
Originally Posted by
drumsncode
Gawd, maybe you read entirely too many message boards! ;-)
We have the top two news stations in the country here in our ABC and CBS affiliates, so I take the quality and the feel of our newscasts here very seriously. Go out of state sometime and see the difference. They're not even in the same league.
Even Jon Stewart recognized the quality of the promos as he was attacking the famous "Watch Gary England or your children will die" promo.
Anyway, sorry to digress a little from the topic of changing weathermen. Just when you think that things are going to stay the same around here, they change.
Venture79, you mentioned about Kelly (or Amy for that matter) standing next to the weatherman to go into the segment, that's something that's done for "Human factors" in an effort to generate more interest. It infuriated me when I first saw it done, and then of course KOCO copied it and still uses it. I think KWTV uses it a lot less now, since maybe they figured out it's really useless.
All this presentation variety/garbage started when the FX Group put in that new set at KWTV, and the viewers have suffered for it. We used to get these really warm, friendly shows, now we get what looks like a guided tour of the architectural splendor of their sets every night.
All those standing shots by a big screen monitor, all that started back in November 2006 when the new set when in. Somehow, the consultants convinced everyone that we'd rather watch an anchor from a distance than look into their face. KWTV has basically ruined all their shows for me, and the worst part is, I don't think they care. (The nerve!)
And Gawd, you are right...I do watch too much news! Guilty as charged. ;-)
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