Now that every english speaking television station in the Miami/Ft.Lauderdale market has made the switch to High Definition, I decided to check them all out and see what’s different from when they were all doing news in SD. Read my personal opinions after the jump. Continue reading ‘Review: Finally, All Our Local News in HD’
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Photo Via: "Lyrikill" Myspace
If you watch South Florida local news on a regular basis, you’ve no doubt seen the live shot-interrupting asshole who goes by the name of “Lyrikill.” Well, according to a NewsBlues.com tipster, WSVN is allegedly being sued by the music legend for alleged ”mental distress;” after he claims he was chased by a baseball bat-wielding live truck operator, after screwing up and interrupting a report by Dianne Fernandez. How much is he asking for his severe “mental distress?” A modest 35 thousand dollars. Funny; I always thought you needed brain cells in order to claim “mental distress.”
Check out his MySpace page for multiple videos of him nearly getting his ass kicked by reporters, live-truck operators, and cameramen.
The music superstar… rapper… performer... Errrr, “Lyrikill,” who prides himself on preforming at local South Florida middle schools, can be seen chasing down and interrupting live shots on your local South Florida station of choice.
Check out one of his forced and free advertisement after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Live Shot-Interrupting Asshole Sues WSVN?’
Kinda.
Update: …Or was he?
Chief Meteorologist Pete Bouchard of WSVN’s sister station, WHDH, is getting a lot of unwanted attention the past few days around YouTube, because of an off-color joke he made. While presenting the weather, Bouchard made a joke that came off as comparing his penis size in relation to the 9 inches of snow that fell. View the video after the jump.
Tri-County Chase
I’d like to offer my kudos to WFOR and WSVN today. In case you missed today’s top story, there was a huge car chase spanning 3 counties, with excess speeds of 130 MPH. But you wouldn’t know that if you were watching WTVJ’s or WPLG’s afternoon soap operas. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the basic duty of local news station’s to keep the public informed, safe, and out of harms way? WSVN broke into regularly scheduled programing to do just that; as did WFOR. This pursuit wasn’t a short chase. It went on for nearly a half-an-hour, gaining national coverage on cable news stations, and other affiliates across the nation. Yet there was no mention of it on NBC6 or Local 10, both on-air and online. Local 10’s site, which claims to be “Just News,” didn’t have a mention of it until the chase was over. As for the joke called “NBCMiami.com,” nearly 30 minutes after the chase ended, there’s still no mention of it.
I would expect this from WTVJ, but I expected better from WPLG.
So what are your thoughts? Who’s right in this situation? Was WFOR and WSVN right for cutting into programing?… Or did WTVJ and WPLG do the right thing in not covering the story. Vote below.
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Apparently, the folks at WTVJ are under the impression that they’re winning in the ratings war… at least on weeknights at 11PM. According to multiple SFLTV.com tipsters, new WTVJ news director Lane Michaelson was allegedly boasting at the fact that (thanks to the new Jay Leno Show), their ratings are now number one at 11PM on weeknights.
Others claim that supposedly WPLG dropped to second place now that Charles Perez has left South Florida, and WSVN to number three (who’s 11PM ratings were never outstanding), and WFOR to dead last. The Jay Leno show made its debut to a strong audience of 18 million but on the second and subsequent nights ratings fell to below 8 million. And last week Leno’s ratings fell further to 5.7 million viewers.
…But before you get enraged by the apparent idiocy of the South Florida TV news viewers, a former WTVJ employee claims:
…The results are in, and after hundreds of votes, SFLTV.com readers think that WSVN (FOX-7) is the best run TV station in South Florida.
Winner: WSVN (FOX-7)
By a landslide, the winner is WSVN (FOX-7), with 51.9% of the votes . Coming in a not-so-close second, is WPLG (ABC-10)
, with 26.7% of the votes. WFOR (CBS-4) comes in at a rather lousy 11.5%, and from reading the comments, this is partially due to the lack of High Definition. Finally, WTVJ (NBC-6) comes in dead last (yet again) at 9.9% of the votes… and the reason for that? Well, you figure it out.
Photos Via: NBC Local Media Websites
How local is local news? We’ve already come to the obvious conclusion that the NBC “LOCALS ONLY” sites are far from local, but what about the content on the small screen? Look for my story soon on which local news station in the SFL Market is the most “local” when it comes to news coverage.
But what do you think?
What is your prediction on who has the most actual “local” news in South Florida?
Update2: A tipster tells us 7 Skyforce was not sent to cover the stuck cow, 7 just picked up the metro traffic chopper feed.
Cool pictures of cow stuck already in front of us, there was no reason not to air it.. but, for the record, we did not, and would not pay to send skyforce.. and even Billi reported it rather tongue in cheek
Update: NBC6 just ran a small bit about it at the end of the 6PM news.
If you ever wondered why there’s little respect for local news now-a-days, here’s your answer. This is a “tweet” from @newschasers.
“Southwest Ranches: Griffin Rd, FD en route to cow stuck in mud, PIO also en route
MAY need tactical rescue for cow stuck in mud?”
Followed by:
“CFR ADVISES NEWS CHOPPERS OVERHEAD ON COW INCIDENT LOL, COWS FRONT LEGS ARE STUCK IN MUD NEAR CANAL, TRYING TO EXTRICATE NOW”
…and sad to say, that was 100% true. That’s right, WSVN was first to “break the story” of the stuck cow. They even wasted their money and sent 7Skyforce
WSVN picked up the feed from Metro Traffic with which they have a news sharing agreement. WFOR had the story as well labeled as Breaking News.
More jobs have been posted on NBC6.net. Here’s the new list:
JOB TITLE: Assistant News Director COS # 1005660 WTVJ
JOB TITLE: Duopoly News Operations Manager COS # 1004673
JOB TITLE: Reporter COS # 1004725 WTVJ
JOB TITLE: IR Technician COS # 1004668 WSCV
JOB TITLE: Maintenance Technician COS # 1005464 WTVJ
JOB TITLE: Deputy Editor COS # 1005594 WTVJ
JOB TITLE: Managing Editor COS # 1005487 WTVJ
JOB TITLE: Weekend Editor COS # 1005602 WTVJ
Additionally, WSVN has a reporter slot open. Maybe we’ll be seeing some fresh meat at WSVN soon?
New WSVN.com Goes Live
The new and updated WSVN.com went live this Monday morning, just as SFLTV.com told you it would in our “First Look.” Overall, I like the new site. I feel that it has a cleaner, more organized look to it. On the top navigation bar, there are handy links for the “7 Skyforce Tracker,” “News Team,” and “7 News Live” (which allows you to watch the show when streaming). As reported yesterday, there are very little differences between WSVN.com and WHDH.com. The main changes I spotted was obviously, the logo branding and affiliation. WSVN.com also placed an advertisement on the top header of the site near their logo, where as WHDH has a graphic of the Boston skyline. Additionally, WHDH.com is asking for feedback, posing the question of: “We want this website to be your website. Click here to give us some feedback.” From my searching, there is no request for feedback on the updated WSVN site.
Updated WSVN.com
Check out the new WSVN.com here. Compare it to the new WHDH site here.