I found I liked watching news after I got a police-scanner and could listen to things as they happened. Police/Fire/Ambulance scratched the itch of "what is going on right now" better then the news of 'What happened yesterday' that the media offered.

It also had the added benefit of being LOCAL, when my local news mostly covered tidbits of national interest.

I'd still tune-in to local radio to get the followup or fuller-details of an event.