Watching tonight's "FOX 29 News" broadcast at 10:00 was obviously a one-man band for FOX 29 and anchor, Steve "how's my hairpiece look" Keeley, filling in for Joyce Evans. By the way, has anyone else noticed that FOX weekend newscasts are 99% fluff? The broadcast began with two "stories of the day" followed by prepackaged network segments then the remainder of the broadcast is repeat "fluff" segments seen earlier in the week. This has become commonplace on the weekends for FOX 29.
Another thing I noticed, never seen before in this market but something I've read about in the trades that seems to be the newest trend in TV news...the anchor operating their own teleprompter. Keeley could be seen operating the prompter with his right hand from a hand-operated box placed on the anchor desk. Very strange looking if you ask me.
Finally, when the broadcast shifted to "THE weather station" coverage, no meteorologist on-duty! Only, "one man band Keeley" giving the five day forecast. If newly hired Sally Ann Mosey couldn't work where was freelancer John Krasting? Heck, how about departed David Aldrich? OR, unemployed Rob Guarino?
All in all, a wasted sixty minutes of a newscast...
2 comments:
You'll find that every 60 minute wknd broadcast on Fox 29 is a waste of time. It's the ghetto of tv stations, really. They get rid of competent, well-liked talent and recycle old, weirdos like Mosey and Jerrick. I get that they're running out Jerrick's NY contract, but Mosey? Really? Sure she's cheap, but remember: you get what you pay for. There's a reason she was pulled from the wknd graveyard shift in NYC. She's unwatchable. Really, how is an almost 50 yr old incompetent like Mosey a replacement for Aldrich?
How does a station say they're "the weather station" and then do a newscast with no meteorologist on the news show? Theres the possibility of another doozy of a snowstorm around new years...and not one mention of it during their weather? This station is a sinking ship.
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