KCBS reassigns Special Assignment team, ending award-winning run.KCBS KCBS Kansas City Barbecue Society KCBS Korea Christian Book Service (now called KCB; Seoul, Korea) KCBS Kerala Catholic Bible Society (Kerala, India) (Channel 2) has disbanded its award-winning Special Assignments unit, reassigning its two reporters and crew to general assignment news coverage. KCBS sources said that the shuffle, which moved reporters Randy Paige and David Goldstein David Goldstein is a radio talk show host and blogger in Seattle, Washington. He hosts "The David Goldstein Show" on Saturdays and Sundays on 710 KIRO. Goldstein first gained notoriety in 2003 for Initiative 831, which would have officially proclaimed Washington State political from strictly Special Assignments, was part of the Viacom Inc.-owned station's move to concentrate resources on daily news coverage. No jobs were lost as part of the shift, they said. Mike Nelson, a spokesman for Viacom's KCBS and KCAL kcal kilocalorie. kcal abbr. kilocalorie kcal kilocalorie. (Channel 9), would not comment on personnel matters. He said KCBS would still produce investigative reports. "The duopoly Duopoly A situation in which two companies own all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service. Notes: This is very similar to a monopoly, where only one company dominates the market. is adding four hours of news per week, taking us to 64 hours of news per week," he said. "We're expanding our Saturday and Sunday news on KCAL to match our weekday programming, three hours of primetime news starting Saturday (Jan. 8)." A ratings grabber, the Special Assignment team has had an impact across the region. Its report on sanitary conditions at L.A. restaurants resulted in the county's letter rating system, and a report early last year exposed retailers that accepted returns on underwear, a practice prohibited by law. The team was disbanded after its three-part November sweeps series exposed members of the Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX Police slacking off on the job. The report prompted L.A. Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California to propose having the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. take over policing at the airport. "One of the Special Assignments group called me the day their unit got broken up," said a former member of the team who asked to remain anonymous. "They were all really upset. I think it wasn't a total surprise to them." The Special Assignment specials aired during the four yearly sweeps periods. The heavily promoted reports helped boost ratings during those periods, in which Nielsen Media Research surveyed household viewing habits and helped determine ad rates. Last November marked the last of the traditional sweeps periods, with Nielsen implementing its electronic People Meters to provide daily ratings. Those devices are expected to make sweeps-oriented special reports, such as those prepared by the KCBS unit, less prominent. |
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