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Paul Werth - DHL - UPS Deal
    Date Range: 2008/10/03 To 2008/10/06
 1.  OCT 6 2008  7:00AM ET   Fox 19 Morning News   Nielsen Audience: 49,601    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $400 
    WXIX-FOX, CINCINNATI, OH         
 
[**07:06:57 AM**] FIND OUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN THE NEXT TIME YOU FILL YOUR GAS TANK. FRANK MARZULLO HAS YOUR BUS STOP WEATHER IN JUST MINUTES NOW HERE'S BRUCE DAVIS WITH TRAFFIC. TIME IS, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, THE STATE OF OHIO IS STEPPING I WILMINGTON, AS DHL PLANS TO END ITS OPERATIONS THERE.  
 
 2.  OCT 6 2008  4:30AM ET   Fox 19 Morning News at 4:30   Nielsen Audience: 6,458    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $200 
    WXIX-FOX, CINCINNATI, OH         
 
[**05:10:08 AM**] THE PROPOSAL IS TO BRING THE TWO-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING REGIONAL THEATER TO A SPACE IT WOULD SHARE WITH THE CHILDREN'S THEATER. ABOUT 200-PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FIRST MEETING LAST MONTH. THE STATE IS STEPPING IN TO HELP BUSINESSES IN WILMINGTON, AS DHL PLANS TO END ITS OPERATIONS THERE. MANY SMALL BUSINESSES DEPEND ON THE SHIPPING COMPANY. OHIO'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IS OPENING A NEW BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. UP TO 10-THOUSAND JOBS COULD BE LOST WHEN DHL LEAVES WILMINGTON. CITIGROUP AND WELL FARGO MAY HAVE COMPROMISE OVER WACHOVIA, LET'S GO TO WALL STREET AND JANE KING WITH THE BLOOMBERG BUSINESS REPORT. GOOD MORNING, WELLS FARGO AND CITIGROUP MAY SPLIT UP WACHOVIA TO END A TAKEOVER BATTLE FOR THE BANK.  
 
 3.  OCT 6 2008  4:30AM ET   Fox 19 Morning News at 4:30   Nielsen Audience: 6,458    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $833 
    WXIX-FOX, CINCINNATI, OH   Run Time: 4:10     
 
[**05:37:24 AM**] "I THINK IN GENERAL PEOPLE ARE REALLY WORRYING ABOUT HOW BAD IT WILL BE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND FINDING IT HARD TO GET ANY REAL BRIGHT SPOT IN THE AWFUL PICTURE. AUSTRALIAN STOCKS ALSO LOST 165 POINTS. THE STATE IS STEPPING IN TO HELP BUSINESSES IN WILMINGTON, AS DHL PLANS TO END ITS OPERATIONS THERE. MANY SMALL BUSINESSES DEPEND ON THE SHIPPING COMPANY. OHIO'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IS OPENING A NEW BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. "IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE EXPERTS IN THAT OFFICE THAT ARE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN PREPARE YOURSELF FOR CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES, FREE COUNSELING, ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING ON EVERY ASPECT OF SMALLL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT" UP TO 10-THOUSAND JOBS COULD BE LOST WHEN DHL LEAVES WILMINGTON. FORBES MAGAZINE CALLS THE TAFT MUSEUM OF ART ONE OF THE TOP ART MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY.  
 
 4.  OCT 3 2008  5:00PM ET   9 News at 5   Nielsen Audience: 88,402    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $6,075 
    WCPO-ABC, CINCINNATI, OH   Run Time: 4:03     
 
