Small Markets, Small Bribes
/For the past few days, FTVLive has been showing you TV stations that have given up on during good Journalism and are now just bribing viewers to watch their newscasts.
A DC station is giving away $1000 a day to a viewer that watches their morning show. A Phoenix station is giving $500.
But in small markets like Rochester, MN, giving away $20,000 in a month is like giving up an Anchor salary for an entire year.
But, KAAL in Rochester wanted to get in on the viewer bribery game and they figured out a way. Make your advertisers pay up.
The station is giving away $250 gift certificates to viewers that watch the morning show. You can get $250 to buy some Amish Furniture or for Truckin' America.
Only one viewer will win the grand prize of $1000.
I don't know about you, but I'm not watching a newscast, just so I can get a couple hundred bucks to spend at Truckin' America.
But that's just me....
Also, WRGB in Albany is giving away a measly $100. It's almost no even worth pushing the power button on the remote.
Also, when you say "cold hard cash" and the say it's a gift card.... well that just ain't right.