Summer is always slow, and those numbers don't even reflect homes not ready. Nor is there a pattern per station. The Fox numbers are down, so maybe there is better news? It's the only station I see down in all time slots.
It doesn't follow who switched to VHF either. The only thing I can think about besides Summer is rural people are watching less
OTA TV. I am hearing it locally. Yeah, I get the stations sometimes, then before the show is over it's gone. Doesn't take much of that before human nature even with any anger toward a new $100-250 antenna system find other things to do. Some get mad, some just walk away and remain occupied with other things.
I believe there might be a new "Hidden Transition" where rural people that don't have cable either, don't want a satellite are just finding there is life beyond the couch. If this is true, some of it might be solved over time if synchronized translators can be made to really work. It could also lead to a further divide between the rural America and Urban, much of which was behind Shay's Rebellion and the Civil War. But this time, the rural people won't revolt, just become isolated from some of the county. It also won't effect enough rural viewers to have any impact overall in a lot of places or it might?
That all said, I more believe it's just the news like cr@p to put on the air.
"Kick them when their up, kick them when their down"
"We love dirty laundry". Tom Henley.
Now since this thread was hijacked to begin with, if I remember right, for about 2 years after 9/11 the then King could do no wrong either. Tit for tat, skit for skat. Just something to put on the air. Because there was little real information about the premise for war in Iraq, and there was little premise for the consequences of stimulus packages. Tit for tat, kit for kat.
There isn't any real news. There are so many people and the number is growing more than in a long time that are sick of it. They are sick of the news just entertaining the public, while Congress after Congress, President after President bows to the corporations profits, selling what is left of the United States to the highest bidder.
This is why despite the Republican party's membership shrinking, the Democratic Party isn't growing. Now it's time for some Democratic voters to get some spine and realize their party is as bad (in some different ways) as the one that was replaced, despite them begging for a bone during the elections.
Minnesota newscast ratings are suffering after the Digital Transition
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