News 12 Long Island is by far the station most watched for Long Island news!
Q: Which television station or stations do you watch the most for news of Long Island? (can choose more than one)
| News 12 Long Island: | 73.80% |
| Channel 5: | 17.50% |
| Channel 7: | 14.20% |
| Channel 4: | 13.00% |
| Channel 2: | 11.30% |
| CBS: | 2.90% |
| FOX NEWS: | 2.70% |
| ABC: | 1.00% |
| FOX: | 0.90% |
| Channel 11: | 0.60% |
| CNN: | 0.60% |
| NBC: | 0.40% |
News 12 Long Island is the viewers’ FIRST choice for information!
Q: When a major event occurs in your area, which one television channel are you most likely to tune to first for information? (one choice only)
| News 12 Long Island : | 61.60% |
| Channel 4: | 13.60% |
| Channel 2: | 7.70% |
| Channel 7: | 3.20% |
| FOX: | 1.70% |
| CNN: | 1.00% |
| ABC: | 0.60% |
| Fox News: | 0.20% |
| Channel 5: | 0.00% |
News 12 Long Island is number one among affiliate newscasts and National news channels in overall viewing.
Q: Have you yourself watched news on this channel in the past 7 days?
| NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND: | 55.10% |
| Channel 7: | 50.30% |
| CNN: | 48.50% |
| Channel 2: | 48.00% |
| Channel 4: | 46.50% |
| FOX NEWS: | 38.20% |
| Channel 5: | 35.30% |
| MSNBC: | 31.10% |
Q: Have you yourself watched within the past 24-hours?
| NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND: | 35.60% |
| Channel 2: | 22.80% |
| CNN: | 19.10% |
| FOX NEWS: | 17.20% |
| Channel 4: | 17.00% |
| Channel 7: | 15.20% |
| MSNBC: | 12.60% |
| Channel 5: | 8.30% |
News 12 Long Island has earned high marks from it’s viewers!
Among residents who have watched News 12 in the last month:
- 93.1% say News 12 Long Island does a Good-Excellent job of covering severe weather and major storms.
- 70.7% say News 12 Long Island does a Good-Excellent job of responding quickly to breaking local news events.
- 76.8% say News 12 Long Island does a Good-Excellent job of presenting news quickly and concisely without wasting your time.
- 79.1% say News 12 Long Island does a Good-Excellent job of covering scheduled news events live, from the scene.
Watching News 12 is a hard habit to break! Viewers of News 12 Long Island tend to watch often!
Among regular viewers of News 12 (those who have watched at least once in the last month):
- More than 1/3 watch four or more times per week! (38%)
- More than 1/2 watch more than twice per week! (54.3%)
People LOVE News 12 more than any other channels!
Q. Using a scale of 1-5 (1 being “I don’t like it” and 5 being “I love it”) what are your feelings about the channel? The results below are rankings of 4-5 for each channel.
Love Index
| News 12: | 43.50% |
| Channel 7: | 19.30% |
| Channel 4: | 17.90% |
| Channel 2: | 16.80% |
| Channel 5: | 8.40% |