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[Florida]

The Albany station used to show here years ago... it was somewhere in the around channel 28 and for some reason they pulled the plug on it. This was when we had our own NBC affiliate doing the news. It seemed to me back then, our own news was far more decent than it is today.

[poonther]

I liked NBC Channel 40 news and was sad when they pulled the plug.  They were the best in town to me.

I like Nancy "DingDong" too.  I just wish they had better weather graphics for her.

I read where "Hicks on Six" bought the old Florida News Channel Building off Capital Circle NE (it use to be the movie theater.)  I was/am hoping they'd move their studio into there.  I have no idea what they are waiting on???  

Gray Television group owns WCTV here and WJHG NBC 7 in Panama City.  Panama City is TV market #157 while we in Tally are market # 109.  You'd think w/the same owner and a bigger market (people get paid more money) we'd have much better news.  The opposite is actuallly true.  So I ask, how can that be so?

And just to add "insult to injury" this better Albany TV station you speak of is also in a smaller market #147 out of only 210 markets.

Go figure???

[jpl02]

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I agree that the Tallahassee media is sub par. ABC 27 is the best in Tallahassee, regarding graphics and clarity, even though they cant even read the prompter. I had Dignon as a professor for meterology, and I feel like everytime I watch her forecasts im getting a lesson and not a report.

Does anyone else find it funny that we have a weathergirl named Nancy, and she's a tall, voluptous blonde? It's just like King of the Hill! If only she'd call us "sug"......  

[Florida]

LOL. I don't even watch KoTH but that was funny... I did see the episode with Randy Travis (my favorite singer) and I thought it was cool. I do think that is interesting that Gray owns a Panama City station. Anyone know if their's is as terrible as ours. There may just be a management problem.

[poonther]

No my parents live in the P.C. market and they watch Channel 7 NBC in Panama City all the time.  Their set, weather graphics (they even have VIPER radar) and TV personalities are far far superior to Tally's!

I'm not the only who thinks that...AlaninTally...paging AlaninTally

[Florida]

I believe you. We ought to bring some attention to this. Write some letters to the station and to the paper... I think we could change some things.

[AlaninTally]

poonther, on Dec 14 2005, 12:23 PM, said:

No my parents live in the P.C. market and they watch Channel 7 NBC in Panama City all the time.  Their set, weather graphics (they even have VIPER radar) and TV personalities are far far superior to Tally's!

I'm not the only who thinks that...AlaninTally...paging AlaninTally

Yes! Panama City news just has a much better look. There was some money spent on the set and graphics. I think in general the newscasters are fine on Newschannel 27 (excpet for the one my friends call Drunk Girl...see if you know who I am taking about!) but they just need a more sophisticated station to showcase themselves and of course OUR news!

[Florida]

Drunk Lady: Lanitra Bennett!! LOL!!!

And then there's the frightened girl on the weekends... see if you know who that is.

[AlaninTally]

TaureanJ, on Dec 14 2005, 03:38 PM, said:

Drunk Lady: Lanitra Bennett!! LOL!!!

And then there's the frightened girl on the weekends... see if you know who that is.

Hmmm, that's not Drunk Girl....

Frightened Girl on Newschannel 27? Hmmmm....I almost think the girl I call Drunk Girl could be one in the same....

[Florida]

Is she a large white chick?

I think the Black lady Lanitra Bennett from 5-6:30 looks drunk or high.

[poonther]

Drunk girl taken from a skit on Saturday Night Live is:

Amanda Anderson

But I can see where she seems frightened all the time too!

Lanetra Bennett is a "hick on six."  She does stubble horribly on her words, but I must say over the last month she has gotten a little better.   They stuck her over in Perry/Live Oak and Lafayette as punishment I presume.

[Florida]

I'm sorry... I get Lanita Williams and Lanetra Bennett mixed up... the names.

It is Lanita Williams of News Channel 27 who seems like the drunken woman. She used to stumble often, I'm not sure about now since I often don't watch her broadcasts.

Honestly, the only person that does something for me on that station is Nancy Dignone and she has crazy hair.

I used to LOVE Amy Basista, but she moved.

I do like the new consumer reports they do, however, I wish they would adjust the picture quality at which they broadcast for it seems to be a bit blury at times.

