Media Info BureauSales & Marketing Local TV news ranks at the top in ad effectiveness By RBR-TVBR - June 26, 2014 0 FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Results of a new study conducted by GfK for Hearst Television support the primacy of local TV news as a medium for information and advertising, and include findings that counter what some may have taken as conventional wisdom.Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)