An addendum to this is that, in San Francisco, the stations have dedicated sports people, but they're all incompetent, so they might as well be anyone who can read -- which does, in fact, seem to be the case with weather people. "Can you operate the control and point to the green screen? You're hired!"
--Dave Sikula On May 20, 3:24 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > A few things: To my knowledge, none of the local affils or O&Os have > sports editors anymore. A few of the stations don't even have sports > anchors anymore. Most are operating with between 40 to 60 percent of > the staff they used to have, and many of the low rungs on the ladder > have to begun their days with the drop-ins during the Today show (or > other morning shows) and don't leave until the 11pm newscasts end. > Also, if you count the Ducks, we have two LA hockey teams, but the > vast majority doesn't care about either unless they make the playoffs. > In short, complaining about LA hockey coverage is a bit like > complaining about the quality of food or service at a Denny's. > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
