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Since taking over as general manager for KCTV Channel 5 in August 2001, Kirk Black's mantra to employees has been constant: "Let's get to No. 1." Black and News Director Regent Ducas have overhauled personnel and news product to reach that goal, yet the brass ring so far eludes them. Ratings for many of KCTV's newscasts have improved year to year, but established front-runner KMBC Channel 9 is hardly sweating things out.
"I can see what they're trying to do. I'm just not sure that I would go about it in the same ways," KMBC General...