Tim Chelling This is Me

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1. 1. san diego magazine

   www.sandiegomag.com/issues/sep - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/13/2002   Last Visited: 10/13/2002

   "That ranking is deceptive," says Tim Chelling, director of communications for Cox Cable and a former editorial director for KNSD. "You've got Mexico to the south, the mountains to the east, the ocean to the west and Pendleton to the north. It's not like, say, Oklahoma, where a signal can reach viewers from one end of the state to the other." Geography does restrict San Diego. However, says Chelling, the San Diego audience is sophisticated, and production values and salaries here make this seem more like a top-10 market.
   
   The point is reiterated by Lisé Markham, the new vice president and general manager of KTTY. She's been brought in by Tribune from Fresno to oversee Channel 69's rebirth.
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   "This is a sophisticated news market," says Tim Chelling, "and the audience is going to get fed up with stories of fires and crimes." Chelling, who spent 15 years in what he calls the "sausage factory" as 39's editorial director ("You shouldn't watch sausage or TV news being made," he quips), believes news is no longer about news-it's about anchors as actors and generating revenue. He terms the concept of local TV news a "lucrative dinosaur run by general managers and sales managers." Lucrative may be the operative word.
   
   San Diego television, it's clear, is no longer an insular, mom-and-pop operation. The changes in ownership and programming regulations will alter what San Diegans will be able to see, particularly in the early-evening hours.
   
   Specifically, the rules have changed on prime-time access and networks' syndication of programs produced under their aegis.

2. 2. san diego magazine

   www.sandiegomagazine.com/issue - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/27/2000   Last Visited: 2/2/2003

   "That ranking is deceptive," says Tim Chelling, director of communications for Cox Cable and a former editorial director for KNSD. "You've got Mexico to the south, the mountains to the east, the ocean to the west and Pendleton to the north. It's not like, say, Oklahoma, where a signal can reach viewers from one end of the state to the other." Geography does restrict San Diego. However, says Chelling, the San Diego audience is sophisticated, and production values and salaries here make this seem more like a top-10 market.
   
   The point is reiterated by Lisé Markham, the new vice president and general manager of KTTY. She's been brought in by Tribune from Fresno to oversee Channel 69's rebirth.
   ...
   "This is a sophisticated news market," says Tim Chelling, "and the audience is going to get fed up with stories of fires and crimes." Chelling, who spent 15 years in what he calls the "sausage factory" as 39's editorial director ("You shouldn't watch sausage or TV news being made," he quips), believes news is no longer about news-it's about anchors as actors and generating revenue. He terms the concept of local TV news a "lucrative dinosaur run by general managers and sales managers." Lucrative may be the operative word.
   
   San Diego television, it's clear, is no longer an insular, mom-and-pop operation. The changes in ownership and programming regulations will alter what San Diegans will be able to see, particularly in the early-evening hours.
   
   Specifically, the rules have changed on prime-time access and networks' syndication of programs produced under their aegis.