KCET gets props for airing Al Jazeera

The New York Times media blog takes note of KCET deciding to carry, and stick with, Al Jazeera's newscast as part of the station's afternoon international news lineup. "In its main weekday slot at 4 p.m., ratings jumped 135 percent from February through May, the station said, and over all, the newscasts are drawing more than 285,000 viewers each week," the post says. "Within the three-hour block of international newscasts that KCET broadcasts from 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays, the two Al Jazeera segments far outpace broadcasts from Japan’s NHK and the Israel Broadcasting Authority, but trail the long-established BBC World News."

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