Bob Papper, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Journalism at Hofstra University has released his latest survey of broadcast news. The data comes from the latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Survey of TV and radio stations
Tracking local news highlights:
- The amount of TV news remains near record high
- News Directors anticipate amount of news to hold steady
- Small drop in radio news
In total, 66.2% of radio stations in the survey run local news -- 71.9% of AM stations and 63.9% of FM stations. The overall percentage running local news is down around 4 points (3.8) compared to last year -- which was down 7.7 from the year before.
AM and FM stations were down about the same amount. Commercial stations ran local news at a much higher rate than non-commercial ones: 82.6% of commercial stations run local news vs. 64.9% of non-commercial ones.
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