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That's a nice thing to do. A full page ad is not cheap.

Good riddance to Pappas! They earn a slot in the top 5 worst TV groups to work for of all time.

The same reason is why you don't see Turko comparing and testing kids cough syrups. "It ain't right"

Pretty sure they won't unless they are total softballs. I can promise you the affils will hate this set-up because it's the tail wagging the dog. Most calls will be landlord/ tenant disputes , credit card billing problems and child custody/ family law disputes. Some doe eyed intern takes the calls and then try to convince the locals that it's newsworthy. The locals will play the "it's not newsworthy" game back and forth. The next big issue will be the old "stepping on the toes"... When Old Miss Crabby calls the Texas call center to complain about her city not sweeping the streets on a regular basis. That's when the fun begins. When the "call screeners" in Texas start digging around and making calls to the local city hall in the affils town...the locals (I-team) go ballistic because "Some idiot intern in Texas is screwing up the relations we have with city hall"....Back Off!. I would be really interested to see how they plan to keep the locals "engaged" and not get pissed off at the call center and the "stories" they find. It's really just based on "crap in...crap out" types of calls...the kind of shit that Scripps stations run with every night. No need to waste money digging up news, when we can just wait for the drunks to call us. I give this whole ill convinced plan about 1 year before we see "job cuts" in TV spy and FTV live due to the shrinking TV news ad dollars post 2016 elex. But as any good assignment editor will tell you,,, "When Consumer Bob comes bitching about the story generated FROM Texas...I will tell Bob to go find me something better." Chances are that will shut him up.

Poor thing never had a chance working with Dave Courvoisier all those years at KVBC 3. Go grab some meetings Rikki...no shortage of them in the Valley.

Ouchy!

Give her a hug....and a kick in the ass...and tell her to follow the 12 steps.

Everyone knows Elvis is alive and has been running CBS all these years. I have EXCLUUUUUUSIVE Pictures to prove it. (sweeps yaa-know)

It's called... "Getting Old"

Yes I recently took a tour of the new facility and took these exclusive pictures...

Just north of Kernville Ca., there is a fish hatchery that is run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and it's open to the public. There are rows and rows of concrete tanks with various sizes of rainbow and brown trout in the various stages of growth. The larger fish are in the uncovered tanks. The baby fish are in covered tanks to protect them from birds and other predators. Near the uncovered tanks are bubble gum style vending machines that for a quarter dispense fish food so kids can feed the fishys. All day long kids toss handfuls of food into the water and the fish rush to the surface and gobble up the food. The water "boils" from all the splashing fish. It's a cool sight. But some kids don't have any money... So they scoop up a handful of tiny rocks off the ground and toss those into the water and the fish rush to the surface and gobble up the rocks ... just like they do with the fish food..... Then they spit all the rocks out at the same time and the water "boils" again. The kids crack up because it's even funnier...the fish know the drill and spit the rocks out...and the poor / low income kids save a quarter. There is a moral to this story ... "You Can't Fool The Fish".

Does the dog like to ride in cars? What kind of treats does he like? Do you want to share your popcorn? (i will be swimming off of Rockaway beach this afternoon if you want to toss the pup my way)

Because they just attach a Gopro to a Mosquito to save money.

They need to send the WBOC News Chomper down to sink some teeth into the coverage... That's The Facts...Jax!

That makes sense, Thank you mrschimpf

What is the typical source of the bug temp? Is it an official NWS station/ source or can you assign it to any old thermometer like a station one?

Disney has some experience with dogs. Goofy, Pluto, Lady and the Tramp...101 Dalmations, Sneezy Dopey, Sleepy etc... Those dogs make money for Disney and don't cost Disney any money. They don't eat, shit, bite ask for pay checks or have owners that get all uppity and ask for a paycheck. Disney can control every aspect of those dogs. When a dog in Disneyland no longer serves it purpose...the Disney Doggie Lawyers find a way to jettison the pup to the pound. It was cute while it lasted...but it's not making us any money.

"Nex-starr'd" ????? I'm pretty sure that word is offensive to somebody in some group...somewhere. I feel like I should be offended, and maybe if I wait a few days I might get slightly angry and feel bullied. On the other hand, I kinda like the word "Nextard"... and want to use it also...but I'm afraid some idiot will get offended. I guess it's all in the spelling.

Get a room you two.

Maybe you can send the dog a text and ask "Hey whats up dawg?" and see what he says. Is it a boy dog or a girl dog? Sometimes you can tell if you have a picture or video.

What is the over/under that one of them ends up being the spokeshole for one of the local heath care systems/hospitals in the area? Cuz that seems to be where most of them end up.

This is what happens when you do news on the cheap. Somebody didn't want to pay a guy to gather his own news...instead he was paid to cheat off the chicks notes sitting next to him...and she juked him. Poor sucker has no date to the prom now.

and you had to post from a dial-up account on a 33.6 modem. Ouchy!

Just take the skirts up 3 more inches is all I ask.

It's a case of a station that cannot sell airtime. It can be a crappy GM or GSM....a bad news product...or the competition took all the good advertisers. There just may just not be enough business to survive in that markert. (like the sad story of KYES) All the political races in that market may be dogs also. Now add... Sinclair being cheap.