It's a combination of burnout, greed, and agenda. While I was a kid in the 90s, from what I have gathered from watching various news casts on YouTube, it seems the 90s was the "Golden Age" for news and tech. Then the 2000s came and it all started to go downhill. The greed became more as large compan...

Matt wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:56 am

It is audience engagement.

Exactly. Many stations do this. 7&4 started doing it over 20 years ago on the morning show. I think 9&10 has been doing it longer than that.

During the break last night I saw a "thank you" message for WNEM 70 years. Will there be some anniversary special?

Booty Jesus?

I think after a while when a business holds a dominance for a period of time, they start to ride on that "name" and then slack off on production. In the case of a small market with only two channels competing against each other for ratings, it won't make much of a difference. But I agree, it's quite...

Only two reporters? And how many newscasts? Must be one hell of a lot of work for two people to contribute so the same stories aren't told over and over... It seems many companies that are adding newscasts don't do the homework before hand with regard to staff. Money dwindles, so keep the newscasts,...

Keeping track of all those "networks" is a challenge

What is The365 ?

*if* the FCC were to go after companies and shell companies, I think the markets such as Alpena with only one commercial station would be exempt.

I agree with MasterB: the FCC is a joke.

westside wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:38 pm

It was nice to see someone so experienced and polished on the air, something you don't get a lot of in such a small market. Always enjoyed his forecasts, at least when he said it would be 75 and sunny.

Agreed. Except the 75 and sunny forecasts... Too hot

Only posting this here because of his long career over 50 years!

https://upnorthlive.com/amp/newsletter- ... 11-30-2023

Happy Retirement, Mark!

Whoa. I didn't expect to hear that. Thought it would be a "last week" type of announcement.

Yes, congratulations and happy retirement!

And enjoy "not wearing a stupid tie"

You can thank the removal of the "Fairness Doctrine" for that

Legally, stations have up to 60 minutes to relay a statewide monthly test. Or 24-hours later. - but that is the maximum allowed delay Why would a station delay a test 24 hours? If it was an actual alert for, say, a tornado warning, it wouldn't do any good to delay it the next day. I agree, but we a...

EdWalker wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:19 am

Legally, stations have up to 60 minutes to relay a statewide monthly test.

Or 24-hours later. - but that is the maximum allowed delay