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Julie DeHarty

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Anyone have an update on the KVIL traffic reporter involved in the helicopter accident in the late summer of 2007?
 
I didn't realize she'd been in two crashes. Wow!

One comment I'd like to make. Just recently I was listening to her and the back and forth banter with
Lee Ann in the afternoon and she said she couldn't come into work today due to car problems. Then she
starts talking about how old and run down her car is and that she couldn't afford to buy a new one.

Do traffic reporters not make any $$$$ ?

Just wondering.
 
JayDavis said:
One comment I'd like to make. Just recently I was listening to her and the back and forth banter with
Lee Ann in the afternoon and she said she couldn't come into work today due to car problems. Then she
starts talking about how old and run down her car is and that she couldn't afford to buy a new one.

Do traffic reporters not make any $$$$ ?

Just wondering.
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Radio people in general don't make a lot of money. Unless you're in sales. ;)
 
Well with the hours she and others put in, they should be getting paid well.

I think I'd get a resume going and get out of radio, personally.
 
Maybe she does but she likes to save her money for a rainy day instead of spend it on cars. ;)

Also it helps identify with many of the listeners if you share (or at least act like you share) money problems with them.
 
JayDavis said:
Well with the hours she and others put in, they should be getting paid well.

I think I'd get a resume going and get out of radio, personally.
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This is one of the reasons why I left the business (besides the general idiocracy of managment, clueless consultants and sales people who would sell out their own grandmothers soul for a payday) and went into IT, where I make ALOT better money and can afford to practice my talent as a hobby on the side.
 
...and then there are a lot of performers who pretend on the air to give an impression that they are the common man while perhaps driving a Lexus and living in the Park Cities...
I don't know Julie's situation but I hope she's doing well!
 
I went in for a root canal this morning, and they had Julie's station on. I asked why, they said it's the least offensive for everybody. I listened for an hour, and I must say I didn't mind the root canal as much as the morning show I heard.
Julie is very nice and very good at what she does, but why did she tell me about the wrecks that aren't there anymore? The co-hosts were full of pep, but I wondered why they didn't talk like normal people. The mail-order meteorologist from the other cluster-mate station popped in. Then there was the music. I think they call it 'Soft Dreck'. I had never heard any of it, but the dentist was singing along. He said he had heard all the songs so many times he knew them by heart.
 
Why talk about accidents that are now clear? 2 words. Residual backup. Have you ever been stuck in 10 mph traffic on a freeway for about 5 minutes and then all of sudden everybody zooms to 60? That's probably because whatever was there is now gone but the back up is still very slow to unwind. As far as traffic reporter go, in my opinion, Julie is one of the best and she knows when to drop a problem after it's gone.
 
That's a pretty big insult to Brad Barton too. "Mail order meteorologist"? Is it really mail order if the audio comes up a few floors in the same building? ;)

I wish several more root canals upon you, my friend. (Not really.)
 
tubetop1 said:
Steve Eberhart said:
...and then there are a lot of performers who pretend on the air...
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Not to bicker, but isn't that what a performer is supposed to do?
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So if a performer is supposed to pretend on the air, why do so many people have problems with someone from (insert other market name here) pretending to be on live in Dallas (or fill in other market name here).
 
[quoteI wish several more root canals upon you, my friend.quote]

Ouch! (not really)

Mail order... referring to taking a correspondence course, as opposed to a degreed meteorologist.

And if there's residual backup, say there's residual backup, not that "The problem on Central is no longer there".

And what's the point of having a psychic reader on the air? Sure it makes the phones light up, but what about the hundreds of other listeners who couldn't care less...

Sorry, I thought I could get through this dental procedure without pain pills. I apologize for taking it out on the wonderful people at CBS. Such a great organization (the hydrocodone is kicking in now).
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And if there's residual backup, say there's residual backup, not that "The problem on Central is no longer there".



Those of us who drive a lot will turn on the news in the morning or afternoon. If I hear of an accident, I'll plan on rearranging my route. If I find out that the accident is now cleared and the road is flowing smoothly, I'll return to my original plan.
 
grantchester said:
And if there's residual backup, say there's residual backup, not that "The problem on Central is no longer there".
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<soapbox of a past DFW traffic reporter on>

RESIDUAL BACKUP is one of those terms much like cop-speak
BS that so many traffic reporters use that most listeners don't have a clue
what they (the reporters) are talking about. "Cops are working a wreck" is
another. "A car fire has been tapped out". And who really cares if a wreck
has been moved to the right or left shoulder!. Do you really pay any
attention to whether or not it's on the right or left? I know I don't. I know
when I reported in Atlanta, we just said the wreck was off to the side and
left it at that, or said it's no longer blocking traffic. Nice and simple, instead
of this long drawn out crap and ridiculous details just to hear yourself speak.
Rarely would I mention a previous wreck had been cleared. Again, who cares?
If it's gone, IT'S GONE!. Too many other things to talk about that are
CURRENT and blocking traffic. Personally I think "residual backup"
is a non-issue if that stretch of roadway is already heavy during morning or
afternoon rush hour.

Also, I think TV traffic is silly and nothing but fluff for ratings. Who has a TV in
their car? And by the time you leave the house, most stuff has cleared anyway.
But it fills the time.., has cool maps (except for the ridiculously large Sesame Street
looking vehicles on WFAA) , ....and has some nice looking talent the guys and
girls can swoon over.

By saying "the problem on Central is gone" is not thinking very much like a
listener in that their attention span is very short. It's assuming that they are
going to remember your last traffic report six minutes prior, and that they have
been listening to your particular station (and specifically your traffic reports) all
morning long. Get real! People flip channels all the time. Do you honestly believe
that they remember what you said on your previous traffic report? That's the problem
with traffic reporters. Many think they are a lot more important than they really are, and
that the listeners are hanging on to their every word. Wake up! THEY ARE NOT!
Time to knock that ego down a rung or two on the ladder.

<soapbox of past DFW traffic reporter off>
 
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