Fox 31 continues to beat 9 News at 9. Now, The Denver Post is weighing in on the 9 pm news war. Here's an article by Dick Kreck from today's paper:
Patience is important in poker and television programming.
Mark Cornetta is remaining calm, even though the new 9 p.m. news on KTVD-Channel 20 (MyNetwork20), which premiered Sept. 5, has drawn low ratings.
Cornetta is president and general manager for both KUSA- Channel 9, whose news team produces Channel 20's news, and for Channel 20. Both stations are owned by Gannett.
In its first two weeks, the new MyNetwork20 news, anchored by Mark Koebrich and Bazi Kanani, averaged a 1.6 share Monday-Friday, well behind 9 p.m. rivals KDVR-Channel 31 (4.4) and KWGN-Channel 2 (3.1). A share represents the percentage of people watching TV at the time.
Not unexpected, says Cornetta. "We figured this was going to be a marathon, not a sprint."
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