Women Anchoring, Men Reporting: By The Numbers

DMA 3: Chicago

WBBM

WMAQ

WLS

WGN

WFLD/WPWR
DMA 25: Indianapolis

WTTV/WXIN

WRTV

WISH/WNDY

WTHR
DMA 32: Cincinnati

WLWT

WCPO

WKRC/WSTR

WXIX
DMA 48: Louisville

WAVE

WHAS/WBKI

WLKY

WDRB/WMYO
DMA 56: Dayton

WDTN

WHIO

WKEF/WRGT

WBDT
DMA 88: South Bend

WNDU

WSBT

WSJV

WBND/WCWW/WMYS
DMA 101: Evansville

WTVW

WFIE

WAZE

WEHT

WEVV/WTSN
DMA 106: Fort Wayne

WANE

WPTA/WISE

WFFT
DMA 150: Terre Haute

WTWO/WFXW

WTHI
DMA 191: Lafayette

WLFI


The following table shows the results of INNCD News Investigates' research into Women Anchoing, Men Reporting in television newsrooms.

Total
Initial (IN, FL, TX and others)
Nationwide

88
27
61
Number of markets investigated
338
97
241
Number of television stations investigated
187
51
136
Number of stations that had more women anchoring newscasts (PASSED ANCHOR TEST)
146
39
107
Number of stations that had more women reporting newsd (PASSED REPORTER TEST)
143
24
119
Number of stations that had more female fill-in anchors (PASSED FILL-IN ACHOR TEST)
56
22
34
Number of stations that have two women anchoring a newscasts (2F)
10
6
4
Number of stations that had two women anchoring newscats/a woman subbedin for a male co-anchor when he had the day off {2F (rep)}
151
32
119
Number of stations that have or had one woman anchoring solo (1F) or {1F (rep)}
83
25
58
Number of stationsthat had more women anchoring and reporting (PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS)
44
12
32
Number of stations that had more men anchoring newscasts (FAILED ANCHOR TEST)
110
31
79
Number of stations that had more men reporting newsd (FAILED REPORTER TEST)
90
24
66
Number of stations that had more male fill-in anchors (FAILED FILL-IN ACHOR TEST)
3
2
1
Number of stations that have two men anchoring a newscasts (2M)
7
5
2
Number of stations that had two men anchoring newscats/a man subbed for the female co-anchor when she had the dasy off {2M (rep)}
78
23
55
Number of stations that have or had one man anchoring solo (1M) or {1M (rep)}
11
4
7
Number of stations that had more men anchoring and reporting (FAILED MISERABLY)
96
21
75
Number of stations that had more women anchoring newscasts (SCORED EQUALon ANCHOR TEST)
77
22
55
Number of stations that had more women reporting newsd (SCORED EQUAL on REPORTER TEST)
73
7
66
Number of stations that had more female fill-in anchors (SCORED EQUAL on  FILL-IN ACHOR TEST)
112
Number of stations that have male-female anchor pairs on newscasts (M-F) (NOTE: This does not include stations that scored 2M or 2F)
$72,137,600,000
Total combined revenue  for CBS Corp., News Corp., AH Belo, EW Scripps, Gannett, Hearst-Argyle, LIN TV, Media General, Merideth Corp., New York Times Co., Nexstar, Post-Newsweek, Tribune, Sinclair, and McGraw-Hill.
11
2
9
Stations web sites that had biograpy pages that were inacessible to the public
16
2
14
Station officials who told us to leave web site and/or stop contacting them
2 (and counting)
Viewer complaints now filed against television stations by the Indiana Broadcasters Association
317 (and counting)
INNCD Viewer telephone calls and emails reponding to INNCD's women anchoring/men reporting investigation
19,579
1,250
18,329
Miles traveled by air and ground to inspect television newsrooms (if all stations did not have a web site)






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