TV 10 news

[lonewolf]

I'm sure you can all do a better job, so why not apply?

I did apply, back in 1978 thru 1982. I don't have the correct last name.

[ZappasXWife]

I did apply, back in 1978 thru 1982. I don't have the correct last name

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sure you do, its Wolf isn't it? HaHa just kidding, that family is cool, some of my friends

I'm sure you can all do a better job, so why not apply?

Uh Oh...I hope this thread I started doesn't turn into something Ron has to lock up. I....Like....Beans....

[Atomic Jim]

Does anyone notice how Caroline Donaldson presents the new. First, she uses her facial expression and vocal inflections to let you know just how important the story is. (She would be great on a kids' show.) Then, every time the mail (dominant) anchor says something, she looks at him with great adulation and nods her head furiously in agreement as if to say "you're a man, you must be right."

but, my favorite TV 10 blooper came in the 80s when they were still saying "keystone country" 50 times an hour. Tim Fritz, a young anchor from down east was working the anchor desk one evening. They went to commercial and when the came back, the anchor desk was empty. Then Tim slowly emerged from beneath the desk with a sheepish grin on his face. "I dropped the microphone, " he said.

Your right, Channel 6 is the best station, and the the best new person there is Sarah Burgett. Not only is she good, she's a real hottie, Too. Oh yeah, she's also engaged to my cousin.

[Jim Price]

Another of my favorite TV-10 bloopers involved the weather a few years ago, back when Don Schweneker was the weather guy. He started doing his weather report, and they went to the Centre County remote camera. Some college-aged guys had figured out where the camera was, and when the camera went live, they mooned the camera and slapped their asses. Credit to Schweneker, who kept a straight face through it all until they cut away for a commercial. One of my friends was working studio camera there at the time, and he said the whole place went nuts when that happened. That episode was publicized recently by Maxim magazine; they featured the footage on their website. (Maybe it will make Ebaum's World someday...)

[songsmith]

Schwenneker lost it once on a live weather remote. Somebody honked their car horn as they drove by, and Don spat," Y'know, folks, that's not funny. It makes you look like the idiot you are, when you interrupt a newscast, your friends don't think you're cool. They think you're an idiot." I agree, Don, the only thing worse is retards mugging in the background of a shot.
The worst faux pas WTAJ pulled for me was last fall. Hurricane Ivan had just devastated the area on Friday night... Saturday evening, 6pm: pre-empted by sports. No local newscast. Saturday night: still no newscast. Sunday, newscast, but late, due to football. Maybe you like football, I could care less about it, BUT... I would have liked to know if somebody died, or if my original hometown's flood control dike had breached as rumors had it then. Priorities? An outsider-owned station knew football paid the bills, local news was secondary. Ethically, that's questionable.
For the record, I'm friends with several local media-types, and a few from WTAJ specifically. Let me just say that "sh*t rolls downhill." Most of the bad stuff isn't the fault of people you would know.---->JMS

[bassist_25]

I'm sure you can all do a better job, so why not apply?

If you play an entire show completely out of time and out of key, will you tell the bartender that he could probaly do a better job? It's irrelevant whether the bartender can play well or not; the point is that you fucked up the show.

When I go to see the doctor, I'm trusting his expertise when he exaimines/operates/ect. on me.

People are paid to be professional. I expect a major news outlet to be professional.

[lonewolf]

I did apply, back in 1978 thru 1982. I don't have the correct last name

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sure you do, its Wolf isn't it? HaHa just kidding, that family is cool, some of my friends

Yes they are and some of mine too. Dave & Sherry are some of my oldest, bestest friends.

Dave believes he is the black sheep of the Wolf family.

[Banned]

This isn't 100% on-topic, but . . .

My favorite local anchor is Sherry Stalley, who's bounced around on a few different stations. She recites the teleprompter as if English were her fifth language. Sentences get chopped up, accents fall on the wrong words, common words get mispronunciated. If the prompter told her to say "my name is Sherry Stalley and I have the IQ of a brick", she'd get her own name wrong and pronounce "IQ" as "ick". But hey, I'd still do her.

Anybody catch the CSI re-run on channel 10 tonight, where the audio switched over to a baseball broadcast for a few minutes, then the video freaked out like somebody was messing with the contrast control? It's bad enough that the news is messed up, but now they're disrupting my Jorja Fox time?!? The bastards!!!!

