Marc Hansen's comments on KFXA Fox News

[TH1974]

At least the paper doesn't own a local TV station like here in town. As well part of the NHL team.

The CR Gazette Company owns KCRG channel 9.

[CR Panther]

Think about the Iowa coverage in the W'loo Courier. Is it page 3, one column? Having lived in W'loo for 20+ years and the last 10 in CR, I can say with confidence there is not the attempt toward equal or marginal coverage in the Gazette of UNI (or the 3 other state schools) that there is for Iowa. And no where near as shared as the Courier provides. I do understand the regional nature. I've struggled with the lack of effort toward equal reporting.

Come Thursday morning it wouldn't surprise me to hear/read about an Iowa women's basketball injury prior to UNI/Evansville coverage.

[Newsbreaker]

Thanks 74, I didn't realize the IC Gazette was gone, and had it confused with the Press-Citizen.

I'd love to see the Courier's market research, but my guess (again) rightly or wrongly is that there is enough Iowa and UNI fans in both the Cedar Valley and NE Iowa that equal/dual coverage is a neccesity. It'd be nice if they could only focus on UNI, but we're not quite there yet.

[igo4uni]

I used to work at the Register in the early 90's. They will cover Iowa and Iowa State because of the high interest in those 2 teams in the "golden circle" (60 mile radius around Des Moines). There was a time when the Register was truly a statewide paper. In fact, when I worked there the Sunday Register reached nearly one million readers in Iowa!!. They have steadily lost readership throughout the state because they simply can't cover stories as effectively as local papers can. Ever try to catch score in the Register from a game the night before?? Unless you live in the golden circle, you usually can't get the score in the paper.

just my 2 cents worth.

peace

igo4uni

[Jonsoup]

Paper Own Tv

The CR Gazette Company owns KCRG channel 9.

I forgot about that.

At least you don't get all coverage on the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OR COLUMBUS BLUEJACKETS before the other state universitys or pro teams in the SPORTS SECTION. The leading story always deals with Ohio State or Columbus Bluejackets if NHL season is going on.