Edited by TaureanJ, 19 January 2006 - 02:49 PM.

[poonther]

I found the following info. at the Florida News Center site.  Here's bits and pieces of what they say.  Hopefully this will signal some positive changes over at WTXL 27 in the coming months and many more changes towards the end of the year.  Anything is better than a Sinclair owned/runned station.  I believe the new consumer reporter Todd at WTXL is the first change/addition made by the new ownership and that seems to be a good move.  Keep your fingers crossed that "bad hair 27" will get better.

12/18/05 - ...changes are in store for Tallahassee's WTXL. The station was sold to Southern Broadcasting earlier this year. Earlier this month, Richelle Ridgeway took over as News Director, replacing Steve Rollison. The station now has a new General Manager and is no longer sharing one with (Sinclair owned) WTWC. Although WTXL has been sold, it's former owner Sinclair will still have a hand in the station (at least until late 2006) controlling the budget and payroll. Southern Broadcasting now controls news content, programming and decisions regarding staff. Future changes include expanding coverage of Southern Georgia and more general in-depth news reporting.

[EbonyGardens]

NBC Channel 40 news was rather dry, that station needed to go. The reason why Democrat online puts Sports first is because apparently they feel that sports deserves preference over local news. I listen to mainly 96.1, 100.7 and 102.3 for the rap/hip-hop & r&b music, other than that I really don't listen to any of the other stations. We need to figure out a way to lure more affilates to Tallahassee. Once that is done then maybe I'll see some of my favorite programs from years past: Parent Hood, In The House, shows like that.

[Florida]

WCTV 6 - Past to Present

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In response to TJ's inquiry...A little history/insight on WCTV & why their studios are out on Hwy 12...50 years ago when John H. Phipps & his family wanted to start a television station in this area he couldn't get a license from the FCC for Tallahassee but he could one for Thomasville, GA. Since his family owned thousands of acres of land up Meridian Road between Tallahassee & Thomasville & over to Old Bainbridge Road & out towards Concord & Coon Bottom (Ayavalla Plantation) it wasn't a big deal to put the station in Thomasville & still have enough signal strength to reach parts of Tallahassee. A few years later he won FCC approval to put a station in Tallahassee & he built the studios on North Monroe (Now the El Chico). Years later he gained approval for a stronger broadcast signal & permission to cover both Thomasville & Tallahassee with that same channel & a stronger signal so he built a new studio & tower between the 2 towns up near the State line on Hwy 12. Knowing he was in the middle of nowhere, he re-opened a news bureau facilty in Thomasville & built a smaller news bureau building in Tallahassee next to the original main studios on North Monroe. Over time, he gained approval for yet an even stronger broadcast signal, a taller tower & the rights to cover Valdosta, GA. This is when he moved the new & stronger main transmitter site to Climax, GA & built a 2,000 ft broadcast tower but he kept the studios & admin offices on Hwy 12 & used microwave links between the studio, news bureaus & the main transmitter. Now jump to 1996...the John H. Phipps has passed away & the Phipps family sold WCTV's license, along with a station license in Knoxville, TN & one in West Palm Beach, FL to Gray Television of Atlanta. The Phipps family retained ownership of all the real estate & Gray has been leasing the facilities from them since 1996. Looking to own rather than lease, Gray Television purchased the former property & tower of WTXL on Thomasville Road across from Chiles High & was planning to move their studios there but they ran into zoning/permitting issues with constructing a studio the size they had planned on. Junp to today...they have now purchased the old Florida News Channel facility (originally a movie theater complex) on Halstead Blvd off of Cap Circle NE & are in the process of renovating it into their new studios. With the advent of digital TV, they needed to be closer into town anyway for the digital signal to reach the majority of Tallahassee. Hopefully the new studios will bring better sound & picture quality & a more professional newscast. Not sure what the Phipps family will do with the building on Hwy 12 or the smaller news bureau buildings they still own in Tallahassee & Thomasville. By the way, after selling the TV stations to Gray, they diversified into banking (Premier Bank), Aircraft Operations & Sales (Flightline Group) & Real Estate Development thoughout Tallahasse & down along the coast at St. George Island Plantation as well as continuing to operate a hunting preserve & tree farming operation on what remains of Ayavalla Plantation.

