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Sinclair ruining FSD

Last post by Dudley « Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:41 pm
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by sinklair » Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:33 am
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Why hasn’t this been reported here in Michigan?
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This is the time for employers who “claim” to care for their employees to step up...
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Last post by Dudley
Sat Apr 04, 2020 5:41 pm
Curfews

Last post by R Bedell « Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:27 am
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by lovinlife101 » Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:27 am

Pay attention to government officials who impose curfews. Not only are these unconstitutional, they don’t work. This is strictly theater to give the...

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Last post by R Bedell
Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:27 am
How long until shows are anchored from home?

Last post by Colonel Flagg « Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:34 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:37 am
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National newscasters are anchoring shows from home.

When and will local affiliates follow suit?
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Last post by Colonel Flagg
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:34 pm
Spirit Week

Last post by lovinlife101 « Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:38 pm
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by sinklair » Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:31 pm
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Look, a lot of us stressed out and need to blow off some steam.

However, 25-66 management is throwing a “virtual spirit week” next week. Dress up...
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Last post by lovinlife101
Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:38 pm
“Taking the church to the people”

Last post by R Bedell « Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:23 am
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by lovinlife101 » Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:23 am
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In one of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever seen, people posted pics of Catholic priests walking around neighborhoods, taking people’s money, giving...
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Last post by R Bedell
Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:23 am
ABC12 Great Lakes, Bay Region, News Room

Last post by lovinlife101 « Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:41 pm
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by Beerbong » Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:33 pm
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That’s a mouth full, considering it’s just the old Saginaw office.
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Last post by lovinlife101
Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:41 pm
Conklin Leaving?!?!

Last post by Musicrewired « Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:51 pm
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by sinklair » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:26 am
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Not that the staff is being told anything, but the rumor mill is on overdrive and now industry websites are saying 25-66’s accountant in chief is...
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Last post by Musicrewired
Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:51 pm
Layoffs

Last post by R Bedell « Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:50 pm
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by sinklair » Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:13 am
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, HR is looking at layoffs at local stations for non-essential employees. It allows some of those employees to be...
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Last post by R Bedell
Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:50 pm
Kevin Goff’s long lost son joins ABC12

Last post by lovinlife101 « Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:28 pm

by lovinlife101 » Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:28 pm

Colton Cichoracki.

Wow, spitting image, just younger.

Nerdy look, awkward delivery, even nasal voice! Perfect!

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Last post by lovinlife101
Thu Mar 26, 2020 4:28 pm
And the beat goes on....

Last post by R Bedell « Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:57 am

by R Bedell » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:57 am

And the beat goes on....

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Last post by R Bedell
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:57 am
ABC TV12

Last post by lovinlife101 « Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:12 pm
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by R Bedell » Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:33 pm

See Link:

On the front page. There are 26 stories to click on for further details. 22 out of 26 are corona-virus related. That is 85% of today's...

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Last post by lovinlife101
Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:12 pm
Could A Noncommercial And Commercial Station Share One Channel Like 6 And 53?

Last post by EdWalker « Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:34 am
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by CK-722 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:21 pm

Could A Noncommercial And Commercial Station Share One Channel Like 6 And 53?

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Last post by EdWalker
Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:34 am
ME TV Music 99.3 FM

Last post by MWmetalhead « Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:16 pm
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by matt1 » Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:35 pm

I guess that someone forgot about this station called 99.3 FM ME TV Music (along with 1250 AM). BUT it does NOT have a big f--kin' distance antenna....

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Last post by MWmetalhead
Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:16 pm
Good for nothing

Last post by DAC « Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:05 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:03 pm

State of Michigan: “Genesee County has one confirmed case of coronavirus.”

Media: “YOU’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!”

State of Michigan: “Our bad. No...

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Last post by DAC
Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:05 pm
25-66’s lack of Coronavirus response plan

Last post by R Bedell « Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:24 pm
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by sinklair » Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:48 pm
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As Michigan now has confirmed cases of Coronavirus and journalists are sent out to cover community response to this global outbreak, 25-66’s response...
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Last post by R Bedell
Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:24 pm
They have gone mad.

