RealWIDeal 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/10865643/detail.html When doing a story on thin ice, try not to drive on the ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 A symbolism for their ratings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mak Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 CBS58 got pwned again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilium 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 A symbolism for their ratings? Nah the truck is only halfway submerged. News is still getting their ass handed to them by syndicated programs in the local Nielsen ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whammypower788 11 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 So, is the Ten at 10 down to 9 now? ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilium 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 WITI has some good raw video on their site. http://www.myfoxmilwaukee.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=2203162&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1 It's also on JSOnline's DayWatch. http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=1/28/2007&id=17996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskanews 108 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 sometimes its just a better idea to report from the newsroom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyGringoChannel 0 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Shit, there goes the live truck. Looks like they'll be using the golf cart for the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I saw WITI video of it on both CNN and CNN Headline News this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whammypower788 11 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 TMJ has raw footage taken around sunset last night: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/5395216.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisco TV Watcher 11 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I saw video of it on Good Morning America this morning and our local news/talk station, WTAQ (1360 AM), had a good story on it this morning. They said that it is going to be two days before they can pull the truck out of the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson 15 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 It sure is a nice van, ain't it? ;D Seriously, I'm glad nobody was hurt. But they are still out of a $150,000 ENG truck. I'm certain Weigel is just thrilled about this. These folks should be glad they aren't a Sinclair station. It would be a really good excuse to close down the news department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dylan Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 It sure is a nice van, ain't it? ;D Seriously, I'm glad nobody was hurt. But they are still out of a $150,000 ENG truck. I'm certain Weigel is just thrilled about this. These folks should be glad they aren't a Sinclair station. It would be a really good excuse to close down the news department. Well, they survived on one truck for years. (That truck had the mast snapped off and then they had no van for awhile, then a rental.. then they got the old one back and I think ended up purchasing the rental and having two trucks.) I'm not entirely sure which truck this one is, the brand new one or the old one with the replaced mast... either way, I'm sure they still have one other truck to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dylan Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Update from J/S Daywatch A WDJT-TV (Channel 58) news van remains partially submerged in Big Muskego Lake today after it broke through the ice Sunday afternoon while out for a story about ice safety. A salvage crew is working to get the van out, but it is unclear if the crew will be able to pull it out today, said Lt. John LaTour. After passing a sign for the boat launch and pier off Durham Drive, the driver had taken the truck about 150 yards onto an ice- and snow-covered channel leading to the lake. The ice suddenly gave way. She escaped unharmed, but the van sank in the 5-foot channel. She told police that she thought she was still on the road, police said. She was working on a segment about snowmobile safety on ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whammypower788 11 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 WDJT's 5:00 news had the truck as their second story. Right after it was a live shot at Bradley Tech, so we know they have at least one more truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilium 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 This was the same truck that had the mast replaced on it. "Unit 7" as the decal said on it, but yet WDJT only had 1 live truck at the time. They had just purchased the rental truck when I left the station in September. I have a feeling with all the equipment in the truck it was worth no where hear the $125,000. Word is they are going to buy a new truck in time for Feb sweeps. Yes on the 1st. With some magic pot of gold they have lying around. Maybe employees would not drive off boat ramps if WDJT paid people there more than $8 an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhampsten 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Maybe employees would not drive off boat ramps if WDJT paid people there more than $8 an hour. Gee, and I thought Sinclair was cheap! you sure this isn't a sincrap station. I like what KSDK said about this on their news this morning, someone's got some bigtime explaining to do to the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyGringoChannel 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Maybe employees would not drive off boat ramps if WDJT paid people there more than $8 an hour. $8, I make more than that, and I work Guest Service at a Nameless "red" Big Box Store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svrtv_editor 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Stations in DC are even having fun with this story. Seen it on NBC4, WJLA and WUSA in DC and even little WHSV in Harrisonburg. Lots of people are having a laugh at WDJT's expense. Rock on, Tybois Uphold Editor-SVRTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Maybe employees would not drive off boat ramps if WDJT paid people there more than $8 an hour. $8, I make more than that, and I work Guest Service at a Nameless "red" Big Box Store. Same here, 'cept my store is all outdoorsy and brown and green; and I have to kiss people's butts when they return 4 year old boots that mysteriously have developed a leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 WDJT has always been on thin ice! ... ... ... : Byt anyways, I hear that they were able to salvage the Transmitter on the mast, and thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semistatic 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 WHDH had it on last night, and 'BZ has as well - it certainly has given everyone a good laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milwaukee12 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Here is a link to a weblog from, I'm guessing, a CBS58 or Weigal employee. http://www.dhwebserver.com/cbs/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dylan Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Here's a lame PSA ripoff they made. As well as another 'fantastic' NFL on CBS-esque promo from the geniuses at 58. http://www.cbs58.com/superbowl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Here's a lame PSA ripoff they made. That was stupid... they could have at made a more humorous version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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