West Virginia Station Gives Automakers - and Revenue a Boost

Now that the recession is official, and advertising revenues are taking an even bigger hit, here's an interesting question: Are broadcasters actually making the economy worse than it really is? Tim DeFazio thinks so.

"We're suffering more from psychological effects of national media than the local effects," says DeFazio, general manager of Withers Broadcasting's WDTV in Bridgeport, W.Va. "The economy is what it is, but TV news headlines are way out of proportion to the actual problem."


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