Steven Martinez
Perhaps the one thing people of all political standpoints can agree on this election season is that all these candidate ads need to stop.
Well, on Election Day, we'll finally get our wish. Some local TV stations have announced the final political ads will run on their broadcasts Tuesday evening. Then we can all go back to seeing David Gruber recite his famous "One call, that's all" slogan over and over again.
WTMJ-TV (channel 4) announced the final political ad is scheduled to run on the station at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday.
The final political ad on WDJT-TV (channel 58) is scheduled to run during the news broadcast at 4 p.m. Tuesday, said Corporate Director of Media Strategy Molly Kelly. About 4:38 p.m. to be exact. The last one on Telemundo Wisconsin is scheduled to run during the show's 5 p.m. news broadcast.
A representative from WISN-TV (channel 12) did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
According to the Federal Communications Commission, there technically isn't a time when political ads are required to end, but typically candidate ads stop running after an election. It'll be a much-deserved respite — until the next election.
I'm burned out by this election. I've seen so many political ads and so much political coverage that I could puke. I vote absentee, so I cast my ballot over a week ago. I can't wait for the political noise to die down. As to who will win the presidential election, I consider both major candidates to be pieces of shit. We, the people, are screwed either way.
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