[**05:03:27 PM**] HE SAYS DESPITE THAT DEEP CUT AND OTHERS, HE STILL DOESN'T PLAN ON RAISING TAXES. CLYDE, TANYA? EVEN WITH THE WALL STREET BAILOUT, THE OUTSOURCING OF TEN THOUSAND JOBS AT DHL WILL STILL HURT THE ECONOMY IN WILMINGTON. THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SAID TODAY IT WILL OPEN AN OFFICE THERE TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS PREPARE FOR A TOUGH FUTURE. 9 NEWS MULTI-MEDIA JOURNALIST TONY MIRONES CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THE ECONOMY, CLOSE TO 60 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SHOWED UP THIS MORNING AT THE SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT WANTED TO SAY ABOUT GROWING THEIR BUSINESS. ... [**05:04:13 PM**] "THATS RIGHT HE'S LOOKING TO HIRE PEOPLE, AND HE SEES THE DHL OUTSOURCING OF 10,000 JOBS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, AND THE STATE WANTS TO AFFORD HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE, BUT A LOT OF OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES ARE IN A TOUGHER SITUATION. IRIS COOPEROHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT"WE WANT SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE THAT WE RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY ARE FACING AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE PARTNERS THROUGH IT. WITH ABOUT A THOUSAND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT DEPEND ON DHL, THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF BUSINESS AND MAY EVEN CLOSE. THAT'S WHY THE STATE IS OPENING A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. IRIS COOPEROHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT"IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE LOSING A PORTION OF YOUR SALES BASE YOU MAY NEED SOME COUNSELING TO HELP YOU DOWNSIZE AFFECTIVELY.  
 
 5.  OCT 3 2008 10:00PM ET   Ten O'Clock News   Nielsen Audience: 125,097    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $4,840 
    WXIX-FOX, CINCINNATI, OH   Run Time: 4:02     
 
[**10:06:56 PM**] OFFICIALS TELL FOX-19, HOWEVER, NEIGHBORS SHOULD NOT WORRY: "THIS IS NOT AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS, IT HAS BEEN CONTAINED. ONCE THAT IS DRAINED UP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND PUT REPAIRS AND THAT WON'T TAKE QUITE AS LONG, ONCE THE LINE IS BACK UP AND WORKING, THE CLEAN UP WILL BEGIN. THOUSANDS OF JOBS COULD BE LOST IF DHL LEAVES CLINTON COUNTY SO THE STATE IS NOW OFFERING SOME ASSISTANCE, FOX 19'S JACKIE SPRAGUE HAS THE DETAILS. WITH THE LOOMING THREAT OF DHL'S EXIT, SMALL BUSINESSES IN WILMINGTON ARE PREPARING TO TAKE A DIRECT HIT, NOW THE STATE IS STEPPING IN TO HELP THEM WEATHER THE STORM. TODAY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SPONSORED A SEMINAR FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OWNERS. "WE BELIEVE THAT WILMINGTON NEEDED SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION ONCE WE HEARD ABOUT THE DHL SITUATION. THIS DIVISION WAS CREATED ABOUT 9 MONTHS AGO TO FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENUERS" IF DHL CONTRACTS WITH UPS AND LEAVES THE WILMINGTON AREA, AN ESTIMATED 10-THOUSAND JOBS WOULD BE LOST AND WOULD HURT AN ALREADY STRUGGLING ECONOMY, SO THE STATE IS PROVIDING RESOURCES TO LESSEN THE BLOW. "FREE COUNSELING, ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING TO HELP WITH EVERY ASPECT OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUTREACH ACITIVITIES PLANNED, INCLUDING NETWORKING CIRCLES "IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO USE THOSE RESOURCES, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS SET UP AN OFFICE HERE IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON" AND SOME BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE PROACTIVE. ... [**10:08:38 PM**] IF DHL DOESN'T DEPART, ALL THE BETTER, BUT IF THEY DO, WE'VE GOT A LEG UP ON IT" "IT'S OBVIOUSLY A SCARY TIME FOR US HERE IN TOWN, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A GOOD BASE OF COMMUNITY HERE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY, EVEN IF DHL DOES DECIDE TO LEAVE" IN WILMINGTON, JACKIE SPRAGUE FOX 19 NEWS. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEW RESOURCE CENTER, LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE FOX 19 DOT COM AND CLICK ON THE BIG RED BOX. BEFORE GUTENBURG INVENTED MOVABLE TYPE AND PUBLISHED THE FIRST BEST-SELLER THE BIBLE SCRIPTURE HAD TO BE WRITTEN OUT BY HAND.  
 
 6.  OCT 3 2008  6:30PM ET   Fox 19 @ 6:30PM   Nielsen Audience: 37,648    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $3,690 
    WXIX-FOX, CINCINNATI, OH   Run Time: 4:06     
 
[**06:35:25 PM**] AN EXPLOSION! BELIEVE IT OR NOT MICHAEL MIZE WASN'T EVEN INJURED. DHL HASN'T LEFT WILMINGTON JUST YET, BUT THE STATE IS ALREADY STEPPING IN TO HELP BUSINESSES, MNY OF WHICH DEPENDED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ON THE SHIPPING COMPANY.  
 
