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Noticed something "rare" this morning

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Today, WBTS ("NBC 10 Boston") had 2 male anchors (Raul Martinez and Jeff Saperstone) during their morning news broadcasts. This is only the 2nd time I've ever seen this happen in a local news broadcast. The other time was in July 2019 when I saw Randy Price and Doug Meehan co-anchor WCVB's EyeOpener.

Every other time I've watched local news, it's been either a single anchor, a male-female anchor duo, or 2 female anchors. Which leads me to ask - is it taboo to have 2 male anchors on a newscast? Is there a "rule" that one of the news anchors must be female?
 
Jack Williams & Tony Pepper (1970s).
 
kramie13 said:
Today, WBTS ("NBC 10 Boston") had 2 male anchors (Raul Martinez and Jeff Saperstone) during their morning news broadcasts. This is only the 2nd time I've ever seen this happen in a local news broadcast. The other time was in July 2019 when I saw Randy Price and Doug Meehan co-anchor WCVB's EyeOpener.

Every other time I've watched local news, it's been either a single anchor, a male-female anchor duo, or 2 female anchors. Which leads me to ask - is it taboo to have 2 male anchors on a newscast? Is there a "rule" that one of the news anchors must be female?
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I think the important thing is to have diversity on the primary team (news, weather, traffic mornings or news, weather, sports at night) and in the station’s reporters. NBC10 is the best at this.
 
As long as you don't get in trouble with the personnel department's Equal Opportunity guidelines you can put whoever you want on Air. Remember if your on camera "perception" doesn't reflect the community, and someone(s) of color with a Neilson box notices there no folks of the same race, they might not watch your station.

Saturday morning is not the biggest viewing time. If someone is sick, on family leave or emergency there should be an issue.

I went to highschool during desegregation in a district that was 45%+ black. It actually worked out. Most of us learned no race has an exclusivity on good or bad folks.
 
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