I’m not familiar with the size or setup available at QTQ, is there definitely enough space/facilities available for them to use a full set for the Regional QLD bulletins?
I certainly hope they realise they need to do something better than NSW/VIC to compete against 7, and follow through with something better than we’ve seen!
They’ve certainly had plenty of time to learn from mistakes and adjust their strategies since the NSW/VIC bulletins were launched.
As i’ve said, the acquisition of Samantha & Paul as presenters is a brilliant move by Nine. Pity they don’t have them together as a dual-presenter setup, like they were in the days they presented together on WIN.
I thought the current news set for Nine Brisbane was moved into the larger production studio at QTQ while the main news studio gets upgraded for the new set and HD production?
Former NBN reporter, Sally Rafferty, was reporting from Cairns this morning on Today. I would expect that she will be one of North Queensland reporters in the coming weeks.
Seeing quite a few of these posts on Facebook. To be honest, i don’t see them changing the bulletin to make it more local. Instead they will probably continue to use ‘non local’ stories for most of the hour…
The problem isn’t just that the bulletin isn’t local enough (e.g. local Canberra stories, although that would be nice), it’s also that there are irrelevant Sydney local news stories used as padding.
9News should replace those Sydney stories with (actual) national & international stories which wouldn’t be as obviously out-of-place on something called “9News Canberra”.
Definitely agree. Although cause it’s done in Sydney they probably think that all the stories about Sydney roads and other things are ‘relevant’ to us Canberrans too. Hopefully there will be some changes in the future.
