Monthly Archive for December, 2004

Good morning

If I promice to be up at 5am and watch only Today In Florida I wonder if he’ll stick around? What I reaaaallly want to know though is how long before “Living it up with Jonathan”? M?
Beach, speedos, running … in slo mo … towards ……… me?

Wait that was my dream from last nite, nevermind. Carry on

H-D-T-V

Finally
Looks goood :)

You may now indulge

Update 12/21: Added two caps of Elita Loresca by request, for Don :)

HDTV caps

Monday or Tuesday I’ll try to post some HDTV screen caps assuming everything works as I expect it to. My firewire cable is getting here on monday so I’ll be able to hook this odd DVR with no cable-out plug. I love Comcast!

Heeey goodlooking

Now I know why I keep remembering to tune the weekend newscast on 7. Beacuse….

aaah …. (goes off daydreaming)

…….Oh yeah …. because he knows all the weekend weather mumbo jumbo I need plus he’s really cute accurate. Really!!!!

Note to 7: get more like him

The fighting anchors

only audio but, it’s fun :). Paul Moyer and Ann Martin both formerly main anchors at KABC in LA.
They were arguing minutes before an 11pm newscast

Transcript:

Paul: I’m not going to sit here night after night and put up with this shit. OK?
Ann: Night after night? Night after night?

Ann: You started it pal.
Paul: Let me tell you something, kiddo. You want Harold Greene you might get him.
Ann: Fine with me. Fine with me.
Paul: Oh is it really?
Ann: Good old Harold Greene.

[Stage manager: 30 seconds!]

Paul: You know, you go home and have a couple of shooters and i don’t know what the fuck happens, but you come back you’re not the same lady.
Ann: That’s not true.

Hear it

KROQ’s makes fun of Paul Moyer on their Kevin & Bean show, funny stuff. Cick here to hear it in your WIndows media player

via
LaObserved and Aprill Witchell

Backup link (MP3 file)
KABC - PaulMoyer AnnMartin fight

Yet another naked news anchor


Former KUSA anchor Anita Lopez has been cought appearing naked live from a bath tub. Well, not really, but she was naked in the bath tub.
Of course I’ll have the pics asap and post them here

2004 Regional Emmy Awards Winners

If have access to the video footage for each winning entry and feel like sharing, contact me and lets see about putting up for download.

This list is only for the four network affiliates in the Miami/Ft.Lauderdale market. For the complete list of winners click here

For the list of nominees click here

1. Public Affairs Programs

Africa: Continent of Lost Children
Jeff Guerra
WTVJ, Miramar, FL

Stolen Identities: Protecting Your Good Name
Maria Khalil-Pagani, Chucha Barber
WTVJ & Tight Shots & Sounds, Inc., Miramar, FL

3. Entertainment Programs

Ocean Drive - The Special
Liz Roldan, Adrienne Roark, Ken Berk, David Schwartz,
Mike Zimmer, Claudia Castaneda, Jeff Barnes
WTVJ, Miramar, FL

Continue reading ‘2004 Regional Emmy Awards Winners’

Possible Hi-definition

It looks like I might be able to port some high definition wide screen image and video captures to the PC and post them on the site, all depending on my PC being able to recognize and use all software and hardware, which could be problematic.

WFOR, WTVJ license challenged over church ad

The United Church of Christ is challenging the license renewal for WFOR and WTVJ for refusing the run an ad that depicted bouncers turning people away from a church based on their sexual orientation or skin color.

BigNews Network
Church challenges TV licenses over ad

Beacon Journal - AP Wire
United Church of Christ wants Miami stations to lose licenses

Deal reached in Bill Kamal case

Bill Kamal reached a deal with prosecutors to serve at least 5 years in prison for his involvment in soliciting sex with a minor over the internet.

Miami Herald
TV weatherman reaches deal on child sex charge

Thursday, December 2nd ratings

These are the ratings from last Thrusday, in the normal non-sweeps news cycle. Stations are ordered by channel number

5pm
WFOR - 4.2
WTVJ - 1.6
WSVN - 5.3
WPLG - 1.9

5:30pm

WFOR - 3.9
WTVJ - 1.4
WSVN - 5.8
WPLG - 2.4

6pm

WFOR - 3.7
WTVJ - 2.1
WSVN - 4.8
WPLG - 2.4

10pm

WSVN - 4.1
UPN33 - 1.8
WB39 - 2.2

11pm

WFOR - 6.2
WTVJ - 5.1
WSVN - 3.3
WPLG - 4.0

One ratings point for the Miami/Ft.Lauderdale market is equal to 14,968 households

Jeff Jarvis rips into the morality gestapo

I love this. Columnist and editor Jeff Jarvis who also happens to be a Sunday school teacher ripped a new hole into Brent Bozell, president of Parents Television Council, for trying to censor the media in America. Very long and worthy read

(via lostremote) King Prig

BBC gets punked, Dow stock loses $2 billion in 23 minutes

The BBC got punked on Friday when they thought they were interviewing a representative of Dow Chemicals over the Bhopal disaster in which 18,000 people died. The impostor claimed Dow Chemicals was accepting responcibility for the incident. By the time the network ran the interview on it’s domestic stations the error was discovered and the BBC had to admit to the mistake which caused the Dow stock to go down 4.25% in 23 minutes wiping $2 billion dollars from its value.

CNN
Bhopal hoax sends Dow stock down

Less people watch TV, they like evil Internet

In Europe at least. With overall growth in broadband over the past one year, 64% to be exact, less and less Europeans turn to TV in favor the Internet. Of the homes that had broadband 40% reported they are spending less time infront of the tube.

BBC
Broadband challenges TV viewing

Florida News Channel folding

Will be replaced by a Black Television News in July of 2005 and in the meantime it will continue with their production services. 8 out of the 10 FNC employees will be losing their jobs.
The channel is officially going off the air on December 31st

FNC changes direction

Sweeps update

WFOR has launched a full page ad in the Sun Sentinel and probably the Miami Herald touting they are the #1 station in all newscasts. Here are some numbers to ponder over

6pm newscast
WFOR - 4.5
WPLG - 4.3
WSVN - 4.0
WTVJ - 3.3

Late news - 11pm
WFOR - 5.8
WTVJ - 4.9
WPLG - 4.7
WSVN - 4.1

Sign on to sign off
WFOR - 3.9
WSVN - 3.1
WPLG - 2.9
WTVJ - 2.6

One ratings point equals 15,000 homes

Thanks to the unmentionable insider for giving me the numbers :)