I think Ashlee is leagues better than Kim. I liked her when she was here before, but she was really good on the snow reports. Her time away doing weather served her well. Very strategic hire by WDIV. She can train to be the weather heiress and step in at any point Adams starts to flake out. In the ...

Editorcj wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:40 pm

I think streaming a 5pm on the weekends would bring in negligible revenue.

It would, today. But news is going to be about all the locals have as the networks are going around them.

Is there an audience to make that profitable? If so it would have happened by now. Doing an hour at 5 would require permanent staffing of at least 2 more reporters and photographers as well as a show producer and that show would be preemted on a fairly regular basis. In union stations you can't jer...

unscopedaircheck wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:36 pm

Seems like the locals only hire POC now. Regardless of their qualifications

Nonsense. They are hiring white people regardless of their qualifications too.

Discussion somewhere at Audacy HQ; Programmer: “The latest Nielsens have 104.3 down to a 5.3….What shall we do?” Consultant: “Cut the library from 275 down to 175, and be sure to play “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Free Fallin’” every three hours! And make sure the jock content is boring, and drown th...

"I demand to know who you are while I remain anonymous".

Sure, stomp your foot a few more times while we all wait to see how this turns out.

Captain Rock wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:16 pm

Where is master control for WDIV-MeTV 4.3?

Not in Detroit, it is wherever all the other Graham Media stations have MC.

Was this a case of automation vs. human being or automation vs. automation?

I am sure it is failed automation, or automation versus someone trying to fix it.

Don't tell FOX 2... Dunbar could be a genuine horse's ass at times, especially at that point when he knew he was leaving for better things in other markets and would never return to Detroit. Regardless of that, he was and probably remains, a great on-air talent. But that guy on Fox 2, he's special....

Then we have Fox making DJ 's into morning news anchors. https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/personality/doug-dunbar/ Started on air at a class A FM in Monroe, then to WCZY. Landed in DFW quite a long time ago. Was that intentional or accidental on your part? Intentional, I just left off the "not the first...

I usually avoid terrestrial radio because the programming is so depressingly awful, but tuned in to WRIF out of curiosity. Good grief, how can the audio be this variable? I don't think it is a matter of someone mucking with processing settings, the source material is just fubar. Commercial levels ar...

whitebalance wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 28, 2022 9:52 am

Then we have Fox making DJ 's into morning news anchors.

https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/personality/doug-dunbar/

Started on air at a class A FM in Monroe, then to WCZY. Landed in DFW quite a long time ago.

Lauren Podell was the co-winner, not Ms. Baracy. Good grief, I forgot about that mess. I think that is correct, now that you mention it. Baracy was the chief meteorologist at the #1 news station in a significant TV market. She might be better at this than you think. There are plenty of on-air weath...

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 27, 2022 10:37 am

Very fitting that the WWJ-TV calls are being used on an also-ran of a station today given how crappy channel 4 was during the 70s.

They're working on replicating that.

Ashlee is a great hire for WDIV. Hopefully she lands weekday mornings. I am unfamiliar with Ron but he sounds promising. From the guy who complains that WDIV can't create decent forecasts and gets it wrong more than they get right, *this* is a good hire? She was the morning traffic girl, after bein...

"I should move on because I could say some stuff"

You already have. Being an adult is knowing when to keep your mouth shut.