Channel 4: What the heck happened?

Bob Barry Sr. is not a girl i thought he was about 95? talk about somebody who's been around for a while. He was good.

Local Tv is basically a front group, thus the slop'd together site. BTW the site hasn't changed since they started the thing in mid '06

Nature of the beast. Older men are viewed as being "Trustworthy"

Really!

I caught David Payne and Ali Meyer on the noon news a few days back. I see why David, and indeed Ali, have tons of fans. The banter was out of this world funny. There was never a dull moment. Ali verbally slapped David around in the coolest way I've ever seen an anchor treat a weatherman.

And going back days ago to a post about JiaoJiao Shen, yes, rwood8, she is superb too. The most charming little package of dynamite we've had here in a long time. She completely won me over during the Children's Miracle Network Telethon.

Would you happen to remember any of the news you saw during that half hour?

Not really, the number 2 slot at 10 is back and forth between 4 and 5, 9 holds a solid number 1 at ten most nights. There are a few rare occassions where 5 beats them at 10, 4 is quickly becoming the number 3 station

ref: Neilson Media Research.

I was complimenting the quality of the anchoring. After all, that's one of the most important and sought-after features in a newscast. It's well-documented on this board in dozens of posts.

I was having lunch with someone at the time of the broadcast, but I can probably tell you exactly what was on the show at that time. In fact, I can tell you what was on every newscast on every station for the past few years.

The show covered who-shot-who on the south side of town, the latest house-fire, complete with helicopter footage, a drowning in a nearby lake, a child molestation, a robbery of a convenience store complete with grainy surveillance footage, the latest government scandal, the latest quote on high gas prices, a semi-worthless bullet-list of health tips that all of us should know by now, and a 7 day weather forecast. Then it's a big smile, a teaser for the next show, and out...

How am I doing? ;-)

She's not alone.

Linda's the least of their problems, in my opinion.

It's really sad to see the station falter because it used to be my first choice. But as I write this, I realize how long ago it's been. I always watched Danny's Day and the old Foreman Scotty show. I think Count Gregore got his start there and we can "thank" them for the McCain Brothers as well. A lot of great talent rolled through there and maybe they're still feeling the effects of having to constantly reload as employees left for greener pastures.

Don't forget Danny William's Co-Host Mary Hart!


Crypt Keeper Cavanaugh (sorry, it just sounds too funny) needs to retire gracefully, and stop worrying about trying to win awards.


April 19th, 1995, when the biggest story IN THE WORLD was going down right here in our very own burb, where was she????? Vietnam, trying to create another "award winning story"

Don't forget to wear loose-fitting, light-colored clothing.

How can you hold that against her? She had no way of determining if a terrorist attack would happen during her trip to Asia. Get a grip.

The point being that for anybody who has worked with her (I haven't - but know people who have), she was ALL ABOUT the awards. Don't know if she still is, but she used to put her name on just about EVERY story Channel 4 put out, just in case.

Lets see, Local TV is a low cost operation. Problem is they are investors not broadcasters. They dont want to spend the money to do it right.

They came in fired half the employess and are running the other half off.

I expect big changes when contracts come up.

btw 9 is close to an HD newscast.

I dont want to blab too much , but there are private messages

OH do tell!

OR is it worth our time?

I had the good fortune of tuning into KFOR on Friday, June 27th to see KFOR's new anchor, Joleen Chaney. There were no flies on this show! This is the kind of anchor I've been hoping KFOR would hire. She looks like she could compete in primetime with the other stations, and I believe David Payne mentioned that she'd been filling-in the previous evening. Sorry I missed that.

Maybe some other wonderful changes are down the road for KFOR. (And hey, just in time for sweeps!)

I believe the plan is - if Linda Cavanaugh retires they will put Meg Alexander in prime - but they need someone for the other prime shows. I hope they look at someone like this new Joleen. She's green - but word is she is a quick study. The problem at 4 is - they are so short-staffed - all their anchors also have to report every day too. That's a hard gig - not one many of the other anchors (aka Amy at 9) could pull off day after day. That's why they're limited on who's on the anchor desk. Truthfully, that seems to be the way it's going in news. That means smarter women - but perhaps not as good-looking. Like the Miss America contest.

KOCO is where its at!