AZFamily 3TV & CBS 5 — Local services in Phoenix

Shame on the "rocket scientist" who made the decision to cut off an excellent college football game (Stanford @ Hawaii) mid-game in order to air the Arizona Cardinals pregame and game on CBS5. Stanford @ Hawaii was a nationally televised game on CBS Sports. The Cardinals pregame and game could have easily been televised on one of the other AZFamily channels (3.1, 44.1, 44.2) leaving viewers with "TRUE" viewing options! Unfortunately, we live in an age of stupidity (reminds me of the movie "Idiocracy") as this "decision" is nothing more than shades of the "Heidi Bowl" back in 1968. I seriously doubt that the so-called "decision maker" in this matter was even born before 1968 let alone remembers the "Heidi Bowl" incident nor learned of it in his/her educational process (but certainly should have as it's considered one biggest "blunders" in sports television network history). For me, this is the first time that I've witnessed it since that 1968 game between the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets. The Cardinals game is nothing more than a preseason (exhibition) game that counts for NOTHING in the record books (or the 2025-2026 season record for that matter) and will NOT EVEN feature the starters for each team for the entire game rendering it nothing more than a non-competitive evaluation game. Cardinals fans will watch them irrespective of the channel (hence my argument for airing the Cardinals game on an alternate channel). Conversely, the Stanford @ Hawaii game is a meaningful game for both teams as it COUNTS towards each team's season record for 2025-2026 and will feature the best available players for each team on the field for the ENTIRE game. I have previously enjoyed viewing options on AZFAMILY but now must reconsider as this is NOT a network concerned about...

I checked out the station's web page because I was looking for a follow up link on a story I'd heard live on the newscast. I did find the link to the story, but not the link mentioned IN the story for further information. After several minutes of frustrating searching, I gave up and searched online away from the station's web page to find what I wanted. It came up on the first hit. I concluded that the webpage is designed to keep one reading and not easily provide the information from the 'link on our webpage' as is so often mentioned. As I a result, I will not waste my time on such efforts n the future. On the plus side, I appreciate the News content on the broadcast. This station has resisted a bit better than others, the temptation to fall into social media traps, and fill their 20 minutes with frippery. The weather coverage is a bit better also. But... I would like to ask that the 'weather reader' not go out on so many walkabouts and spend their precious few minutes on community events, instead of the forecast, so we can decide if we wish to go out or stay in. A meteorologist does the weather and is not an event planner. My review is mixed. Therefore, I'm giving a...

I saw the story about the missing hiker and her dog. I had stopped watching this channel many months ago because the reports are always incomplete. I always have questions. I had it on channel 5 for a show and left it there. I wanted to know what happened to the hiker's dog. I'm happy she was found but I want the complete story. I called and said what I just wrote, and as I was talking, the person that answered the call, HUNG UP on me. I am guessing that I wasn't the only one. I'm back to watching any other...