Sometimes, local stations are in a no-win scenario with viewers when it comes to interrupting regular programming for breaking news.
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.
Q: Horrible news out of Clairton on Aug. 11 with the explosion at the coke works. Think Channel 2 and Channel 11 know it happened? God forbid even a crawl takes away from “Beauty Buzz” and “Judy Justice.” Here’s what I don’t get: KDKA has a plus channel, WPKD, and streams CBS News Pittsburgh. WPXI has PCNC. All of these were dark when I tuned in a little after 3 p.m. And as I pointed out, not even a crawl. This story is leading “NBC Nightly News” in a few. Huge story.…