Last post by R Bedell « Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:12 pm
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by R Bedell » Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:45 pm
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All three local Drive By Media broadcasters can't seem to find anything else, than this corona-virus BS. Spinning it from every angle possible. Oh...
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Last post by R Bedell
Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:12 pm
WJRT is taking a beating on Facebook

Last post by Beerbong « Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:19 am
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by Beerbong » Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:03 pm
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Had to change to another channel for the news. As usual, the weekend anchor can't get through a story without mumbling it up. Stories don't go with...
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Last post by Beerbong
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:19 am
Dumbing down the news

Last post by lovinlife101 « Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:06 am
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by sinklair » Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:44 am

It’s clear that 25-66 management has low regard for our viewers. In the wake of the conoravirus scare, we are literally telling people how to wash...

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Last post by lovinlife101
Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:06 am
25-66 Health Expo

Last post by lovinlife101 « Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:18 am
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by sinklair » Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:17 pm

Mark your calendars.. the NBC 25 Health Expo is around the corner!!!

Come to the desolate Fashion Square Mall to be one of dozens of people to take...

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Last post by lovinlife101
Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:18 am
Average salaries

Last post by sinklair « Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:58 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Tue Mar 10, 2020 6:25 pm
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What’s you best guess for a TV anchor, reporter, and producer in the Flint area market?
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Last post by sinklair
Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:58 pm
Who proofreads this crap?

Last post by sinklair « Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:23 pm
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by sinklair » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:12 pm
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On 25-66’s Facebook page:

“So, what happens if you have a warrant from Art Van. We asked the question.”

First it’s “warranties” — not “warrants.”...
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Last post by sinklair
Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:23 pm
A 25 minute Facebook live nothing burger

Last post by matt1 « Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:30 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:59 pm

Wow.

Way to waste viewers’ time.

25 minutes on the chance of Eric Mays doing something at a council meeting. That’s longer than a newscast on...

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Last post by matt1
Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:30 pm
Mott bond proposal

Last post by lovinlife101 « Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:41 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:38 pm

ABC12 should be ashamed of itself.

The “story” done on a MCC bond proposal consisted of getting a Mott spokesperson telling voters to approve it....

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Last post by lovinlife101
Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:41 pm
Return of the Grilled Cheese

Last post by sinklair « Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:24 am
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by sinklair » Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:44 pm
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Give it up to 25-66 management... all you can eat grilled cheese sandwiches were provided by management again.

That makes everything better on...
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Last post by sinklair
Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:24 am
WJRT owner buying Tegna

Last post by sinklair « Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:25 pm

by sinklair » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:25 pm

Gray TV, owner of WJRT, is looking to buy Tegna stations:

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Last post by sinklair
Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:25 pm
Bill Hewitt retires

Last post by JobyOne « Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:24 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:51 am

Congratulations on more than 55 years! Now, if we could only understand him.

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Last post by JobyOne
Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:24 pm
Editorial news on social media

Last post by R Bedell « Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:37 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:09 am

Yep.

Happens all the time.

“Thank you, Donald Trump!”

That’s for donating his salary to fight coronavirus.

Why does any credible news (oxymoron,...

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Last post by R Bedell
Fri Mar 06, 2020 2:37 pm
Art Van stores closing

Last post by lovinlife101 « Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:30 am
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by sinklair » Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:19 am

TV sales teams are worried after word yesterday that Art Van stores are closing. Art Van was one of the larger accounts for TV advertising. Now, TV...

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Last post by lovinlife101
Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:30 am
Former TV5 Anchor Carrie Sharp

Last post by TheForce « Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:05 pm

by TheForce » Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:05 pm

I was watching WTVF 5 out of Nashville, TN for the live tornado coverage. And here I see Carrie Sharp! Nice to see a familiar face.

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Last post by TheForce
Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:05 pm
Why not change the name for TV?

Last post by R Bedell « Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:42 am
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by lovinlife101 » Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:08 pm
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NBC25/FOX66 has a Jonathan Douche on sports. He also barely opens his mouth.

I’m not against people using other names for TV. This seems like a good...
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Last post by R Bedell
Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:42 am
Jeanna Trotman leaving NBC 25

Last post by R Bedell « Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:19 am
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by matt1 » Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:54 pm
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Sports anchor Jeanna Trotman leaving NBC 25 on Friday night.
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Last post by R Bedell
Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:19 am
YouTube TV dropping FSD

Last post by format this « Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:33 am
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by sinklair » Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:13 am
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Another sign of how Sinclair screws up everything...

