A week after opening up sales of the new hour strip, stations from groups including Hearst, Gannett, LIN, Newport, Sinclair, Local TV, Hubbard, Fisher, Midwest TV and Smith get on board for the fall 2011 debut.
‘Anderson Cooper’ Syndie Adds 21 Stations
After last week’s initial sales in New York (WPIX), Los Angeles (KTTV), Chicago (WFLD) and Boston (WFXT), Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has rapidly lined up major stations and groups for its new, one-hour daily strip hosted by Anderson Cooper.
In just a matter of days, 21 major market stations from groups representing the Hearst (in 11 markets), Gannett, LIN, Newport, Sinclair, Local TV, Hubbard, Fisher, Midwest TV and Smith station groups have bought the new daily series. The new sales are:
- Orlando (WESH/Hearst)
- Sacramento (KCRA/Hearst)
- Indianapolis (WISH/WNDY/LIN)
- Baltimore (WBAL/Hearst)
- San Diego (KFMB/Midwest TV)
- Kansas City (WDAF/Local TV)
- Cincinnati (WKRC/Newport TV)
- Milwaukee (WITI/Local TV)
- Greenville/Spartanburg (WLOS/Sinclair)
- West Palm Beach (WPBF/Hearst)
- Albuquerque (KOAT/Hearst)
- Oklahoma City (KOCO/Hearst)
- Greensboro (WXII/Hearst)
- Jacksonville (WTLV/WJXX/Gannett)
- Louisville (WLKY/Hearst)
- New Orleans (WDSU/Hearst)
- Albany (WNYT/Hubbard)
- Burlington (WPTZ/Hearst)
- Santa Barbara (KEYT/Smith)
- Monterey (KSBW/Hearst)
- Bakersfield (KBAK/Fisher)
Comments (4)
Jim Bales says:
December 8, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Interesting! Just a thought – once again – stations are grabbing at anything, Now that Anderson Cooper is/has been declining on cable [big time] with his OVEREXPOSURE on CNN and the mood-shift of the nation, here come the broadcast stations to the rescue. WHY do they (broadcast stations) keep doing this; he can’t even make it with his limited audience who like him. WOW and OMG.
kendra campbell says:
December 8, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Mark,
This is so obviously a one year program. Stations don’t seem to think these things through. It’s as if there is no sense of history or common sense. Oh well.
Robert Klein says:
December 8, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Yet another reason to not watch KTTV.
Ricky McCray says:
December 8, 2010 at 8:53 pm
But I’m sure many thought Oprah / Phil Donahue and the like, were one year programs. Did they know then that Rosie and Ellen would be such hits?