Despite the recession, TV stations are not cutting news. In fact, stations are airing a record amount of news during the weekday of 4.6 hours, according to results of the 2009 Radio Television News Directors Association and Hofstra University’s annual survey released Sunday (April 20) in Las Vegas.
So far this year, only three stations stopped originating news, but three stations have announced plans to start local news, keeping the total number of stations broadcasting local news at 770.
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