As Pope Benedict Leaves the Vatican, WPIX Provides Live Coverage
All the channels broke in this morning for extended coverage of Pope Benedict’s farewell. However, the stations were all taking network special reports. Not so at WPIX/Channel 11.
WPIX, which could have provided the “counterprogramming” by keeping Jerry Springer on the air, made a good choice. Channel 11, recognizing the historic nature of the pope’s resignation (first time is almost 600 years), had its own coverage.
Morning anchors Sukanya Krishnan and Frances Rivera led the special programming.
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