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WLKY Response

WLKY Response

While following WLKY and watching their nightly news at 6:00, I began to understand their format and the way they cover their stories. WLKY does a great job at covering mainly local events, like the shooting that recently took place at the Kroger in JTown. They only now and then include national or international news, which I also find is a good thing since many national stories are unnecessary. WLKY also goes into depth on the main stories, and stays quite on the surface of the other ones, whether its sports or a forecast. 

They recently took into account the Kroger shooting and interviewed quite a lot of people effected by this dilemma. They first spoke with Dominic, the man who exchanged shots with Gregory Bush in the parking lot, who conveniently used the gun that he claimed, he, always had on him. They also interviewed Gregory's brother to talk with him about the event, and even Gregory's sons friend. I think that it's WLKY shows strength when talking about these issues because they use evidence and they covered this case especially well. 

WLKY keeps things brief, but also uses what's most important. Instead of covering every Kentucky football game, but instead they talked about Kentucky's first exhibition a few weeks ago. Overall I think that WLKY does a great job of focusing on what's needed and wanted by their audience, and their channel is very informational, making them appeal to their local audience.

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