Name: Broadcast Wars
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-11-26
Cast: Barry ZeVan, Stanley Hubbard, Mark Rosen

This Just In! Broadcast Wars should be renewed for Season 2

If you study journalism, you might want to watch this three episode series about the local news in the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota. This short series should have a follow up season. The series is filled with useful information about the local news history in the twin cities. The Hubbards brought satellite trucks long before the rest of us. Dave Moore was the Walter Cronkite of the twin cities. The documentary interviews many of the living anchors and reporters. The Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area has a lot to cover in local news. This PBS series is devoted to those who began the local news in the twin cities and innovations which evolved over time. The series doesn't cover enough. They only just touch on social issues.

If you want to understand the news industry, this series helps explain how the news scenes has evolved. If you live in the twin cities, you should watch it and see the familiar faces that once anchored the chairs and desks.

The documentary is a form of non-fiction storytelling that aims to present factual information, insights, and perspectives on real-world subjects, events, issues, or people. Documentaries can cover a wide range of topics, including history, science, culture, social issues, nature, biographies, and more.

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Stanley E. Hubbard is an early pioneer in radio and television, and KSTP is the top local TV news for decades. Dave Moore and his team launch a new kind of newscast at WCCO that ignites a fierce war for ratings which still rages today.

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