{"id":7283,"date":"2015-03-27T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7283"},"modified":"2015-03-27T06:04:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T11:04:46","slug":"the-u-finds-news-viewers-elusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/03\/27\/the-u-finds-news-viewers-elusive\/","title":{"rendered":"The U finds news viewers elusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7284\" style=\"width: 967px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/03\/27\/the-u-finds-news-viewers-elusive\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7284\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7284\" alt=\"Hosea Sanders, Jim Rose, Cheryl Scott and Linda Yu\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U.jpg\" width=\"957\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U.jpg 957w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U-300x183.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U-150x91.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U-400x244.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U-800x488.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ABC-7-on-The-U-200x122.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Hosea Sanders, Jim Rose, Cheryl Scott and Linda Yu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Question: When is a <a href=\"http:\/\/abc7chicago.com\" target=\"_blank\">WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>newscast in last place? Answer: When it\u2019s not airing on WLS-Channel 7.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in three decades or more, a newscast produced by Chicago\u2019s top-rated ABC-owned station is bringing up the rear in the Nielsens. That\u2019s because it\u2019s airing on Weigel Broadcasting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wciu.com\" target=\"_blank\">WCIU-Channel 26.<!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2014\/12\/16\/abc-7-to-produce-7-p-m-newscast-for-the-u\/\" target=\"_blank\">licensing agreement<\/a> between ABC 7 and Weigel Broadcasting,<em> ABC 7 Eyewitness News on WCIU, The U<\/em> has been airing at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday since January 12. Featuring news anchors Hosea Sanders and Linda Yu, sports anchor Jim Rose and meteorologist Cheryl Scott, the one-hour newscast originates from ABC 7 studios at 190 North State Street.<\/p>\n<p>After almost three months on the air, the newscast has had no impact one way or another, according to ratings analysts. Figures for March show WCIU garnering a scant 0.3 rating and 1 percent share among viewers between 25 and 54 \u2014 identical to the station\u2019s rating and share for the 7 p.m. hour in February 2015 and in March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Weigel Broadcasting bosses insist they\u2019re not worried about the numbers, saying it\u2019s way too early to draw any conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a local newscast in a time period where there are no other local newscasts,\u201d said Bob Ramsey, executive vice president of local media for Weigel Broadcasting. \u201cWe are pleased with the quality of the telecast and of the partnership\u2019s commitment to growing the show. This is a marathon, not a sprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only other news airing at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday is \u201cChicago Tonight\u201d on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wttw.com\" target=\"_blank\">WTTW-Channel 11, <\/a>the Window to the World Communications\u2019 public television station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When is a WLS-Channel 7 newscast in last place? Answer: When it\u2019s not airing on WLS-Channel 7. For the first time in three decades or more, a newscast produced by Chicago\u2019s top-rated ABC-owned station is bringing up the rear in the Nielsens. That\u2019s because it\u2019s airing on Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7286,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7283\/revisions\/7286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}