KGMB - KHNL - KFVE "shared services agreement"

[Kalihiboy]

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The Magid guy at 9 way back when was instrumental in bringing in the boy news director on whose watch Bob Sevey got fed up and quit.

Hard to believe that Frank Magid, a college professor who taught statistics, anthropology and sociology would create a powerful consulting business that has been around for 50 years. His son runs the company now.

Harry Kovsky is another media consultant that has been around for YEARS.

It's always nice to listen to and seek out ways to improve your product but after all of that occurs, the best thing to do always is go with your gut feeling. I was taught that years ago and I didn't have to pay for that advice.

Aj

[Kimo]

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The Magid guy at 9 way back when was instrumental in bringing in the boy news director on whose watch Bob Sevey got fed up and quit.

[Kalihiboy]

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By the way ABC's overnight news program has been called "World News Now" since the early 1990's.

Very true. I was going to say that, but stuck to the individual station markets instead.

Aj

[DaleP]

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Yes I agree, but if you keep dishing out bad advice I think it would eventually catch up with you. And because of this your respect and reputation might suffer too.

Aj

The consultant can always fall back on the excuse that, "It wasn't my advice that was bad, it was the poor execution of the plan by the station staff."

A consultant is someone of whom you ask the time, and he/she looks at YOUR watch and tells you.

By the way ABC's overnight news program has been called "World News Now" since the early 1990's.

[Kalihiboy]

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It's even better than that. He's not held accountable for failure even if his advice is wrong. Nope. That's an execution problem.

(This is an equal-opportunity canard. Female consultants equally culpable. Robots too.)

Yes I agree, but if you keep dishing out bad advice I think it would eventually catch up with you. And because of this your respect and reputation might suffer too.

Aj

[foolish heart]

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It's even better than that. He's not held accountable for failure even if his advice is wrong. Nope. That's an execution problem.

(This is an equal-opportunity canard. Female consultants equally culpable. Robots too.)

Very true!

[Linkmeister]

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Lol!

I remember one who was saying what a great gig he had, he got to travel all over the place on someone else's dime.

After he left I thought to myself, basically his job is to tell people what to do.

Then he gets out of dodge till he reaches the next town, rinse...repeat.

It's even better than that. He's not held accountable for failure even if his advice is wrong. Nope. That's an execution problem.

(This is an equal-opportunity canard. Female consultants equally culpable. Robots too.)

[foolish heart]

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Hell, yes. Research Frank N. Magid Associates - they used to be a big employer in my old hometown, and every broadcaster would get a little woozy whenever we passed by their office.

Lol!

I remember one who was saying what a great gig he had, he got to travel all over the place on someone else's dime.

After he left I thought to myself, basically his job is to tell people what to do.

Then he gets out of dodge till he reaches the next town, rinse...repeat.

[Leo Lakio]

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After a while, I finally figured out what the best job in broadcast news is:

Not News Director, not Lead Anchor, not top investigative reporter, not even General Mgr.....

It's the all powerful, all knowing Consultant.

Hell, yes. Research Frank N. Magid Associates - they used to be a big employer in my old hometown, and every broadcaster would get a little woozy whenever we passed by their office.

[foolish heart]

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After a while, I finally figured out what the best job in broadcast news is:


Not News Director, not Lead Anchor, not top investigative reporter, not even General Mgr.....


It's the all powerful, all knowing Consultant.

Here are some "NOW" (as in HAWAII NEWS NOW) mainland station branding examples...

KHQ, the NBC affiliate in Spokane, WA brands itself as:

"KHQ6 RIGHT NOW"

http://www.khq.com/

Or in San Diego, the NBC affiliate, KNSD is:

SD News Now (San Diego News Now)

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/brchannel/SD_NEWS_NOW.html

In Salt Lake City, Fox13Now:

http://www.fox13now.com/

KATV, ABC affiliate in Little Rock, AR:

http://www.katv.com/katvnewsnow.html

So the concept being used NOW, pardon the pun is not new or uncommon at all.

[Random]

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According to the second item in this column http://www.hsblinks.com/1a2 ... you MAY get a signal this week, given the FCC grant of a Dec. 2008 application filed by Raycom for the station that WAS KFVE.

So, is it safe to assume they'll be beaming the signal from Oahu to Maui's Ulupalakua transmission antenna so I, from Molokai, can watch KGMB9 clearly?

Sighs. Can anyone care to explain to me ... AGAIN ... why the two stations HAVE to swap channels/frequencies?

[Erika Engle]

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I just want to know when the hell am I going to get KGMB/CBS channel back OTA.

According to the second item in this column http://www.hsblinks.com/1a2 ... you MAY get a signal this week, given the FCC grant of a Dec. 2008 application filed by Raycom for the station that WAS KFVE.

[Random]

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I just want to know when the hell am I going to get KGMB/CBS channel back OTA.

[mel]

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Erika's story without the annoying roll down ads:

http://www.starbulletin.com/business...ml?mobile=true

[Kalihiboy]

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Erika continues to be on top of this story, from today's SB:

http://www.starbulletin.com/columnis...agreement.html

And from Ian Lind's blog, On December 2nd, Media Council Hawaii will host a public forum to weigh in on the issue:

http://ilind.net/2009/11/10/media-co...hnl-kfve-kgmb/