Kovr Tv Channel 13

Great Coverage Syndicated To National Outlets
SITREP
I’ve been more impressed with KOVR TV 13 coverage these last few years.
THE SETUP
Lately, I’ve noticed that local stories of national interest — ie. the drought, business downturns, political issues, the recent Spencer Stone stabbing this past week, etc. — are being shown quite regularly and syndicated to national outlets, not only to national TV news, but also to Huffington and AOL.
I think this speaks volumes about how well the news content is coming out of Sacramento these days and how well KOVR is in collating the important news stories and passing them to the relevant news outlets to let them know what’s going on in Sacramento & California.
From Christina Anderson & Cody, to Sam Shane, to the studio staff and even from the cool weekend security dude at the front desk, they have great people making the station.
PERSONAL EVENT
On a very local level, mad props to KOVR for hosting the Unilocal Sacramento team — CM Alex L. and MA Katie G. — for a recent appearance on Good Day Sacramento. Alex & Katie invited me to come with them to promote the « Unilocal’s Stache Bash» being held at Folsom’s Palladio last month (a totally fun event, by the way).
The studio appearance was fun on so many different levels:
* Not only we were there to provide information on the event, but we were asked to provide 1 to 5 star ratings on the different news segments (which was hiLARious!).
* And to add icing to the cake, this was «Dr. Who Day!», and the Weeping Angel was in the TV studio there to CREEEEP everyone out!
THE LOWDOWN
KOVR has got the TV-​thang down very well and they are a major asset to the Sacramento-​community.

Yay Sam Shane !!! A truth teller, and a great man. I’m a fan now since tonight’s news.

Christina Anderson is doing such a great job! Not sure why it took so long to put her in that spot. She is pleasant to look at and easy to listen too. On the other hand, I am not sure I can say the same for Adriana Moore. I am so glad she has been keeping her hair up. It looks much better and does not look so unhealthy! For me, I would much rather look and listen to Christina Anderson.

I have to say that I sincerely enjoy the evening news cast. I feel comfortable with them being in my home every night, and I crack up at Sam’s opinionated shrugs and such; I feel the same. I have to admit that news generally sucks but I appreciate CBS 13’s ability to get touching and happy stories to the news. I also appreciate the great investigative reporting of Kurtis Ming. Have to get your Unilocal rating up!
I am disappointed that Shannon is gone. What happened?

They just cut off a Hockey playoff game for a police procedural rerun because the game ran a little long. If they’re not going to provide the whole game, let some other station carry them. Or at the least have the courtesy to warn viewers that they may not get to watch the end of the game. I am almost mad enough to challenge their license renewal for being such idiots.

Shannon Brinias sucks! Give her a field reporter’s job. She tries too hard to be liked and sounds insincere with the phoniness that a lot of news people have. Let Christina Anderson be the main anchor, please! She has a pleasant voice and is a natural without being forced.

I can’t believe they’re off the air right now!!! Evidently they are organized enough to keep their transmitter working in prime time!

Objective, accurate. TOO MUCH WEATHER COVERAGE. Who watches these shows to see weather forecasts anymore? Weather is something to get off a smartphone, not wait for a newscast. At least save the weather for after the real news stories so we can tune out after seeing what we tuned in for.

Sam Shane: PLZ SIT DOWN & read the news. Don’t know whose stupid idea it is to have the anchors stand up … and point at screens. LAME!
Dave Bender is an AWESOME weather guy!

Call kurtis is a big fake who doesn’t do his homework before trashing a business. I can’t believe that they are aloud to slander anyone the way they do. Then when you try to call Kurtis it goes to voicemail and he doesn’t call you back. I’m not even employed by the company he trashed, but I know all about the situation first hand. I will do my best to vindicate what he has done, even if it means finding a lawyer and gathering enough people to start a class action lawsuit. They should not be aloud to do whatever they want to whomever they want just for rating!

I am truly amazed as what passes for «professional» journalism at the KOVR newsroom. The news is often redundant and stale…(I have seen the same story run for 3 days… not to mention the REPEAT of news programming. I understand that ‘news” is inexpensive to produce, but these guys take the cake! And then there is the «If if bleeds it leads» approach to their prioritizing. And the sensationalism is another thing. Oh, yes, I almost forgot… the «Early Primetime» prgramming is laughable… once agaion due to a «pennywise and pound foolish» approach to using capital. And it reaks of a smalltown backwater mentality. Did I mention that it sucks?

The news is nothing but biased sensationalism. They overlook the real news to over-​state (and often mis-​state) national news. I can’t believe the reporting. asking the dumbest questions just to fill sound… Like «your son was just shot and killed, can you tell us how you feel?» holy crap. MANY times they leave out very important information because it may just make the story FOR gun ownership, or FOR some conservative viewpoint. What about some unbiased reporting people? Or, just good reporting?

It wasn’t too long ago they were just as good as KCRA 3 and FOX 40, now they’re so interested in sensationalized news I feel like i’m watching TMZ on steroids.
Plus the Good Day Sacramento transplants to newscasters are no bueno. Just as annoying and peppy at 5pm rather than 5am.

This is undoubtedly the worst news station I have ever experienced In any market where I have lived or done business. They do not understand the fundamental necessity of objectivity to journalism. On several occasions I have experienced first hand its reporters willingness to accept information first hand if it was in some way negative towards a government entity. They then set out with a conclusion in mind. When confronted with the facts they ignored them in favor of playing for their preconceived conclusion. Words were tailored to attract attention to claims they then failed to document.
They give a black eye to the hundreds of good media persons with whom those in my profession interact daily.

Nothing to really say here. Just picked up a friend for lunch and we drove across the street to the IKEA wonderland.

I know I just moved here from the big city and everything, but I’m a little confused. When did primetime television start at 7:00 p.m. When did a major station decide that it just shouldn’t carry local news? And in a larger sense, why does CBS decide to move successful shows to new nights?
I think the answer to all of these questions is that they just want to mess with me. I now get to miss all the shows my wife wants to watch because they’re all on different days or different times or starting at 7:00 p.m. when we’re putting the kids to sleep.
Some people may ask, «Why don’t you just get Tivo?» I’m cheap. Plus, I’ll watch How I Met Your Mother if I have to, but I’m not going to be really sorry if I miss it now and then. Really, you can’t tell me this concept didn’t run dry at least a year ago.

Their sensationalist and tabloid approach to the news is awful.
If I wanted that, I’d watch crap like Inside Edition.

Ok I am tad annoyed that KOVR folks think Sacramento is in the mid-​west. To air CBS programming an hour earlier than the other networks as if we all lived on farms and have to go to bed early so we can get up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows, is just weird.

What can I say. I love KOVR 13. Use to be a KCRA 3 baby until Stan Atkinson retired, then I moved on over to this channel. Maybe it was the younger blood here, or the better website, or maybe, better reception?
I worked here on a brief stint during college, and my experience was amazing. They have a great team here and the anchors wander freely, mingling, and socializing with everyone. There was no arrogant or pretentious persons to affect me. The old switcheroo between affiliates was the big moment for me and I had fun explaining that to people calling in.
This is a good organization to work for if you have interest in journalism and/​or marketing. It is fast-​paced and lots of new challenges make for a great experience.