Not So Storm Ready

[sinklair]

The former Chief Met at 25-66 used to push leading off with weather in our newscasts... saying there’s nothing more important than weather. “It affects everyone.”

Well that importance must be lost on current management since they seem not to be able to keep any of their meteorologists and the qualifications to give on-air forecasts are now “do you have a pulse” and have you completed a 5th grade education?

Over the last decade or so, 25-66 has been the revolving door of meteorologists: Mark Torregrossa, Kevin Usealman, Ty Shesky, Jason Adams, Jamie Kagol, Nick Russo, now Elise Dolinar has exited Pierson Road for the last time. Ahmad Bajjey — who was told to do the job of the Chief Meteorologist without any pay increase or the ceremonial title — is the last holdout... but with his contract nearing an end, why should he stay on the Titantic of Flint television stations?

There’s no value placed in having a true Chief Meteorologist... a weather team that have earned CBM seals... or even the longevity to understand the uniqueness of Thumb area weather.

The In Over Her Head News Director is now just promoting anyone willing to help out... or people who played weathercasters in failed reality TV shows.

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This would make a funny Saturday Night Live segment... if it weren’t so absurd.

How Neille keeps her job with these types of asinine decisions... her inability to retain good personnel when their contracts are up... and ratings that continue to fall... is beyond me.

[Realist]

As a viewer and someone not in the business, when 25/66 invested in a new set and brought in decent talent for their news product, they were on par with 12 and better than 5 IMO. Problem is that the ratings didn’t go up as fast as Sinclair Broadcasting thought they would. So what happened in short order? They started firing people, didn’t renew contracts or quality people just left. They’re limping along with the what they have left. At the rate things are going, I personally see Mike Woolfolk leaving when his contract expires and going back to Detroit, with Dave Bondy and Rachelle Spence right behind him. Pay people decently, treat them right and they would stay.

[sinklair]

Woolfolk never moved to the Flint area. That says everything you need to know... He’s just waiting for an opportunity to jump ship.

Spence, Bondy, Bajjey are the only people holding this station together right now. When they leave (not if), Sinclair might as well run us like WNWO in Toledo (which has its news produced by another Sinclair station in South Bend). WNWO is a horrible station. They are in last place. They have technical errors all over the place. They barely cover their market — its newscasts are filled with the corporate must-run propaganda. But they also have about 10 newsroom staff and likely make Sinclair a nice profit margin.

The former GM/accountant in chief/egomaniac said Sinclair doesn’t care about the station being profitable unless it can reach a 30-percent or more profitability margin.

If I were Woolfolk, Bondy, Spence or Bajjey facing contract renewals with no pay increase, they should walk off the job. There are better run companies out there.

[YpsiGuy]

Woolfolk never moved to the Flint area. That says everything you need to know... He’s just waiting for an opportunity to jump ship.

Spence, Bondy, Bajjey are the only people holding this station together right now. When they leave (not if), Sinclair might as well run us like WNWO in Toledo (which has its news produced by another Sinclair station in South Bend). WNWO is a horrible station. They are in last place. They have technical errors all over the place. They barely cover their market — its newscasts are filled with the corporate must-run propaganda. But they also have about 10 newsroom staff and likely make Sinclair a nice profit margin.

The former GM/accountant in chief/egomaniac said Sinclair doesn’t care about the station being profitable unless it can reach a 30-percent or more profitability margin.

If I were Woolfolk, Bondy, Spence or Bajjey facing contract renewals with no pay increase, they should walk off the job. There are better run companies out there.

WNWO is so bad that I don’t even care if I can’t receive it due to co-channel interference with WUDT-LD in Detroit on RF 23.

A religious crap station and a Sinclair station blotting out each other out out on RF23. The result from is the best. No signal.

[MasterB]

25-66 should just hire the WZZM mascot Blinkie could get Blinkie on the cheap since 25-66 is cheap with the pay. Ty Shesky was chief met at 25-66 Ty does a good job for Fox17 I don't get why they didn't hire Ty to do 6PM, 10PM & 11PM when the chief met wanted to do mornings M-F and have weekends off.

[sinklair]

Glad Ty is doing well. We miss him here. Just proves that if you survive your time at 25-66 under the laughable leadership of the In Over Her Head News Director, you can still have a good career.