 7.  OCT 3 2008  6:30PM ET   Fox 19 @ 6:30PM   Nielsen Audience: 37,648    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $2,595 
    WXIX-FOX, CINCINNATI, OH   Run Time: 2:53     
 
[**06:35:43 PM**] SO OHIO'S DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED THE OPENING, OF THEIR NEW BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER, IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON. "IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE EXPERTS IN THAT OFFICE THAT ARE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN PREPARE YOURSELF FOR CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES, FREE COUNSELING, ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING ON EVERY ASPECT OF SMALLL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT" IT'S ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 10-THOUSAND JOBS COULD BE LOST WHEN DHL LEAVES THE CITY. THE CINCINNATI BALLET WANTS YOUR BLOOD, THE DANCE COMPANY HOSTED A BLOOD DRIVE ALL AFTERNOON, CINCINNATI BALLET OPENS "DRACULA" ON HALLOWEEN AT THE ARONOFF CENTER AND PERFORMS IT THREE TIMES THAT WEEKEND, "CITY BY CITY ANIMATION" IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOU CITY BY CITY, FOX 19'S COMMITMENT TO COVERAGE AROUND THE TRI-STATE BURLINGTON, A BROKEN OIL PIPELINE, STINKING UP BOONE COUNTY. THE LEAK WAS CONTAINED, AND NO MAJOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED. BUT BOONE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE CHECKING THE AIR QUALITY NOW, BECAUSE THE FOUL ODOR COUJLD BE SMELLED FOR MILES. DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MASON COPS GOT SOME NEW WHEELS TODAY THE "DARE" PROGRAM, JUST RECEIVED A BRAND NEW DODGE NITRO. IT WAS DONATED BY "KINGS CRYSLER-JEEP-DODGE".  
 
 8.  OCT 3 2008  5:00PM ET   2 News at 5   Nielsen Audience: 34,873    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $5,308 
    WDTN-NBC, DAYTON, OH   Run Time: 4:05     
 
[**05:18:32 PM**] CC>THIS PORTION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING(CC>THE CHILL IN THE AIR MEANS ITS TIME FOR THE 25 ANNUAL COATS FOR KIDS CAMPAIGN. ONE OF OUR SPONSORS, HANDYMAN ACE HARDWARE, CAME TODAY TO COLLECT THOSE BLUE BARRELS FROM OUR STUDIOS. WE'RE KICKING-OFF THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT HERE IN OUR PARKING LOT ON MONDAY OCTOBER 6TH, STARTING AT 5PM. ... [**05:22:30 PM**] PLUS, PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER DHL IN WILMINGTON. A DUMP TRUCK, AND CAR COLLIDE, SENDING A BIBLE FLYING, AND TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.  
 
 9.  OCT 3 2008  5:00PM ET   2 News at 5   Nielsen Audience: 34,873    Calculated Ad Equivalency: $4,377 
    WDTN-NBC, DAYTON, OH   Run Time: 3:22     
 
[**05:41:17 PM**] IF THEY DO, THEN YOU'LL SEE YOUR SAVINGS RIGHT ON THE BILL. I'M JILL CORDES. TODAY THE CITY OF WILMINGTON CONTINUED TO PLAN FOR THE IMPACT OF DHL'S EXIT, SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSTED A WORKSHOP TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS PREPARE SUCCESSFULLY FOR THE PROPOSED DHL EXIT FROM WILMINGTON AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY. UNDER THE PROPOSAL DHL WOULD CONTRACT WITH UPS, THAT MOVE WOULD SHUT DOWN THE THAT WOULD LEAVE 10-THOUSAND PEOPLE WITHOUT A JOB AND PUT SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES AT RISK. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ROLLS ON AFTER LAST NIGHT'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, COMING NEXT HOW BOTH PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS THINK THEIR RUNNING MATES DID IN THE DEBATE, RE REFORM TWO EXTREMES. ON ONE END, GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE;  
 

Report Generated: 2008/10/06 10:50:33.586 (CT)
Total Story Count: 9
Total Nielsen Audience: 421,058
Total Run Time: 26:41
Total Calculated Ad Equivalency: $28,318
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