[HurricaneBob]

Ahhh yes, musicians burning media, good job guys. That's what we need is bitching about TV. As if we don't have problems without this thread. This is a burn bridge attempt as if i ever seen one.

First: Just like a band, don't like the professionalism, don't watch.
Second: Why dont Huntingdon have a TV station? Or Houtzdale, keep bitching and maybe you will. I didnt even know Huntingdon had a fuckin newspaper.
Third: Carolyn Donaldson did and incredible job MC'ing the Bikers for Barkers benefit at Blands park, Better than any Front man I've ever seen in this little surrounding area.
Fourth: Maybe we dont need there help, but wouldnt it be nice if we did. I guess some peeps just burned eveything in the process. Why would they now?

Why don't acts suck it up and perform instead of bitching at professionalism when knowing these people perform everyday and not just on weekends. Yo weekend warriors STFU!

TV 10 rules your sorry ass! That because weve been covered by them many times!
Have you!

Aww, sorry for being so blunt beat offs!

[BDR]

You know what, you're right ... TV-10 rules ... nevermind all that crap I said ... not ...

r:>)

[lonewolf]

First: Just like a band, don't like the professionalism, don't watch.

That's why I didn't post any bloopers. Ya gotta see'em to post'em.

[ZappasXWife]

Dave believes he is the black sheep of the Wolf family.

He is and I love him for it. Quaf...

[songsmith]

Like I said... Caroline's not the problem. They eliminated a couple hundred grand from the payroll, and some New Yorker (okay, New Jerseyan) got a pat on his back. Five or six Altoonans lost their jobs and one guy has to do EVERYTHING. Sit behind a console, Bob. I've done that Full-Time, bud. If the media conglom that owns Ten News gave .5 of a crap about Altoona, there'd be 2 cam operators, an audio engineer, a director, a teleprompter, someone to throw vids, chyron/graphics, and talent. And that's just on-air staff. As of now, it's a "director" (who operates cam, audio, teleprompt, throw vids & bumps, and whisper in talent's ear when they mess up)... and 2 or 3 robocams.
When someone comes out to cover local color, especially on a weekend, Caroline had to practically BEG management to allow it in budget, AND she likely volunteered to help on her own unpaid time. For the record, local TV is like local radio in a way. There's not as much pay there as you think... unless you own the place. Local radio starts you out at minimum wage, and TV starts a little above that. Like music, you can't do it for the money.
Also, WTAJ doesn't care about the Hurricanes, or any other band. Sorry. A local music show has been suggested many, many times over the years, and never gets past the first phone call. Putting local talent on TV is considered hokey and rural, and they enjoy pretending to be major-market-slick. Doogie Potter got cancelled in '72, and it's never happened since. You want broadcast time, buy it like a REAL sponsor.
I like Caroline on a personal level, she's been through a lot... I don't have to like her out-of-town bosses.-------->JMS

[Quail Whale]

If the media conglom that owns Ten News gave .5 of a crap about Altoona, there'd be 2 cam operators, an audio engineer, a director, a teleprompter, someone to throw vids, chyron/graphics, and talent.

And Casey would be able to buy a new suit. I suppose you have to love the leather elbow pad thingys on his sportcoat, though.

[Bud]

Hey it's not just here, local news sux across the boards - check out some of the TV message boards like b-roll.net. Even the people who produce the product will tell you that, at least in their opinion.
Locally produced programming??
Not going to happen, why go to the expense of promoing, selling ads and producing local content when Ron Popeil is out there willing to pay for that whole half hour. Local [production is NOT an economically viable option. We compared notes during the first season of The Undergeround with some other music shows from across the country, and we found without exception, if you want any kind of exposure beyond the local cable access channel, you better have some serious cash to wrap up in TV time, and your own advertising etc....
Football preempts the local news? Not a decision that anyone at the station or station management is going to have any input into. That is network, and it will be on the air forget the flooding or anything else, it's a network feed.
We can all gripe about it all we want, but TV is the way it is, because people watch it. If it bleeds it leads. That is what people want to see, that is why people turn into the news, to see what didn't happen to them. Recycled morning news? Sure, hey, this is central PA LOL - the overnight producer is always excited if something new happens over night, gives him a good lead for the morning, that is assuming he has someone he can find to shoot the story, and collect the info. Most of the night, he's the only one there. Hopefully he can call a freelancer who is close to the story to get out of bed and do the story. We are small market TV, granted not near the smallest, but just try to imagine what the local news must be like in say market 200