For Immediate Release February 28, 2008
CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11pm is #1
San Jose-Oakland-San FranciscoCBS 5 (KPIX-TV) Eyewitness News at 11pm is #1 for the February 2008 sweep period according to Nielsen Media Research. Dana King and Ken Bastida co-anchor the CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11pm, Monday through Friday, which has consistently ranked as the #1 newscast in either households and/or the key adults 25-54 demographic since February 2003, winning 12 out of the last 15 major sweep periods and 9 out of the last 10 non-Olympic impacted sweep periods. Ann Notarangelo anchors CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11pm on Saturday and Sunday.
"I am grateful that, once again, we have the #1 newscast at 11 pm among total viewers," said Dan Rosenheim, Vice President and News Director of CBS 5. "I am especially pleased because, starting this Monday, 10pm news viewers will be able to see the same award-winning team of broadcasters on our new, 30-minute Eyewitness News at 10 on The CW 44/Cable 12 (KBCW-TV)."
Viewers can watch the HD newscasts over the air on channel 44.1, on Direct TV on channel 44, and on Comcast Cable on channel 712 nightly.
Household ratings Monday through Friday, 11pm:
CBS 5 3.5
ABC 7 3.3
NBC11 2.7
KRON4 1.4
Household ratings Monday through Sunday, 11pm:
CBS 5 3.4
ABC7 3.2
NBC11 2.7
KRON4 1.4
CBS 5/The CW 44/Cable 12 are part of the CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation (http://www.cbscorporation.com).
CBS 5 (http://www.cbs5.com) began in 1948 as the first television station in Northern California. The CW 44cable 12(http://www.kbcwtv.com) began in 1968 as the first UHF station in the Bay area. The two stations became a duopoly in 2002.
Media Contact: Akilah Monifa, Director of Communications (415) 765 8842 amonifa@cbs.com.
Source: Nielsen Station Index (January 31 February 19, 2008 Live+; February 20 27, Live only)
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