Interesting piece on the intricacies of pre-empting network TV programming for a live presidential news conference.
The Tin Man
Interesting piece on the intricacies of pre-empting network TV programming for a live presidential news conference.
It’s even worse for stations not on the east coast. With local affiliates’ contracts, which say they can’t pre-empt network programming for other network programming (“net over net”), and that whole annoying time zone thing, it turns into one hell of a mess.
East-coast pre-emptions generally force local stations further west to pre-empt network with local programming (which is allowed “X” number of times per year) or push back local news to an ungodly hour of the night. Messy decision that will annoy viewers – and advertisers – no matter which they choose.