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Andi Barness Weather at 3TV
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Andi is not trained to be a weather person but is competent enough to stand in front of the Chroma and point to temperatures and radar graphics. I only caught part of her Saturday night reports but on Sunday her full report at 5pm was nothing to write home about. She reported about someplace reaching 125° and called it Furnace Creek (which is located in Death Valley, CA). Another of her graphics was showing expected temps at 7am tomorrow and most of the cities were listed at 100° or more....really at 7am?
Andi is a familiar face to Phoenix television having worked at Fox-10 and ABC15. I think she is a good addition to the 3TV family but needs some help if she will continue to do weather.
Andi is a familiar face to Phoenix television having worked at Fox-10 and ABC15. I think she is a good addition to the 3TV family but needs some help if she will continue to do weather.
ihEARDtHAT said:
Randy Kollins over on ABC15 also reported the 125 degrees at Furnace Creek in Death Valley. Yes, I agree that Andi went overboard with termperatures -- no need to zoom forward in time with temps -- just show static temp. Despite this, she did a whole lot better than Kristen on Satureday mornings over on Fox 10.
According to Tess on GMAZ this morning, Andi will be filling in all summer long as the 3TV forecasters take vacation. They just need to have her stop zooming the temperatures so much -- just show static high and low temperatures.
Note to local weather people: if you need to show additional information, just show a national map and gesture at whatever storm system happens to be in the Midwest, East, or Southeast. Stop reading every d**n temperature in the Valley. The three degree difference between Goodyear, Chandler, Deer Valley, and Downtown Phoenix is not that interesting.
Note to local weather people: if you need to show additional information, just show a national map and gesture at whatever storm system happens to be in the Midwest, East, or Southeast. Stop reading every d**n temperature in the Valley. The three degree difference between Goodyear, Chandler, Deer Valley, and Downtown Phoenix is not that interesting.
dhett said:
At least, Dave puts SOME effort into it (or his producer does). As I've said before, I would love to get paid to do the weather in Phoenix. I used to say the same thing about Seattle, but their weather is infinitely more interesting than Phoenix (low/high tides, marine forecasts, mountain forecasts, etc.).
formeraa said:According to Tess on GMAZ this morning, Andi will be filling in all summer long as the 3TV forecasters take vacation. They just need to have her stop zooming the temperatures so much -- just show static high and low temperatures.
Note to local weather people: if you need to show additional information, just show a national map and gesture at whatever storm system happens to be in the Midwest, East, or Southeast. Stop reading every d**n temperature in the Valley. The three degree difference between Goodyear, Chandler, Deer Valley, and Downtown Phoenix is not that interesting.
Agree, and furthermore I wouldn't even bother with a weather segment at all. Weather is available on the Internet (down to your specific ZIP code) and on at least three TV subs 24X7. There is no need, particularly on the morning shows, to give the same wx info every 15-20 minutes.
That said, this was the first morning I had seen Andi Barness and she didn't look very comfortable when the camera was on. She bobbled a few attempts at ad hoc conversation and was stiff in her vocal delivery. For the life of me I can't understand why stations spend the money for a dedicated weather person. Better to let the anchor(s) cover it just like any other segment.
landtuna said:
You obviously have not seen the YouTube video posted by Yetta Gibson showing what happens behind the scene at 3TV. Those anchors are so busy between reading the headlines, they wouldn't have time to also do the weather.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30pMYaObqZA
formeraa said:ihEARDtHAT said:
Really?!? The anchors are too busy to do the weather??? Pray tell how Kaley has managed on many occasions to anchor and do the weather on weekday GMAZ for 5.5 hours!
Did you look at the video? He was being very sarcastic as the "busy" anchors were playing a game of catch while the weather segment was shooting.
landtuna said:formeraa said:ihEARDtHAT said:
Nope, I didn't. As a rule, I don't click on links provided in public forums. If he's being sarcastic, IHT needs to learn how to use smiley faces or other common techniques to note sarcasm in written language.
Really?!? The anchors are too busy to do the weather??? Pray tell how Kaley has managed on many occasions to anchor and do the weather on weekday GMAZ for 5.5 hours!
Did you look at the video? He was being very sarcastic as the "busy" anchors were playing a game of catch while the weather segment was shooting.
Back to the original subject...
I watched all Saturday and some of Sunday GMAZ. I'm a huge Andi Barness fan. I switched away from ABC15 Mornings when Andi stopped doing traffic.
Overall, I thought a lot of the conversations between Barness, Tess Rafols and Ryan McDonnell seemed forced. I'm sure it'll get easier in the coming weeks. There was a segment where it was an uncomfortable few seconds where Barness was waiting for the screen graphics to change. Barness has a clear strong voice and will soon get the hang of weather.
I watched all Saturday and some of Sunday GMAZ. I'm a huge Andi Barness fan. I switched away from ABC15 Mornings when Andi stopped doing traffic.
Overall, I thought a lot of the conversations between Barness, Tess Rafols and Ryan McDonnell seemed forced. I'm sure it'll get easier in the coming weeks. There was a segment where it was an uncomfortable few seconds where Barness was waiting for the screen graphics to change. Barness has a clear strong voice and will soon get the hang of weather.
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