http://www.wtae.com/news/nowcast/25860746
0:00 Intro/Lead to Lower Hill Development
0:08 Field Reporter with Pictures
1:14 Politicians talk about construction
1:44 Field Reporter
2:03 Anchor – Online Registration coming up
2:14 Remembering Katrina coming up
2:25 Field Reporter talking about little girl
2:40 Anchor – Pirates back in town, weather
2:50 Lawyer commercial
3:13 Dentist commercial
3:24 Housing commercial
3:40 Weather App commercial
4:09 Steve Harvey commercial
4:40 School Visits commercial
5:10 Talk show commercial
5:40 Welcome Back intro
5:53 Anchor – voters can now vote online
6:11 Mayor says how people can now vote online
6:22 How to register online
6:31 Anchors – Remembering Katrina
6:48 Convo with expert on how to plan before disaster strikes
7:00 President visits residents who have rebuilt lives
7:10 Everyone else talks about preparation
8:10 Red Cross gives advice
8:20 Anchors chat about warmer weather
8:48 Pics of clouds/weather
8:50 Weather report
9:55 International weather
10: 25 Back to local(ish) weather
11:40 Consumer Alert coming up Are you Naked w/o Phone?
11:45 Sports Scandal coming up
11:55 Lawyer commercial
12:10 NASCAR Raceway commercial
12:40 Paint Monkey commercial
12:55 Contractor commercial
13:10 Restaurant commercial
13:25 Plumbing wares commercial
13:40 Talk show commercial
14:10 Dr. Oz commercial
14:40 ‘Mobile Addicts’ research segment
15:15 Anchor – StarKist scandal
15:50 Baby name facts
16:20 Little girl finds hero coming up
16:40 “Christmas in August for Divorce Lawyers” coming up
16:50 Dental commercial
17:04 Charity commercial
17:35 Paint Monkey commercial
17:50 Harvey commercial
18:20 Weather App commercial
18:50 Dr. Oz commercial
19:20 Breaking News kid may be shot
19:40 Field Reporter
20:40 Kid hurt in police chase finds one of two ppl who saved life thanks to help of news station
21:05 Field Reporter
22:20 Interview the Hero found
22:35 Field report, woman who helped still unknown
23:00 Anchor – Robbery/murder of old man no death penalty
23:25 Anchor – Kindergarteners forced to change schools overnight
24:14 Anchor – Penn State hazing scandal
24:40 Anchor – Estate Theft
25:04 Anchor – August Wilson Center Comeback
25:50 New Tonight – Cruises
26:20 Pope visit > Nuns make tons of communion hosts
27:05 Next Time: keyless ignition=deadly, sports scandal
27:25 Weather update
27:45 Honda commercial
28:15 Dental commercial
28:30 Paint Monkey commercial
28:45 Talk show commercial
29:15 Morning News commercial
29:45 Weather App commercial
Approximately 11 minutes have been spent on the news, not counting weather, in this 30-minute newscast. Majority of the news did matter to local people, especially the breaking news that occurred of the boy being shot. Weather and sports aren’t very ‘investigative’ in nature or strange, unique, ect. in order to fill enough requirements to really be counted as ‘news.’ Yes, the weather is important–it also happens every day. Sports aren’t as important due to the objective quality of them in general. I am not a sports fan, but the person next to me might. This huge difference in importance of news even though both this person and I are currently under the same conditions is what disqualifies it as ‘news.’
Source: TV News Exercise
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