Traff-Ick From MetroTraf-ick.

[valkyrie777]

Thanks, Metro-Traff-ick, for the giggles and grins this morning. Get back to us when you can field a pro team with pro equipment.

 

[bierkenstock]

Re: Traff-Ick From Traffic-Ick.con

Anne Evans has worked for Metro Networks' Shadow Traffic on various radio stations around town (including WCOJ).

Viacom's TV stations (CBS3 and UPN57) use Traffic.com. The reports are produced at CBS3 but Traffic.com personnel do fill-in work as on-air reporters and producers. Any technical problems would happen at CBS3.

Metro Networks provides TV traffic reports to ABC6 through their Smart Traveler subsidiary (Shadow Traffic does radio reports).

Of course, Anne Evans is an experienced traffic reporter, who has worked in and knows the Philadelphia region. On second thought, that does not sound like Traffic.com which tends to hire out-of-work, out-of-town DJ's who don't know traffic and don't know the territory (in contrast to Metro Networks' Shadow Traffic).

Valkyrie does not know much about how the traffic reporting business works. Sounds like he'd be perfect for Traffic.com, too. OK, the company's most recent financial report says they are in the red. OK, so they trail Metro and Clear Channel's Total Traffic is clients, revenue and webhits. But there's only one way for them to go.

 

[Rustyfender]

Re: Traff-Ick From Traffic-Ick.con

Bierkenstock, one small correction to your comment:
Viacom's TV stations (CBS3 and UPN57) use Traffic.com. The reports are produced at CBS3 but Traffic.com personnel do fill-in work as on-air reporters and producers. Any technical problems would happen at CBS3.

Channel 3 actually uses BOTH traffic.com AND metro traffic. Anne works for Metro NOT traffic.com which your post seemed to maybe allude to. You are right, any technical issues most likely originated at channel 3 which would suggest why her one report was on the phone because they couldn't get her in "on mike".

Anne certainly knows what she's doing "Valery whatever your name is". Your post makes it seem as if Metro doesn't know what they're doing. Ya ever think the problem originated from the control room at KYW???

 

[bierkenstock]

Re: Traff-Ick From Traffic-Ick.con

Apparently CBS3 uses Traffic.com for the maps and graphics, and gets Traffic.com's traffic information and camera shots, as well. Apparently CBS3 prefers to rely on Metro's traffic information at least as a back-up. Traffic.com's highway sensor and camera coverage are also limited, especially in New Jersey.

> Bierkenstock, one small correction to your comment:
> Viacom's TV stations (CBS3 and UPN57) use Traffic.com. The
> reports are produced at CBS3 but Traffic.com personnel do
> fill-in work as on-air reporters and producers. Any
> technical problems would happen at CBS3.
>
> Channel 3 actually uses BOTH traffic.com AND metro traffic.
> Anne works for Metro NOT traffic.com which your post seemed
> to maybe allude to. You are right, any technical issues most
> likely originated at channel 3 which would suggest why her
> one report was on the phone because they couldn't get her in
> "on mike".
>
> Anne certainly knows what she's doing "Valery whatever your
> name is". Your post makes it seem as if Metro doesn't know
> what they're doing. Ya ever think the problem originated
> from the control room at KYW???
>