FRESNO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- KMPH-TV/Channel 26, Pappas Telecasting Companies' FOX affiliate in the Fresno-Visalia, California Designated Market Area (DMA), today announced that it has launched "Around the Clock Webcast," a new daily web-only newscast. "Around the Clock Webcast" will consist of the top news stories of the day, presented by KMPH News anchors in a newscast of about five minutes. In most cases, the stories will be available to Internet users even before they are broadcast on KMPH's 10 O'Clock News. Viewers may access the new feature by visiting www.kmph.com, then clicking the "Around the Clock Webcast" button.
In making the announcement, Charles W. Pfaff, Senior Vice President/Western Group Manager of Pappas Telecasting Companies and General Manager of KMPH-TV, said, "Our society is becoming increasingly tech-savvy, as evidenced by dramatic statistics on Internet use. It is imperative that news organizations like KMPH provide content where our viewers want it. With "Around the Clock Webcast," our team of news professionals supplies a quick look at the most relevant stories of the day, tailored especially for those who are on the go. And, when our Web viewers choose to watch news on their television sets, we think that they'll be more likely to choose KMPH."
KMPH News Director Roger Gadley added, "The Internet is becoming more and more a part of our lives, and we're using it to provide our viewers with a richer, more detailed look at what's going on in the San Joaquin Valley. Our slogan is 'We're Your Station,' and we're proving it by offering a newscast that fits our viewers fast-paced lifestyles, whenever and wherever they want it."
About KMPH FOX 26
KMPH FOX 26 is a Pappas Telecasting Companies station. Visalia-based Pappas Telecasting is the largest privately-held, commercial television broadcast group in the United States in terms of U.S. Household coverage as defined by Nielsen Media Research. KMPH's Ten O'Clock News is the No. 1-rated late-night newscast in the Fresno-Visalia market, delivering a higher average rating in the key demographics Monday-Friday than the ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates combined. KMPH consistently over-indexes the national performance of FOX'S primetime programming, whereas network programming on the market's other Big Four (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC) affiliates under performs their networks' national performance.