Vlad 276 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 WABC as of now, is doing hourly updates, and constantly playing that annoying promo with the kids singing about how there is no school, lol. So far so good though.. Metro Traffic's Joe Nolan actually stayed on throughout the morning doing updates, not sure if he'll appear on the Noon broadcast. But I noticed this year though the stations aren't making that much of a big deal as they used to with these winter storms, even though it is sweeps month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Houdini 0 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 It seems they did the usual "beat it to death" snow, shark or add any other BS story they need to blow out of proportion. ABC went on at 4AM and the rest followed very shortly afterward. Needless to say, another bad call by the weather people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizOz 3 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 They did beat this one to death !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well, 8 inches isn't too shabby...at least I was off for the first time in 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 93 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well, 8 inches isn't too shabby...at least I was off for the first time in 5 years. A foot here. I think WABCs coverage was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 It seems they did the usual "beat it to death" snow, shark or add any other BS story they need to blow out of proportion. ABC went on at 4AM and the rest followed very shortly afterward. Needless to say, another bad call by the weather people. The biggest snow storm in New York City in three years...hundreds of schools closed, plus the last-minute decision to close NYC Public School for the first time since 2004..... doesn't sound like it was a bad idea at all to go on the air early. I thought the weather forecasters at all stations actually handled this well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 WABC did an half hour extra of local news, GMA came on at 7:30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 WABC did an half hour extra of local news, GMA came on at 7:30am. Wow thats a truly first for me at least, never seen or heard that done before, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucc 4 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 did it push the rest of the morning line up off a 1/2 hour, dont they have LIVE! on at 9????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 No, they just went to GMA at 7:30am. Not sure why they needed the extra 30min since they were on since 4am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 No, they just went to GMA at 7:30am. Not sure why they needed the extra 30min since they were on since 4am. It's called ratings. Anytime there's a snowstorm or severe weather, WNYW and WPIX ratings are higher than the network morning shows because they're still local at 7am -- when most people are just about to head out the door -- while WABC, WCBS and WNBC usually switch to national morning newscasts. WABC staying local at 7am gave them the opportunity to retain viewers that would have turned to WNYW or WPIX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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