the other affiliates and devolved into a weather radar contest with some scores and filler.

Of course they are all long gone now but even still the Fox affiliate is still probably the only attempt at news and is no less devoid of content or more conservative in bent than any of the others.

My thought has often been that Fox News rides the credibility of their locals to some degree or another. Especially, in the beginning to lock down the following. Might have been a big boon as the little dishes took off about the same time to have those locals build brand recognition and some credibility.