For these nights on the 6 o'clock WHAS show, 2 out of 3 nights featured crime stories as the headlines. The other night used a traffic situation. Louisville's crime is also highlighted in my data count for the other stories during the typical blocks. The average number of crime stories on a typical show is 5, while the number of stories in all other categories combined averages to 6 every night. This is overwhelming, but it is pleasant that the other stories have not been categorized as "fluff," but rather more newsworthy topics.
WHAS usually has 18-20 stories online, which seems reasonable. On average, there are 2 fluff stories online. This is understandable because these stories are shared most often. One online headline was national and one was international, while all of the TV headlines were local. I think that WHAS could cover national and international stories more heavily on the TV show. Perhaps this could replace the prolonged sports and weather blocks. But, this does have me wondering why exactly WHAS focuses on weather and sports so much at 6. Is it because that's when most people are coming home from work, and recounting the day (or planning ahead for the next day) is most important?
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