Broadcast Wars | Preview
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In the ratings wars of the 70s and 80s, local TV news was as vital as it was entertaining.
There was a time when people would stop what they were doing and watch the local evening news. Twin Cities PBS’ Broadcast Wars, co-produced with Cathy Wurzer, takes us back a half century to the era when ratings battles were fierce, women and people of color were making their presence known, technology was rapidly evolving, and local TV news was as vital as it was entertaining.
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Broadcast Wars | Preview
Preview: Season 6 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
There was a time when people would stop what they were doing and watch the local evening news. Twin Cities PBS’ Broadcast Wars, co-produced with Cathy Wurzer, takes us back a half century to the era when ratings battles were fierce, women and people of color were making their presence known, technology was rapidly evolving, and local TV news was as vital as it was entertaining.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Cathy] There was a time when people would stop what they were doing to watch the evening news.
[Mark Rosen] The local news was everything.
[Marcia Fluer] The moral high ground doesn't make them any money unless it makes you number one.
[Pat Miles] We were reminded of ratings all the time.
[Critic] It's just showbiz.
[Pat Miles] It was cutthroat.
Seriously.
[Ron Magers] Its too personal to make sense.
[Diana Pierce] They might not like what they're seeing, but they're watching.
[Don Shelby] Well, Thank you, You son of a... [orchestra swell] [TV static]
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