YouTube TV says it’ll be dropping Fox Sports Detroit later today over f-up’d retrans...
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:33 am
From the Grand Rapids/West Michigan forum

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Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:20 pm
A must read if truth is important in this forum.

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Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:41 am
Broadcast stocks

Last post by sinklair « Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:53 am
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by sinklair » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:44 pm

Need any evidence that TV station groups are irrevocably broken... look at recent closing stock prices over the past year. The bottom continues to...

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Last post by sinklair
Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:53 am
By the numbers

Last post by sinklair « Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:09 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Sun Oct 06, 2019 3:42 pm
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Here’s how many people work on-air locally:

WJRT: 22

WNEM: 19

WEYI/WSMH: 16

These are reporters and anchors.

If you will notice, the entity that...
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Last post by sinklair
Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:09 pm
Low power TVs in Tri-Cities

Last post by organman95 « Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:09 pm
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by paul8539 » Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:12 pm

Just within the last 3 weeks or so, apparently two low power TV stations have started up in the Tri City area. One seems to be WLLD-LD, wihich gives...

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Last post by organman95
Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:09 pm
The struggle is real

Last post by lovinlife101 « Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:06 pm
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by sinklair » Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:20 pm

A former main anchor at 25-66 who — like many others — was unceremoniously escorted out the side door is now on to her next challenge.

In addition...

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Last post by lovinlife101
Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:06 pm
Two dicks wearing two dicks

Last post by DAC « Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:34 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:34 am
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I have it on good authority that a certain TV5 anchor posted a photo of himself and his gay bae wearing balloons on their heads in the shape of,...
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Last post by DAC
Sun Feb 23, 2020 10:34 pm
Painful to watch

Last post by sinklair « Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:07 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:38 pm
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Having one anchor in Flint and one in Saginaw is just...weird.

They don’t know where to look. There’s a delay between the anchors’ intros. Just...
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Last post by sinklair
Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:07 pm
Breaking Cornhole News

Last post by lovinlife101 « Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:59 pm
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by sinklair » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:00 pm
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As WNEM would put it “JUSTIN” to the Mid-Michigan Now Newsroom...

CW46 is your official home of cornhole championship coverage.

I’m not sure...
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Last post by lovinlife101
Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:59 pm
Jayne Hodak MAB Executive Director of Programs

Last post by EdWalker « Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:20 am
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by lovinlife101 » Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:50 pm

One former newsy lands a cushy, do-nothing job, while Bill and Joel cry in their beer.

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Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:20 am
WLCO Lapeer, off the air

Last post by CK-722 « Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:15 am
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by Colonel Flagg » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:38 am

Anything new on this? Last time I dialed past WLCO while driving on I-69, the audio sounded like a faraway station during Critical Hours. But now...

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Last post by CK-722
Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:15 am
If you care about free Radio and Television....

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If you care about free over the air radio and television please read and let our politicians in Washington know, here's a website from the NAB...

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Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:05 am
O M G

Last post by R Bedell « Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:08 am
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by R Bedell » Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:28 pm

Just seen a TV25 video on Facebook where this Alysia Burgio stated, that a woman ran around the gates, and ignored all warnings, but the train struck...

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Last post by R Bedell
Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:08 am
Justin

Last post by lovinlife101 « Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:55 am
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by sinklair » Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:32 am

Who is “JUSTIN”?

I keep getting TV5 alerts with the title “JUSTIN”. Can someone over there tell whoever is pushing out stories that he/she is...

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Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:55 am
Lighten the Load

Last post by DAC « Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:53 pm
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by R Bedell » Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:41 am

Here is how to handle a staffing problem.

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Last post by DAC
Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:53 pm
ABC 12 new slogan

Last post by Beerbong « Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:00 am
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by matt1 » Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:36 am
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WJRT ABC 12 Your Trusted Source is NOW First, In - Depth, Everywhere on their website!!
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Last post by Beerbong
Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:00 am
Trying too hard

Last post by DAC « Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:34 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:15 am

I can see our friends at Sinclair trying to pull this off:

The morning meeting is the news director “rapping”:

“Yo, word up my peeps.

Let’s...

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Last post by DAC
Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:34 pm
Ryan Slocum GONE!

Last post by lovinlife101 « Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:43 pm
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by lovinlife101 » Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:37 pm
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Already scrubbed from the website.

What’s the excuse? Spend more time with family? Pursuing other dreams? Selling cars or real estate?

Can’t be...
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:43 pm

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