WLTV's most recent local news rating was a 7.1.

And ABC came out ahead with a news ratings of 10.6.

Channel 10 has led the news ratings in Columbia for as long as records have been kept.

In the news ratings, CBS dropped back to third place after rebounding for one week from five weeks there.

The station has led the news ratings in the San Joaquin Valley for more than 30 years.

Under Cronkite, the newscast began what would eventually become an eighteen-year period of dominating the nightly news ratings.

How far can the evening news ratings sink?

It is expected that his performance may ultimately increase his station's news ratings significantly.

Since then, the station has been known for exceptional news coverage and was consistently at the top of the news ratings since the early 1980s.

The second problem was CBS's weakness in its news ratings.