishing first in the morning, second in afternoon drive time, and fifth overall in the market.

The catch, though, is that the fledgling competition is justifiably ecstatic with theirs.

The Sports Hub climbed from 17th in the market in September to 12th in October, its overall share increasing from 2.5 to 3.6. But the truly spectacular progress came elsewhere. Consider:

• The afternoon drive program “Felger and Massarotti’’ finished fourth in the 18-49 male demographic, edging the long-entrenched “The Big Show,’’ which was sixth.

• The Sports Hub’s cumulative audience - the number of listeners that tuned in during the ratings period for more than five minutes - was 780,100, up from 488,000 a month ago and actually surpassing WEEI’s 696,700 “cume’’ in October.

• In the coveted core demographic of men ages 25-54, The Sports Hub bounded from 12th in September all the way to third, increasing its listenership by nearly 50 percent as its share rose from 4.0 in September to 5.9 last month."

the sad news is that they have yet to make a dent in the morning drive ratings of those friggin' ass-hats dennis and callahan. 

btw - if sucking one's own dick was an olympic sport - 'eei would walk home with all of the medals.