Stanley Hubbard
The Bridge Collapse: The Best in Local Media
For those who don't live in Minnesota, we have one locally owned television station, KSTP TV, which is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
Stanley S. Hubbard, chairman and CEO of
Hubbard Broadcasting, deserves nothing less than a standing ovation.
KSTP TV started reporting on the bridge in its Wednesday six p.m. newscast with
the first live chopper shot at 6:22. The station stayed on the air covering the
story live for the next 25 hours straight. I cannot begin to calculate what
that cost. Never mind the costs of the employee overtime, or the expense of
keeping helicopters live in the air for 13 hours straight, there were no
commercials. None. The first commercial break was a short one during last
night's ten p.m. newscast.
Old man Hubbard, himself, was in the news room Wednesday night, observing his hard
working news team. At no time was cost an issue in terms of coverage. He just
let his team run, and run, they did.
Thank you, Stanley Hubbard. That was some gift you gave to Minnesota.
Morning Reports
