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Kristine Kahanek

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Pegasus News is reporting that after 7 years at CBS11 - Kristine Kahanek's last day was Friday. A post from her blog...

Highlights from the posting as follows:

There will be little fanfare on the air, and no long good-byes ….and that’s okay.

It’s bitter and it’s sweet.

Since the decision was made earlier this week, I am still pinching myself wondering if all that’s happening is real ... Broadcast television is a tough place right now. Like so many industries, with the economic downturn, revenue in down, and companies are restructuring and downsizing. This all needs to happen, and my position at the station is a casualty of the times. ... I’m not going anywhere…This site will be my forum..and my way of reaching out and listening to you.

I still love to forecast, and I’d like to continue to do that in some capacity. Who knows, maybe I’ll start up my own forecast page and work with those who need a customized forecast for events and venues around North Texas. Who knows, the sky is the limit, and I’m looking forward to the peace of a new path outside of TV.

Wishing you all Sunshine and Rainbows…always

Sunshine and Rainbows! That's so meteorological
 
Sox Fan.
Not to be too picky, but did you actually read the original post before asking the question?

Broadcast television is a tough place right now. Like so many industries, with the economic downturn, revenue in down, and companies are restructuring and downsizing. This all needs to happen, and my position at the station is a casualty of the times
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There. Does that help?
 
scrtr84 said:
johnqdoe said:
I wonder what she was making...
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:eek:

That's none of anyone's business. Shame on you...
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I didn't really mean her personally.....I was wondering more if TV folks have been screwed on salary like radio folks have in the last 10 years or so. I have apretty good idea of what radio is paying these days...I was wondering about the TV side. This si the 1st round of TV layoffs I've heard of while radio is in about round 486. IS TV run THAT much better than radio and newspaper???
 
johnqdoe said:
I was wondering more if TV folks have been screwed on salary like radio folks have in the last 10 years or so. I have apretty good idea of what radio is paying these days...I was wondering about the TV side. This si the 1st round of TV layoffs I've heard of while radio is in about round 486. IS TV run THAT much better than radio and newspaper???
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TV stations have had quite a few layoffs in recent years, but up until recently those have consisted of behind the scenes folks. Now with the economy completely in the toilet, you are seeing the big salaries getting chopped. In many cases stations can't axe any more worker bees, or the place will grind to a halt (or start to resemble a bottom 50 market.)

You can dump ten unknowns, or dump an anchor for the same payroll savings. Many stations are choosing the latter.
 
My mind dances with delight at the thought of her putting together a forecast page and offering her services to North Texas Events.

The scary thing is I think she is actually contemplating this as her next step.

Nothing against her, I don't watch local news, I find it to be a waste of time and airwaves, but I have heard her on the radio a few times on some shows.

The concept just made me giggle though. What does an out of work weather forecaster do? Was she even a meteorologist?

I can't imagine anyone except a local news station wanting to hire someone who fails as often as a weather forecaster does.

Kristine's Resume

I correctly predicted the weather 17% of the time!
I one predicted a 60% chance of showers and it rained!
 
marksman said:
I correctly predicted the weather 17% of the time!
I one predicted a 60% chance of showers and it rained!
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Which is more or less what even NOAA does. On a sidenote, I wish they'd drop the % chance numbers, and just say slight chance, moderate chance or good chance. The numbers only determine how much of the coverage area will actually get rain.
 
scrtr84 said:
On a sidenote, I wish they'd drop the % chance numbers, and just say slight chance, moderate chance or good chance. The numbers only determine how much of the coverage area will actually get rain.
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My understanding is that those numbers are based off computer models- that they enter today's stats (temps, winds, barometric pressure, whether fronts are moving in or not, etc) and they're given a % of days that did get rain with similar conditions. So if it's a 40% chance, 40% of the days with similar statistics did get rain...
 
little1 said:
scrtr84 said:
On a sidenote, I wish they'd drop the % chance numbers, and just say slight chance, moderate chance or good chance. The numbers only determine how much of the coverage area will actually get rain.
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My understanding is that those numbers are based off computer models- that they enter today's stats (temps, winds, barometric pressure, whether fronts are moving in or not, etc) and they're given a % of days that did get rain with similar conditions. So if it's a 40% chance, 40% of the days with similar statistics did get rain...
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Nope... Straight from NOAA / NWS:

But, most of the time, the forecaster is expressing a combination of degree of confidence and areal coverage. If the forecaster is only 50% sure that precipitation will occur, and expects that, if it does occur, it will produce measurable rain over about 80 percent of the area, the PoP (chance of rain) is 40%. ( PoP = .5 x .8 which equals .4 or 40%. )
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http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/pop.shtml
 
Lancer said:
Isn't partly cloudy and partly sunny the same thing?
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Nope...

Partly cloudy = mostly sunny

Partly sunny = mostly cloudy

It's more of an optimist/pessimist thing, or whether you expect more cloudcover or sunshine to follow.

A meteorologist friend of mine that I used to work with would say some variation of "a mixture of clouds and sun" which splits the difference, can be right either way (whether you have more sun or more clouds), and I use that often today. :)
 
BenB said:
A meteorologist friend of mine that I used to work with would say some variation of "a mixture of clouds and sun" which splits the difference, can be right either way (whether you have more sun or more clouds), and I use that often today. :)
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That sounds like something Brad Barton would do. :)
 
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