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...if you know how to use it. Like Wikipedia it can be a STARTING POINT...

Not to be that guy but.... Google is your friend...

Professionalism is being pissed off at the annoying people calling the newsroom but not showing it... not writing it in your FAQ and making it obvious.... but as newsrooms decline so does the talent level across the board, then nobody cares and the spiral continues...

Great...

New from the vault of unprofessional Scripps fun comes this gem of an FAQ about an on-air contest WXYZ is running to give $1000 away every day for 2 weeks as long as you are watching when they announce your name. Never mind how desperate that is. This is pretty sarcastic and snarky: Here are our most frequently asked questions in regards to this contest. Do I need to fill out all the information on the entry page? Yes! It’s how we would identify you in the event you win and call in. All the fields are required. What if I don’t have an email? Sorry, you need a valid email to enter. No exceptions. It’s part of the rules. Do I need to enter every day? No. Once you’ve entered, you’re in for the duration of the contest. What number do I call if I see my name? We will provide the number when we announce the winner on the air. HINT: The number will NOT be the main station number or newsroom hotline. Please keep those lines open. Should I call in if I missed the announcement? No, because we won’t tell you if you won or not. You need to watch. And we want to be courteous to the winner and make sure they get through. What happens if there is no winner? The $1,000 will roll over to the next day’s drawing. I get they want younger viewers but sounding like an jerk isn't the way to do it...

Chicagos Best is getting a spinoff of sorts. S.E.E. Chicago (Shopping, Entertainment and Events) is gonna air at 1030pm Sundays starting this weekend on WGN. Some nutritionist/author/reality show veteran named Dawn Jackson Blatner hosts.

The city is bad outside of downtown... but you have to understand that 4.8 million of the 5.5 million or so in the viewing area don't live in the city... things are quite alright in the burbs thank you... so it's a complete misconception people who aren't from the area have about it...

It's about comparable in size and probably pulls in more ad dollars... your point?

WTSP Tampa Assistant News Director Tracie McKinney is leaving to join WXYZ in Detroit as Assistant News Director. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/26/tamp-deuce-bolts-for-motown

I'll look later on but off the top of my head it seems to me that there is a second Maury at least that they run during the day...

The only thing WXYZ could do is axe Oz or The Doctors... otherwise they are booked up...

Reporter/ Fill in Anchor Lisa Chavarria wasn't renewed. She had been there since 2012. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/04/25/robservations-wdcb-strikes-deal-wfmt-jazz-network/

She looks like she is doing some sort of non-meditative yoga or something....

7 is adding another per diem reporter. Cate Cauguiran is coming over from CBS O&O KPIX in San Francisco. She starts May 8. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/04/19/13955/#more-13955

Yes but it's archived in the station thread now too... the FLD set thread will get buried... this won't...

Reporter Craig Wall is out effective next Friday. He joined WFLD in 1998. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/veteran-reporter-leaving-wfld-in-chicago/188546

Do we know what year these are from?

5 is getting a new Assistant ND in June: Tracy Davis who is currently ND at Weigels station in Milwaukee. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/04/04/nbc-5-hires-assistant-news-director-milwaukee/

What specifically do you mean by treating you in that way?

She's not that bad... still better than Cheryl Scott... this one at least can speak a sentence without mangling it with halting delivery and incorrectly chosen words. The hand gestures and hesitation is an easy fix. Here's the video we are yakking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNiz8S46SU

And the winner is: Kaitlin Cody, the morning meteorologist at WCCB, the CW affiliate in Charlotte. http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wfld-adds-meteorologist/188290

Tsk tsk J... you're slipping...

Interesting that the new one is missing the "Last Year" line... Other than the logo they are identical otherwise... I still vote for "ABC7 Live Doppler 7 MAX 7 Weather"

From their app:

How boring....