Mrknowitall526

WFMZ is now showing first-run episodes of "Harry" at 9am and also Rachel Ray at 3pm. They are the current day's shows and NOT a few days behind like Dr. Phil is. Rachel Ray actually really surprises me - she's got a pretty successful show. And to show at 3pm is a good time slot. Makes me wonder how many other national big shows WFMZ could afford.

6ABC launched their own weather balloon live around 6:45 this morning. Adam Joseph made a large post about it: <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F6abcAdamJoseph%2Fposts%2F10155264550118696&width=500" width="500" height="714" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> Not sure if that link works or not. I don't really understand the purpose of this. It already came down. What good was that data? Was it just ratings hype? Cool nonetheless.

6ABC had some sort of technical problems last night and the 11 pm show didn't come on the air until about 11:15. They posted about it on Facebook.

Good for him! Yeah, I wonder what happened to Bryan ... so odd!

According to LinkedIn, Hilary Lane now is at WUSA-TV. Good for her, but it's a shame because she was really good.

After the 2014 Winter Olympics, though, I'm pretty sure that they were doing digital updates on the app. They're not that this year, it seems.

Agreed, but neither was George when he started and I think he has come around quite a bit.

FMZ has 3 people at the RNC in Cleveland -- seems a little overkill to me? Wendy Davis being one of them. It's strange -- when either Rob or Wendy are off, it's just solo with the other. But right now, Rob is off and Wendy is at the RNC, so Jim & Joy did all the newscasts this afternoon, and also tonight. Why can't one of them fill in for Rob or Wendy on a regular basis?? Their substitute policies make no sense! I really hate when Eve or Jaciel anchor a 4 hour morning newscast by themselves. EDIT: Wendy scored an interview with Dan Rather. That's interesting.

George did the special report around 4:00 when the Baton Rouge press conference was going on.

Monica Malpass posted a 15 minute video of the rooftop of 6ABC - not sure why, but I watched the whole thing! She was talking to the tech guy at the station and they talked about the satellites and all that. Interesting!

Hm ... strange! Just found his Twitter page and he has been tweeting, but nothing about the station.

I'm surprised that Jamie Stover and Hillary Lane are still around - they are some of the best reporters currently. Although I think Hillary Lane is from the area, so this might be where she wants to be.

Was his bio ever up there? I tried looking once and I couldn't find it. The way their talent comes and goes, it's probably hard to keep that updated!

One thing I thought was funny was that I saw several news clips on 6ABC showing prep for the shows and they still said "Wawa Welcome America festival" just without the usual taglines, promos, etc.

Did NBC10 show the parade also? I think Philadelphia parades and Rick Williams & Cecily Tynan go hand in hand. In the past I have watched several of the 4th of July events - but to be honest, this year I turned it on and since I don't normally watch NBC10, didn't know who the two hosts were (I know they are the anchors), so I cared a lot less, then tuned out. Perhaps channel 6 realized they don't need these types of events -- or the lottery -- to stay at the top.

Just lost another good one!

I miss him also! The new guy is starting to grow on me ... but he is almost TOO excited.

And during that time when Lisa and Marc both left (Marc, btw, went over to channel 3 as the 11 pm anchor and eventually retired soon after), Monica and Rick pulled double shifts for a LONG time. 5am and 5pm. They eventually let up with them at 5 am, but during sweeps they did both shows. It took a long time before Rick & Monica were named official 5 pm anchors. Scott Palmer and Anita Brikman took over the mornings for a while, but I forget why but they stopped (I think one or both of them left around the same time). Eventually Matt O'Donnell took over and anchored with Sarah Bloomquist for a bit, before Tamala Edwards came along. I personally like Matt and Sarah a lot together in the morning.

Wow! Good for her, though. Was just thinking that I haven't seen her much recently, I think her health issues made it difficult for her the last few years.

I did notice the new traffic graphics, they look good. The current U3's for the weather and the new way the weather looks IMO are great. But the L3's are so old and I am so tired of them. Lately I've been watching WFMZ from 5-6:30 (since I live in the Lehigh Valley) but would go back to 6 if they would update the graphics!

WPVI shows a daily planner on the side bar during the morning forecasts. I've heard David and Karen both refer to it as the "always-on day planner." I don't see why this is so ... revolutionary? Yeah, it's neat, especially the partnership with WU, but WPVI has been showing temps in regions / specific towns for ... years? Especially in the morning and the 5:20ish forecast. They zoom in to Philly proper, the Lehigh Valley, Jersey, Delaware and show temps. They also show forecasts everyday for Philly, Allentown, and Atlantic City. And, WFMZ does the same. They zoom in on Lehigh & Northampton Counties and show temps in various places. I don't watch NBC10 ... do they not do this??

Adam & Cecily have been doing live behind the scenes videos on Facebook. Just watched one now. It was really cool! Cecily did it from her page but Chris Sowers (who is working during the week????) took over for a bit and actually showed Cecily and Adam on the video feed while they were live on the air! Neat concept!

She used to work at WFMZ - did the morning show with John Derr in the late 90s / early 2000s.

Nice send off for Troy Hein tonight. Big shoes to fill!

Holy cow!!!! He is a high school sports institution in the Valley. I'm really shocked!