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Somebody Also Rein In Judy De Angelis

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FredLeonard

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As long as we are reining in people, somebody do something about Judy De Angelis. She keeps getting even more listenable. 1010 WINS is supposed to be no-frills, straight news. And De Angelis keeps trying to be a female Paul Harvey (and she is no Paul Harvey - not even close). Instead her sing-song delivery sounds like a hack comedians bad imitation of William Shatner over-acting Captain Kirk.

Twenty two minutes? I can't stand 22 seconds.
 
FredLeonard said:
Instead her sing-song delivery...
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"I'mmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm Judy De Angelis".

I guess it's just an unfortunate carryover from her days at WNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNBC.
 
FredLeonard said:
As long as we are reining in people, somebody do something about Judy De Angelis. She keeps getting even more listenable. 1010 WINS is supposed to be no-frills, straight news. And De Angelis keeps trying to be a female Paul Harvey (and she is no Paul Harvey - not even close). Instead her sing-song delivery sounds like a hack comedians bad imitation of William Shatner over-acting Captain Kirk.

Twenty two minutes? I can't stand 22 seconds.
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I think you mean the opposite of what you wrote but yes she is sing songy and painful. When will the 2 news stations hire people who sound like it's 2013 not 1960?
 
YoYoGo said:
FredLeonard said:
Instead her sing-song delivery...
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"I'mmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm Judy De Angelis".

I guess it's just an unfortunate carryover from her days at WNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNBC.
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Glad it's not just me! When it gets to the top of the hour, I turn off WINS just to avoid her outcue.
 
"Radaioman,"

Please offer specific examples of sounding "like it's 2013 not 1960." How can we improve?

Thank you.

Steve Scott
WCBS 880
 
Some of us actually and really like that familiar sound. I'm 53 (born in... 1960). I grew up falling asleep to Newsradio 88 in my Brooklyn bedroom. I spent years (decades, actually) in the Albany area trying to catch the signal on my car radio, hoping power lines didn't hurt the chance. Now I listen to it (or 1010) online.

I may be an old fart. (OK... I am an old fart.) However, doing something basically the same way it's been done for a long time is not *automatically* stale or bad. The last notable attempt to "modernize" all-news at 101.9 was just plain atrocious (and the ratings showed that). Other than a possible move to or presence on FM, I can't think of much that could change the stations for the better (except seeing the hated Yankees vacate 880!).

And I like Judy DeAngelis. :)
 
In 1960 news readers played it straight. I'd prefer today's news readers to sound like 1960 news readers, not 1960s top 40 jocks. CBS News has been dumbed down to the extent that there is no world news on the so-called "World News Round-up," just McNews snipptes with half the time devoted to extraneous sound. I guess all the emphasis on wild sound and sound bites is because today's news writers can't write and the news announcers don't read well.
 
I agree about Judy stretching out her name....this isn't radio 101.....it's radio 1010 WINS. But at least I know Lee Harris is coming on and things will sound good. I just swithched from CBS 880 to WINS because CBS is just kept adding ads and squeezing their reports. I would listen from 5:38 AM until I left the house and the first helicopter report has become just a hello and I'll be back at 6:08, The weather report and the business report are shortened. What I don't need at the early hour are Osgood reports and Entertainment reports. These can be done after 10:00 am and on weekends.
 
FredLeonard said:
In 1960 news readers played it straight. I'd prefer today's news readers to sound like 1960 news readers, not 1960s top 40 jocks. CBS News has been dumbed down to the extent that there is no world news on the so-called "World News Round-up," just McNews snipptes with half the time devoted to extraneous sound. I guess all the emphasis on wild sound and sound bites is because today's news writers can't write and the news announcers don't read well.
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I don't know what WNR you're listening to. I've worked there for 35 years and no it's not the same broadcast that it was in 1978 when Dallas Townsend was the anchor of the broadcast, nor do we use 1:30 wraps or 60 second voicers any longer,. Those days are long gone. Hey I remember doing the 7 1/2 minute Weekend World Wide Sports broadcast with Win Elliot. What you are hearing is news radio ala 2013. If you want radio news as it sounded in the 1970's listen to NPR. They still do in depth reporting. On the other hand no commercial news outlet can compare with what CBS is putting on the air. Whatever you think of the present, sometimes it's difficult to see yesterday without rose colored glasses. If CBS/INS (CBS Radio Net) were to do the kind of newscast some in here want they'd have audience numbers which would allow them to give the news with a bull horn rather than a 50 KW transmitter or a satellite uplink.
 
R.F. Burns said:
If you want radio news as it sounded in the 1970's listen to NPR. They still do in depth reporting.
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I know and I do. Paul White is turning in his grave.

Funny thing. There are markets in which your company owns two or more stations with spoken word formats and none of them carry CBS Radio news broadcasts. Maybe somebody should rethink the concept of "radio news 2013."
 
I believe that listeners come to all news stations for the news. An occasional pun or flub that is gracefully and professional acknowledged is OK but not deliberately done to make the news an entertainment program. Just give us the news with strong editorial insight and a serious professional delivery and we'll be happy. The news (most of the time) isn't funny. It's a sobering look at the state of our world. Give it to us in a way that we can understand and use to make good serious decisions about what our relationship is to the world. Do that and you will have a winner.
 
Steve Scott said:
"Radaioman,"

Please offer specific examples of sounding "like it's 2013 not 1960." How can we improve?

Thank you.

Steve Scott
WCBS 880
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Well, I'm not the guy to which the question was addressed, but Alex Silverman does a pretty good job. More of that!
 
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