KAAL-6, ABC (TV Station)
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KAAL-6 is a Austin, Minnesota television station and an affiliate of the ABC television network.
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Station Owner
Use of Video News Releases and/or Satellite Media Tours
In the 10pm news bulletin on January 31, 2006 the station broadcast an edited and re-voiced video news release (VNR) produced by MultiVu for Pfizer on a new inhalable insulin treatment, Exubera. [1]
According to the website of JHPIEGO, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University that works on development projects impacting women and children around the world, KAAL aired one of its VNRs. The website lists KAAL as one of three TV stations that included "footage from JHPIEGO video news release on tsunami recovery efforts in Banda Aceh, Indonesia" on December 22, 24, 25 and 26, 2005. In addition to KAAL, KFDA-10 in Amarillo, Texas, and KTVU-2 in San Francisco, California, aired the VNR. [2]
Contact Details
KAAL - Television
P.O. Box 577
1701 10th Place NE
Austin, MN 55912
Phone: (507) 437-6666
Fax: (507) 433-9560
Web: http://www.kaaltv.com/
SourceWatch Resources
- Audio news releases
- B-Roll
- Brand Hype
- Branded Entertainment
- Media releases
- Satellite Media Tours
- Radio Media Tours
- Public Service Announcements
- Video news releases: PR for California's Schwarzenegger administration
External links
- Diane Farsetta and Daniel Price, "Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed: A multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients", Center for Media and Democracy, April 6, 2006.