--- Glenn

Thanks Glenn. That was very nice of you and VERY informative. Everything you wrote was consistent with what I've heard of the modern era. I had no idea the FCC wouldn't allow a Tallahassee channel 50 years ago.

I sure can't wait for the Conversion of the Old FNC building to be complete. That should be a nice studio when they finish, don't you think?

[poonther]

Wow very informative read there Glenn.  I had heard most of what you wrote, but never all together like that.  "Hicks on Six" have owned the FNC bldg. for sometime now.  The few times I've driven past there lately, I've seen no work going on.  I would have hoped they would have gotten it ready for the all important Feb. sweeps month.  There's another one in May, if not then I bet it will not happen until next year in Nov. sweeps.  

Have any of you seen anything happening there?  It is a hard location to "spy" on as you drive past it since it's down in the hole.

They did promote w/in their ranks to fill their vacancy at the anchor desk for their new 5:30pm and 11pm news.

Jennifer Ryan

[Florida]

Who's vacancy is she filling?! I hope not Julie M. She was my favorite!

And what's a sweep?

[poonther]

No no TJ Julie M. is the 6pm anchor.  J. Ryan replaces Sharon Tazwell who use to also do the Fox news, but left for a job in Raleigh, NC.  I'm fine w/Julie M. but I know if she saw me again she would not like me.  When I first moved to Tally, Julie M. had this awful hairdo that flipped up and stood straight up in the front.  I loathed it.  A few months later she cut it different and flatten that beaming spike of high hair.  Then one day at Springtime Tally I saw her walking towards me.  I said "hi Julie" and she immediately smiled and then I said to her "wow you look much better since you got your haircut."  Well she looked like I shot her w/a dart in the heart and moved on quickly.  I am sorry I had to say that to her, but I know that deep down in her heart she knew that old hairdo was awful.  

Sweeps months...Nov. Feb. and May are when TV shows are monitored closely for their ratings.  In TV it's really the only months that count and that's when you'll find your fav. TV shows pull out all the stops...special guests, interesting plot twists etc. to get you to watch.  Local news is also monitored during some of those times.  You can notice it on local TV news b/c that's when they'll run one of their sweepstakes or such where you gotta watch the news and then call in to win.  That's why they are doing that then, to get you to watch during sweeps.

[Florida]

poonther, on Jan 6 2006, 10:49 AM, said:

No no TJ Julie M. is the 6pm anchor.  J. Ryan replaces Sharon Tazwell who use to also do the Fox news, but left for a job in Raleigh, NC.  I'm fine w/Julie M. but I know if she saw me again she would not like me.  When I first moved to Tally, Julie M. had this awful hairdo that flipped up and stood straight up in the front.  I loathed it.  A few months later she cut it different and flatten that beaming spike of high hair.  Then one day at Springtime Tally I saw her walking towards me.  I said "hi Julie" and she immediately smiled and then I said to her "wow you look much better since you got your haircut."  Well she looked like I shot her w/a dart in the heart and moved on quickly.  I am sorry I had to say that to her, but I know that deep down in her heart she knew that old hairdo was awful.  

Sweeps months...Nov. Feb. and May are when TV shows are monitored closely for their ratings.  In TV it's really the only months that count and that's when you'll find your fav. TV shows pull out all the stops...special guests, interesting plot twists etc. to get you to watch.  Local news is also monitored during some of those times.  You can notice it on local TV news b/c that's when they'll run one of their sweepstakes or such where you gotta watch the news and then call in to win.  That's why they are doing that then, to get you to watch during sweeps.

Poonther, you're terrible!   LOL. I'm at work and I just burst out in laughter. Im sure everyone wants to know what I'm here laughing about. I think you hurt her feelings Poonther. You should apologize. Send her a comb or something! While you were at it you needed to find Nancy D. and do the same.

I just learned something about the sweeps. I didn't know that before now.

[poonther]

I really didn't mean to be rude, I just spoke out loud what I was thinking is all.  As for "DingDong" as I like to call her, she's not about glamour baby, she's all about weather as a science and the facts.  That's why I like her so much.  She does have bad hair, although it looks a little better these days.