Birds, Words, Pics + TV
Yes, there were elections before television — but the election night ritual of watching TV to find out the winners of the important races dates back to even 1948.
Take a political trip back in time and see how the key elections of the 21st and 20 centuries played out on television in these special videos …
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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As the dust from the February ratings period settles, it’s become clear there’s no stopping the WFTV juggernaut. Channel 9 was No. 1 in six of the seven daily newscasts, with only WKMG’s noon news preventing a clean sweep by WFTV. The real race is for No. 2 in O-Town,…
Today, Jan. 28, marks the 24th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger’s explosion during liftoff. Just like the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks years later, the Challenger accident was one of those “where where you when it happened” moments in our history. Besides being national news, the shuttle accident as big news locally. The…
WFTV is reaching into its past to try to secure a ratings win in the November sweep. Today and tomorrow — the last days of the sweep — Channel 9 is offering $5,000 to lucky morning news viewers. The reason? “WFTV is the longtime leader in the 6 a.m. time…
