Katy Jennings

Sandra wrote:
<<<<< Albuquerque is the big city here. It's several times larger than the next-biggest cities of Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Roswell, Farmington... I grew up in Espanola and it was frustrating that some little thing would make the news (all stations we got originated in
Albuquerque) and a really cool big or horrible thing from around us wouldn't. They would report the weather in detail for Albuquerque; ours got two numbers. High school sports in Albuquerque got reported; ours only occasionally. Now that I live in Albuquerque, I understand it entirely. There are time constraints, and if one is doing TV, film is all. Photos aren't so great--that could be the newspaper. And in those days (60's, 70's) there was no easy way to get even photos quickly from a little town to the city, and it was no one's paid-for responsibility.>>>>>


I sometimes feel like a hypocrite when it comes to this, I complain about Alamogordo not making the news, but one of the reasons that I live in a small town because there aren't as many "newsworthy" events! <g>

Elainegh8 wrote:
<<<<Even the national weather leaves a big hole where the Midlands is, we don't even have temperature here. :P Yet the Midlands has the
second largest city and industry is concentrated here.>>>>


That happens here too, all of our news comes from Albuquerque or Roswell. Well Albuquerque is understandable, it is by far the largest city, but Las Cruces is the second largest city, and it is only an hour from me. I would love a news channel from Las Cruces instead of Roswell, the fourth largest city. One of the Albuquerque stations does have a "mobile news room" here in Alamogordo, but we still don't have much going on that makes the news! <g>

Katy J.

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