The Fighting 29thAll about New York's 29th Congressional Districthttp://www.fighting29th.com/node/4124/atom/feed2006-10-16T22:14:23-04:00Debate Non-Coveragehttp://www.fighting29th.com/2006/10/debate-non-coverage.html2006-10-16T22:14:23-04:002006-10-16T22:14:23-04:00RottenchesterThe final debate of the campaign has just finished. I didn't see it, because, like many of my suburban Monroe County neighbors, I don't subscribe to Time-Warner Cable.
Debates are only important if voters watch. Here's the list of debates in the 29th and the coverage of each:
10/5: Rotary Club, Canandaigua. Seen by 200 people.
10/10: WETM, Elmira. Broadcast on the WETM Time-Warner cable channel in Elmira during prime time, and then re-broadcast on WETM UHF channel 18 the following Sunday morning.
10/11: Bath LWV. Another 200 or so people saw this debate.
10/12: WLEA, Hornell. A low-powered radio station with a "distant" signal radius of less than 40 miles hosted this debate at 3 p.m. on a Friday.
10/16: Rnews, Rochester Time-Warner Cable. This debate will be re-broadcast on Time-Warner affiliates in the Southern Tier.
None of these debates were broadcast in prime-time on an over-the-air station. The one over-the-air TV broadcast was during off-hours on a low-coverage UHF channel.
My conclusion: there's no reason to think that the debates were widely watched, or that they will have anything but minimal impact on this race.
]]>The final debate of the campaign has just finished. I didn't see it, because, like many of my suburban Monroe County neighbors, I don't subscribe to Time-Warner Cable.
Debates are only important if voters watch. Here's the list of debates in the 29th and the coverage of each:
10/5: Rotary Club, Canandaigua. Seen by 200 people.
10/10: WETM, Elmira. Broadcast on the WETM Time-Warner cable channel in Elmira during prime time, and then re-broadcast on WETM UHF channel 18 the following Sunday morning.
10/11: Bath LWV. Another 200 or so people saw this debate.
10/12: WLEA, Hornell. A low-powered radio station with a "distant" signal radius of less than 40 miles hosted this debate at 3 p.m. on a Friday.
10/16: Rnews, Rochester Time-Warner Cable. This debate will be re-broadcast on Time-Warner affiliates in the Southern Tier.
None of these debates were broadcast in prime-time on an over-the-air station. The one over-the-air TV broadcast was during off-hours on a low-coverage UHF channel.
My conclusion: there's no reason to think that the debates were widely watched, or that they will have anything but minimal impact on this race.