WOHN-TV often covers stories that take place at the zoo. For example, in Preggers, Emma mentions a report on a zoo massacre on before Sue's Corner. In The Rocky Horror Glee Show, there is a story on a chimp wedding, and in The Purple Piano Project, they have a story on the first zoo massacre in six years, calling it panda-monium.
Burt was given a slot because he was running for congress, and the WOHN-TV had to give him equal time to Sue, due to the rules of campaign laws.