Chicago2008 16 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 How often would you say that the network and/or a sister station helps out? Would a disaster be an example? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 280 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 With WCBS, it has becoming increasingly frequent for an O&O meteorologist to step in during summer vacation time. Also for WCBS, the fact that this even happened was pretty remarkable but so was all of March 2020. If not for KCBS or another O&O helping out, there likely would've been no WCBS news in an urgent time. I remember they even had to use the Yes network studios in Stamford,CT as a homebase for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3190 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 WCBS also had meteorologists from other O&Os fill in on weekends for a bit after Elise Finch’s passing last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 268 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) I know that it happened here in Charlotte before. One when there's reporters and meteorologists from Tegna stations across this country helping out with WCNC during their coverage of Hurricane Florence back in 2018 and in 2022 when other meteorologists from other Gray stations helping out with WBTV after the tragic helicopter crash. Edited July 11 by AaronQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson R. 568 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 4 hours ago, AaronQ said: I know that it happened here in Charlotte before. One when there's reporters and meteorologists from Tegna stations across this country helping out with WCNC during their coverage of Hurricane Florence back in 2018 and in 2022 when other meteorologists from other Gray stations helping out with WBTV after the tragic helicopter crash. The meteorologist from WIS Columbia drove up that night that Jason was killed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3763 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) In general, stations send staffers to their sister stations for extra coverage of natural disasters or if there is an urgent need for a staffer if there is no backup available. I don't know if this is still the case, but back in the 90s in Cleveland, there were a lot of "Vacation relief" people, especially in weather. People like Shane Hollett, Jon Loufman, Dan Deely and AJ Colby did this back then when the staffed meteorologist was away. Since the stations (except WEWS) are unionized, they were probably freelancers or contractors and not part of the union or station staff. I know at WJW, they still post jobs for "vacation relief" positions, so this is probably because of their union their department belongs to. Edited July 11 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTV 111 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 An example from New York, was when Fox 5 WNYW had an internet outage back in 2018, which led to the 5PM and 6PM news replaced with informercials. Shepard Smith anchored the 10pm news that night, with Fox News Channel staff assuming technical responsibilities until the issues were rectified. Good Day New York would also broadcast from Fox News HQ the following day, leaning on the FNC graphics. https://www.The Other Site.com/2018/08/22/fox-5-new-york-outage/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago2008 16 Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: In general, stations send staffers to their sister stations for extra coverage of natural disasters or if there is an urgent need for a staffer if there is no backup available. I don't know if this is still the case, but back in the 90s in Cleveland, there were a lot of "Vacation relief" people, especially in weather. People like Shane Hollett, Jon Loufman, Dan Deely and AJ Colby did this back then when the staffed meteorologist was away. Since the stations (except WEWS) are unionized, they were probably freelancers or contractors and not part of the union or station staff. I know at WJW, they still post jobs for "vacation relief" positions, so this is probably because of their union their department belongs to. An example would be during Sandy when some of the ABC O&Os helped out WABC and WPVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east-tx-tv 117 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 WFAA assisted KHOU (both being Tegna stations) during/after Hurricane Harvey. KHOU's proximity to Buffalo Bayou resulted in massive flooding and eventual relocation to an office complex on Houston's west side. In the interim, WFAA provided control room and other connecting functions (KUHT, Houston's PBS station, had studio space for KHOU to use for local newscasts). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine_10 60 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 What happens if they need help and they are a small company or lack sister stations anywhere near? That's one potential disadvantage I can see. On 7/14/2024 at 7:56 AM, east-tx-tv said: WFAA assisted KHOU (both being Tegna stations) during/after Hurricane Harvey. KHOU's proximity to Buffalo Bayou resulted in massive flooding and eventual relocation to an office complex on Houston's west side. In the interim, WFAA provided control room and other connecting functions (KUHT, Houston's PBS station, had studio space for KHOU to use for local newscasts). I know KHOU also did the same to KBMT after Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019, which flooded the Beaumont studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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