I still like terrys show but not as much as i use to. I really miss even though the person that did his voice left a long time ago i still miss buzz baxter. But i like mandys show and hope it stays.They cant syndicate that 9-noon slot for that would hurt whas badly. But as we can see they dont care they got rid of joe elliott at night several years ago and i bet locally that still hurts them.
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I bet terry meiners will be safe and not get the axe along w mandy connell
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KyDXIn said:
Did a quick Internet search and the new traffic reporter is broadcast from Cleveland. It seems like the traffic report is merely an excuse to run a few advertisements. The "report" has really only been a small one line summary. How long before we get our traffic from "Bob" in India?? While a helicopter may not be necessary anymore, it's sad to think how poorly it is now compared to when Mark Travis gave useful information.
Mark Travis, and his good friend Joe Sharkey, were great all-around radio professionals. On the anniversary of the April 3 tornado, I would be remiss without mentioning the great Dick Gilbert. I'm sure he saved many, many lives during that faithful day in 1974. For those of you who weren't around then, you should take time and listen to these radio archives. His descriptions were so accurate. He once said when attempting to get flight clearance that the traffic controller said he was the only aircraft in the air for 300 miles around Louisville.IUSradiofan said:
Audio clips begin here: http://lkyradio.com/WHASairchecks.htm#tornado
His tornado description begins around the 18:00 mark.
A partial transcript is here: http://www.april31974.com/dick_gilbert_whas_april_3_1974.htm
His memoir can be purchased here: http://www.gilbertfoundation.org/book_information.php
KyDXIn said:
The reports are worthless now anyway. What does it matter where they originate?
Bengalsfan said:
Well, you know....... "worthless" may be an overstatement. "Brian Pitts" came across as pretty mechanical. I don't know where "Chuck Ingram" is (though I seem to recall him on WLW on that one occasion I listened to them in the past few years) but he comes across pretty well. Unlike "Brian", "Chuck" seems to know to distinguish Eastern Parkway from Eastern Boulevard, that "hospital curve" is not the one in southern Indiana, and that "Grant Line Road" is not "Grade Lane". Maybe a little bit of verbal empathy in the delivery actually helps in the credibility.
They still spend too much time on the "everyday occurrences" ("I-64 westbound heading into the junction is backed up to Grinstead"---yeah, what's your point), but when you can't (or shouldn't) be checking your smart phone because you're driving--and you know who you are--these radio reports still serve a purpose.
Don't get me wrong, I miss Mark too. But the technology available today makes it possible for "Chuck" to dial up the cameras regardless of where he is.
Terry's show is god-awful. Heard it on Monday afternoon while I was passing through. Terrible. Mindless blather. His "bits" are poorly executed, and just not funny, sorry.
Chuck Ingram is also on WLW, now doing a split-shift. You can't "phone in" a traffic report from some other city. It doesn't work. The only affiliates you will have left will be your own, and your traffic reports will suck. Right after Brian Pitts' dismissal, I heard a female traffic reporter on 55 KRC... she listed several trouble spots in the tri-state, and a few in DETROIT as well. Haven't heard her since. :
Chuck Ingram is also on WLW, now doing a split-shift. You can't "phone in" a traffic report from some other city. It doesn't work. The only affiliates you will have left will be your own, and your traffic reports will suck. Right after Brian Pitts' dismissal, I heard a female traffic reporter on 55 KRC... she listed several trouble spots in the tri-state, and a few in DETROIT as well. Haven't heard her since. :
stereolane said:I heard a female traffic reporter on 55 KRC... she listed several trouble spots in the tri-state, and a few in DETROIT as well. Haven't heard her since. :
550 with 5KW in a sort of north south pattern can reach the suburbs of the Detroit:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WKRC&service=AM&status=L&hours=D
maybe some was headed up I 75. No! wait a second that would mean somebody actually answered the phone, you are correct it was a mistake.
oxford777 said:
Chuck Ingram is in Cincinnati. He's doing WLW and 55KRC at the same time he's doing WHAS and others.
And he does a good job. It was rough for all of those Cinci guys when they first started doing Louisville traffic, because they didn't know where anything was and didn't know how to pronounce things. But they pretty much have it down now.
You know what? This is no different than having your weather guy in Milwaukee. We've been doing that for decades.
What does all of this have to do with Terry and Mandy? :greg.hahn said:
greg.hahn said:
You know what? You're an idiot. There's a HUGE difference. Weather is regional. With traffic, if you have someone who doesn't know the roads, you're screwed. I noticed Chuck Ingram is back on 55KRC, because your phoned in, lady traffic reporter from Detroit didn't work out. Shocking! As for cameras, please... More than a decade ago, I was involved with the roll-out of those cameras. They are far from perfect, and a far from perfect product is what you get from them. My station had a plane AND a chopper, good traffic reporters, and we knew how to sell it. You corporate kool-aid drinking bean counters have a lousy product, don't pay attention to detail (see above) and green 20-something AE's, who are smart enough not to stick around. Then, you wonder why your listeners and the few clients who get calls returned don't take you seriously. :
As for Terry, I am sure he's a nice guy, but I just don't find him to be very funny. Bad "bits" (like reading bad news stories while cranking up "Calling All Angels" by Five For Fighting) corn-pone callers who sound like they are right out of "the holler" in eastern KY, endless talk about reality TV shows, the Kardashians, etc, etc.
Bottom line...Terry is no Gary Burbank.
stereolane said:
Oh, you're defending the Milwaukee weatherman? I've always thought it was lame, but I was working at a station in 1982 that was doing that. It's not exactly new.
And this isn't that much different than that. Yeah, if you have someone who doesn't know the roads he wil say something stupid, as these Cincinnati traffic guys have done a bunch of times on WHAS. That's part of the problem with putting someone on the air that knows nothing about your market. But that happens to the weatherman too.
Lighten up.
Speaking of weathermen, about 20 years ago on the weekends, I heard Allen Archer of Accuweather give the forecast on WHAS radio. It might have lasted for 2 weeks or maybe a month, but I never knew why that happened. I think at the same time Archer gave forecasts for WSM. Was it just a trial?
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