Late in the 5am hour today, 1010 WINS reported Sherman Hemsley's death over a theme song. However, it was not the theme song to the Jeffersons The Show he played GEORGE JEFFERSON on. Instead, they played the theme song to THE JETSONS as if GEORGE JETSON has died I Googled him. Jetson is still alive!
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1010 WINS Messes up their reporting of Sherman Hemsley's death
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Meet George Jefferson!
Weezy his wife!
His boy Lionel.......
Someone at 1010 must be really young and didn't know the difference, or they did it to be funny.
Weezy his wife!
His boy Lionel.......
Someone at 1010 must be really young and didn't know the difference, or they did it to be funny.
This sort of error gives all news stations a bad name. Everyone makes mistakes, it's a fact of life. However, when reporting on the death of an actor, the appropriate bed of music should be used if any at all.
As someone else mentioned, I hope this wasn't a crude joke. There's nothing funny about death.
As someone else mentioned, I hope this wasn't a crude joke. There's nothing funny about death.
Someone didn't do their hoooomewoooorrrkkkkkk1 ???
recto101 said:
Thank you. I was on the air on 880 when word of Sherman Hemsley's death came in. The first announcement was "clean" - no TV theme music used. In the hours that followed, The Jeffersons' familiar "Movin' On Up" theme was worked into the mix.
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