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Tony Ortiz just said Troy is in northern Oakland County. No, it isn't.
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MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:51 pm That's embarrassing. In fact, the southern border of Troy is just six miles north of Eight Mile Rd.
Maybe a large road map of SE Michigan should be hung on the wall there.
This is the sort of thing that makes me wonder if any of these people ever bother to get out and about around here. My guess would be that Tony got tripped up by the writers. You don't have time to proofread every single piece of copy, in PM drive, with an ongoing severe weather outbreak.
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I heard Ortiz say it on two different occasions today which makes it even worse. Even the northern end of Troy at South Blvd isn’t northern Oakland!
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The Census Bureau keeps changing the definition of Metropolitan Areas in Michigan. By some definitions, Genesee County is considered to be part of the Greater Detroit Metro Area, by others, it has been considered a completely separate Metro Area. The Predicted City Grade 5 mV/m Contour of WWJ does take in Grand Blanc and other areas of Southern Genesee County. The Buick Open organizers also wanted to attract people from the Detroit Area to be spectators. They used to send the Goodyear Blimp down that way as you may recall. People have a distorted view of how far it is. It takes less than an hour to get there from most parts of the Detroit Area, less than a lot of much shorter surface trips with no efficient route. When JP McCarthy heard thunder when John McMurray was doing the weather once, he made it sound like the Davison Road Commercial Weather Service Studio, connected by a dedicated phone line to the WJR Studios, was on the other side of the earth. It's not 1958 when Frantic Ernie Durham was commuting daily between WJLB and WBBC.
23 Mile Rd./Avon Rd. (the equivalent road becomes intermittent at Pontiac because of the old Woodward centered street layout and many Lakes further West) is the North South geographic center of Oakland and Macomb Counties.
23 Mile Rd./Avon Rd. (the equivalent road becomes intermittent at Pontiac because of the old Woodward centered street layout and many Lakes further West) is the North South geographic center of Oakland and Macomb Counties.
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I have said this here before. The frontline weekday anchors (am and pm) are all veteran award winning anchors with years of major market experience.
They are reading new copy, often put in by the minute, and often written by very young green writers.
They are reading cold, while also running the board and hitting ads etc. They dont have nearly the time to proof as TV anchors do.
They are reading new copy, often put in by the minute, and often written by very young green writers.
They are reading cold, while also running the board and hitting ads etc. They dont have nearly the time to proof as TV anchors do.
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The AAA Road Map of Southeastern Michigan should be on the wall in every studio. Very complete. Along with a Gazetteer of Michigan city name pronunciations.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:51 pm That's embarrassing. In fact, the southern border of Troy is just six miles north of Eight Mile Rd.
Maybe a large road map of SE Michigan should be hung on the wall there.
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Is Woodward in Pontiac still called Wide Track Dr., there no longer being a Pontiac Brand? If so, why?
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Dude. What is your problem with Tony Ortiz? Give it a rest. Troy is one of the largest cities in Oakland County and borders Rochester, which is considered “northern” Oakland County.
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The young, green writers clearly need a tutorial. Probably a Michigan geography lesson too.Newsman123 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:09 pm I have said this here before. The frontline weekday anchors (am and pm) are all veteran award winning anchors with years of major market experience.
They are reading new copy, often put in by the minute, and often written by very young green writers.
They are reading cold, while also running the board and hitting ads etc. They dont have nearly the time to proof as TV anchors do.
And before you come unglued, I'm not just a crazed fan on a message board. I worked at WWJ, many many years ago. I'm old enough to remember the late Earl Dickinson, and George Kendall. Earl worked in San Francisco (his hometown) prior to coming to Detroit. But I guarantee, Earl knew that Troy isn't in "northern Oakland County" Frankenmuth isn't "up north" and Lansing (the state capitol) isn't in "west Michigan"
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Clare calls itself the "Gateway to the North."
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Is Ortiz the only WWJ "anchor" who also records and reads commercial copy that runs through the day? Clothing store, weight loss plans etc.?MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:43 pm As a news reader, Tony doesn't do a bad job, but he's nothing special. I agree that the Troy faux pas falls on the script writer.
That's always seemed tacky to me.