KARE 11 Clear Leader in November, Posts Nielsen Victories in All Newscasts

KARE 11 Clear Leader in November, Posts Nielsen Victories in All Newscasts

MINNEAPOLIS and SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- KARE 11 NEWS posted demographic victories in all newscasts for ratings just released by Nielsen Media Research. KARE 11 finished first in the key demographic group of Adults 25-54 during the recent November Ratings Sweeps.

"This is not surprising, but it is still pleasing to continue to win in the categories that are most important to the industry," said John Remes, President and General Manager. "This means that we are accomplishing our goal to provide the most relevant news and information in our community," he added.

"This is very gratifying," said Tom Lindner, VP/News Director. "Prime time viewing habits may shift, but our core viewers keep making the choice to tune to KARE 11 News," he continued. "These numbers deliver the good news to everyone at KARE 11 that we are continuing to connect with our viewers," he said.

ADULTS 25 - 54 RTG/SH

Station 10pm 10pm 6pm 5pm 6am
7 Day M-F M-F M-F M-F
RTG/SH RTG/SH RTG/SH RTG/SH RTG/SH
KARE
Nov 05 11.2/35 10.5/32 4.4/21 3.9/28 2.9/35
Nov 04 10.7/30 10.9/29 6.7/26 5.0/29 2.7/33

WCCO+
Nov 05 6.7/21 6.8/21 4.2/21 3.2/22 1.1/14
Nov 04 7.7/21 8.5/23 3.4/13 3.8/22 1.8/21

KSTP+
Nov 05 3.6/11 5.2/16 2.2/11 2.3/16 1.7/21
Nov 04 3.9/11 5.5/15 2.5/10 2.1/12 1.4/16

KMSP 9p 9p
Nov 05 5.0/13 4.9/13 ---- 1.0/7 1.6/20
Nov 04 4.5/11 4.6/11 ---- 1.0/6 1.3/15

Gannett TV stations are: W*USA, Washington, DC; WXIA, Atlanta; WTSP, Tampa-St. Petersburg; KARE, Minneapolis; WKYC, Cleveland; KPNX, Phoenix, KNAZ, Flagstaff and KMOH, Kingman; K*USA, Denver; KXTV, Sacramento; KSDK, St. Louis; WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI; WGRZ, Buffalo, NY; WFMY, Greensboro, NC; WTLV and WJXX, Jacksonville, FL; KTHV, Little Rock; WBIR, Knoxville, TN; WCSH, Portland, ME; WLTX, Columbia, SC; WMAZ, Macon, GA; and WLBZ, Bangor, ME.

In addition to its television operations, Gannett Co., Inc. is a leading international news and information company that publishes 100 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns in excess of 400 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com , one of the most popular news sites on the web.

Source: KARE 11

CONTACT: John Remes of KARE 11, +1-763-797-7254

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