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Battle of the Christmas set displays

Last post by Beerbong « Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:28 pm
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by sinklair » Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:14 am

I’m no Grinch and love Christmas as much as the next person... but 25-66 goes overboard each year with its set decorations. If a nicely decorated...

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Last post by Beerbong
Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:28 pm
Alana Holland Leaving

Last post by DAC « Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:28 pm
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by sinklair » Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:19 am

TV5’s morning anchor Alana Holland is leaving January 3. She announced this morning that she’s accepted a job at WZZM 13.

No announcement yet on who...

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Last post by DAC
Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:28 pm
Another perspective on NBC 25/ FOX 66

Last post by Youplus « Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:39 am
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by Joel Feick » Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:15 pm

There’s a lotta hate being spewed on this message board about 25/66. Let me offer another view. After I was canned from 12 after 27 great years, I...

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Last post by Youplus
Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:39 am
WHNN MY 96.1 Christmas music

Last post by matt1 « Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:40 am
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by matt1 » Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:56 pm

I don't believe it, My 96.1 WHNN is still playing Christmas music!!!

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Last post by matt1
Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:40 am
Union organizing

Last post by km1125 « Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:15 pm
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by sinklair » Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:37 am
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When Sinclair took over WEYI, the station’s photographers, Master Control operators. Newscast directors and others were represented by the UAW.

The...
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Last post by km1125
Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:15 pm
Spying on its employees

Last post by sinklair « Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:55 am
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by sinklair » Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:43 am

It seems Sinclair run 25-66 only likes freedom of speech when it focuses on holding others accountable. It doesn’t like it much when it is criticized...

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Last post by sinklair
Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:55 am
Dumbing down of journalism

Last post by sinklair « Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:41 am
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by sinklair » Sat Dec 28, 2019 12:18 am

There’s been a lot of criticism of the lack of real news seen on local TV stations.

One of the reasons for the dumbing down if local journalism is...

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Last post by sinklair
Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:41 am
It’s a new gay!

Last post by ChrisWL1980 « Thu Dec 26, 2019 6:30 pm
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by organman95 » Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:22 pm

Everyone’s favorite queer starts this week at WNEM! Get ready for content to be a lot more LGBTQIA!!!

Whoo-hoo!

IA ? What the hell do those two...

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Last post by ChrisWL1980
Thu Dec 26, 2019 6:30 pm
Who’s on the Naughty List?

Last post by MasterB « Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:29 pm
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by sinklair » Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:15 am

Merry Christmas to all my friends in the broadcasting business...

I chose this crazy industry knowing that you have to work bad hours in bad...

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Last post by MasterB
Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:29 pm
Midnight In Bethlehem

Last post by CK-722 « Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:45 pm

by CK-722 » Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:45 pm

This was a perennial favorite played around Christmas by Dan Hunter on WFDF. Not Available In Stores , as they used to say. It was a Promo/DJ Copy on...

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Last post by CK-722
Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:45 pm
November ratings

Last post by sinklair « Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:52 pm

by sinklair » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:52 pm

November ratings are out. So how did the stations do?

Meredith’s WNEM is still dominate #1. Gray’s WJRT still is a solid second, albeit with a new...

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Last post by sinklair
Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:52 pm
"Star Wars" on ABC 12

Last post by DAC « Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:53 pm
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by matt1 » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:42 pm

This morning while ABC 12 (WJRT) did a segment on the new Star Wars movie, Christina Burkhart wore a chewbacca or one of the bear outfits (from...

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Last post by DAC
Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:53 pm
Kiss-gate

Last post by audiophile « Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:04 am
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by sinklair » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:33 am

Also not talked about during last week’s holiday party at 25-66: the married supervisor who’s sleeping with a married subordinate (actually not much...

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Last post by audiophile
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:04 am
Kathy Overbite

Last post by audiophile « Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:16 am
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by sinklair » Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:44 am

Don’t make fun of Kathy Reynolds. She is still pulling strings at 25-66. Reynolds is best buds with News Director Neille. They talk on a...

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Last post by audiophile
Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:16 am
History in the making

Last post by audiophile « Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:04 pm
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by sinklair » Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:28 am

Today, President Donald John Trump will become only the third president in US history to be impeached by the US House of Representatives.

So what...

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Last post by audiophile
Wed Dec 18, 2019 5:04 pm
Appalling lack of diversity at NBC 25/Fox 66

Last post by audiophile « Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:40 pm
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by sinklair » Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:33 am
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In a city as diverse as Flint, I find it amazing that Sinclair run WEYI-WSMH has a nearly all-white cast: Dave Bondy, Stephanie Parkinson, Bill...
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Last post by audiophile
Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:40 pm
Another one bites the dust

Last post by sinklair « Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:18 am
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by sinklair » Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:09 am

Another example of how far WEYI has fallen...

Jeanna Trotman, sports director at 25-66, is fleeing when her contract is up. She turned down a...

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Last post by sinklair
Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:18 am
Great addition to NBC25/FOX66

Last post by sinklair « Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:16 am
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by organman95 » Sun Dec 08, 2019 8:14 am
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Kristen Lowe has left TV 7&4 to join NBC25/FOX66. I firmly believe she will be a great asset to the station(s).
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Last post by sinklair
Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:16 am
What happened to Jennifer Profitt?

Last post by sinklair « Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:59 pm
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by Mark W Rummel » Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:38 am

Maybe I missed this, as an occasional watcher here, but where did WSMH TV-66's consumer reporter Jennifer Profitt go? Did she leave the TV biz or...

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Last post by sinklair
Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:59 pm
Battle of the Christmas concerts

Last post by sinklair « Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:27 pm
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by JRBlitz » Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:08 pm

WNEM doesn't have anything in their budget for a Christmas concert or Mike Terry's Christmas Lights special. There will be a Holiday Log special...

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Last post by sinklair
Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:27 pm
Adios Boris

Last post by sinklair « Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:45 pm
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by sinklair » Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:35 am

Sinclair finally realizes that their horribly produced commentaries were a H*** mistake:

Now they can save the reported $300,000 salary they were...

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Last post by sinklair
Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:45 pm
NBC25/Fox66 forced to read promo

Last post by sinklair « Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:33 pm
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by sinklair » Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:26 am

It’s the story that never dies... even though everyone on Pierson Road hopes it will go away and no one will notice.

Even Sinclair’s golden...

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Last post by sinklair
Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:33 pm
Veronica Meadows

Last post by Trophyhead « Fri Dec 13, 2019 10:49 am
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by sinklair » Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:17 am

Big congrats to Veronica Meadows for landing a reporting role at Fox 2 in Detroit.

When she left 25-66, management said she was making the move to...

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Last post by Trophyhead
Fri Dec 13, 2019 10:49 am
Mid-Michigan Now

Last post by sinklair « Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:44 pm
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by autolab » Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:50 pm
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It appears that Fox66 may be changing it's name. Go to midmichigannow.com and it brings you to the WSMH web page. Wonder when the new name will take...
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Last post by sinklair
Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:44 pm
Now THIS is journalism

Last post by MasterB « Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:39 pm
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by sinklair » Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:38 pm

Not sure what the Guardian added that Fonger couldn’t have reported himself. Ron’s done a great job of reporting this story from the beginning.

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Last post by MasterB
Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:39 pm

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