Colorado Media Newsroom
August 18th, 2014, 01:41 PM
From The Denver Post:
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Now that Kyle Dyer is sleeping in (as announced in May), moving to a part-time post at 9News, Cheryl Preheim and Marty Coniglio have joined the morning team.
The reaction at competing stations is a barely contained glee. Any change to a TV morning show, where habits are notoriously entrenched, signifies an opening for the competition.
For the month of July, at 6 a.m. weekdays, Channel 7 leads the pack: “7News Now” has a 0.9 rating and 14 share (percent of those watching TV), 9News trails with a 0.6 rating, 10 share. CBS4 Morning has a 0.5 rating, 8 share. Fox31′s “Good Day Colorado” has a 0.3 rating, 5 share. Channel 2′s “Daybreak” has a 0.1 rating, 2 share.
Preheim, previously weekend evening anchor and a 15-year veteran of 9News, and Coniglio, previously weekend meteorologist and a 10-year veteran of 9News (with Channel 4 and Channel 7 in his past), are a familiar but different flavor of breakfast TV. The ratings suggest they have their work cut out, particularly among female viewers. Among women 25-54, the key morning news demo, 9News did a 2.0/26 share in the 6 a.m. hour in July 2013, compared to a 1 rating, 13 share this July.
The new appointments represent “a good fit,” according to 9News boss Patti Dennis. “Since Kyle Dyer made her decision and announced some change of duties we have been looking for the right person to complement the morning team. As we auditioned internal and external candidates we realized that we had the potential for a very good fit by moving the team of Cheryl and Marty from weekends to weekday mornings.”
Becky Ditchfield (currently on maternity leave), Danielle Grant and Belen De Leon are “an integral part of our team,” Dennis said, working both on-air and for the 9News Now 24/7 weather channel. Additionally, “we are anxiously awaiting Becky’s return the beginning of October.”
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/08/18/cheryl-preheim-marty-coniglio-get-morning-duty-9news/19660/)
518
Now that Kyle Dyer is sleeping in (as announced in May), moving to a part-time post at 9News, Cheryl Preheim and Marty Coniglio have joined the morning team.
The reaction at competing stations is a barely contained glee. Any change to a TV morning show, where habits are notoriously entrenched, signifies an opening for the competition.
For the month of July, at 6 a.m. weekdays, Channel 7 leads the pack: “7News Now” has a 0.9 rating and 14 share (percent of those watching TV), 9News trails with a 0.6 rating, 10 share. CBS4 Morning has a 0.5 rating, 8 share. Fox31′s “Good Day Colorado” has a 0.3 rating, 5 share. Channel 2′s “Daybreak” has a 0.1 rating, 2 share.
Preheim, previously weekend evening anchor and a 15-year veteran of 9News, and Coniglio, previously weekend meteorologist and a 10-year veteran of 9News (with Channel 4 and Channel 7 in his past), are a familiar but different flavor of breakfast TV. The ratings suggest they have their work cut out, particularly among female viewers. Among women 25-54, the key morning news demo, 9News did a 2.0/26 share in the 6 a.m. hour in July 2013, compared to a 1 rating, 13 share this July.
The new appointments represent “a good fit,” according to 9News boss Patti Dennis. “Since Kyle Dyer made her decision and announced some change of duties we have been looking for the right person to complement the morning team. As we auditioned internal and external candidates we realized that we had the potential for a very good fit by moving the team of Cheryl and Marty from weekends to weekday mornings.”
Becky Ditchfield (currently on maternity leave), Danielle Grant and Belen De Leon are “an integral part of our team,” Dennis said, working both on-air and for the 9News Now 24/7 weather channel. Additionally, “we are anxiously awaiting Becky’s return the beginning of October.”
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/08/18/cheryl-preheim-marty-coniglio-get-morning-duty-9news/19660/)