Okay, so they're calling it something different and acting like they've come up with an incredible new concept. At least they can't say, "When the weather is hellish, count on Ossman."
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Channel 11 Steals Mellish Meter
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WIZ meter? Makes me want to take a wiz. I dislike the concept.
I saw the debut of the WIZ-o-meter last night and it was horrible. First of all, doesn't anyone at 11BarelyAlive know that WIZ sounds just like a popular euphemism for urination? Secondly, Ossman spent all his time braying about how "Tomorrow will be an EIGHT! Thursday will be a SIX!" and on and on. Even the graphics focus way too much on the Mellish Meter number with tiny little high and low temps flanking it.
When I watch the weather, I want to know what the temperatures are going to be and if it's going to rain. I DON'T want to be pummeled by a stupid rating based on some moron's opinion that afternoon temps in the 90s equal an EIGHT.
First the Bullfighters, now this. All flash over substance.
When I watch the weather, I want to know what the temperatures are going to be and if it's going to rain. I DON'T want to be pummeled by a stupid rating based on some moron's opinion that afternoon temps in the 90s equal an EIGHT.
First the Bullfighters, now this. All flash over substance.
WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where I grew up, used the 11 Alive moniker in the 1970's. I don't know how long WXIA has used it, but isn't it a little outdated?
Wikipedia has a pretty good article on WXIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXIA . "11 Alive" dates back to the mid-1970s and "x Alive" as a moniker was used on most of Combined Communications' (now Gannett) stations.RoddyFreeman said:
One thing I would disagree with: IIRC, it seemed like the Combined Communications buyout, the call letter change from WQXI-TV to WXIA, and the adoption of the "11 Alive" moniker all happened at about the same time, not over about 3 years as WP suggests. In the WQXI/pre-11 Alive days, the newscasts were branded as "Pro News".
CBS Atlanta/WGCL actually started doing the "Weather By The Numbers" about a week or 2 ago before 11 ALIVE/WXIA. Interesting.
This is what happens when consultants are allowed to run amuck.
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
A few weeks ago, I had been watching a show on Channel 46 that ended at 11 and decided to keep it on for the news. My main reason for watching the news was to get the Braves score.
The Channel 46 news had not even a mention of sports. I had thought 790 The Zone was supplying the sports to 46, but there was nothing.
WXIA-TV has always been a weak third in the news ratings. The station has Jeff Hullinger doing those Bullfighter reports. My idea is to pair Jeff Hullinger and Brenda Wood together as the main anchors. I bet that would spark some ratings growth, especially with Justin Farmer, not the greatest in my opinion, co-anchoring on WSB-TV at 11. Jeff and Brenda were on the set together years ago at WAGA-TV, when Hullinger was doing the sports.
Ted Hall is okay but nothing special IMHO. I think Jeff and Brenda, both already employees, would work better for WXIA. I guess I should be posting this on the TV board.
Ted Hall is okay but nothing special IMHO. I think Jeff and Brenda, both already employees, would work better for WXIA. I guess I should be posting this on the TV board.
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Watching 11Alive's weather makes you feel like you're back in f'ing first grade!
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