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"Beep beep" intro to TV8 traffic updates...

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"Beep beep" intro to TV8 traffic updates...

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It's starting to get annoying....
WOOD-TV meteorologist Scott Larson, who handles weather reports on News 8's 4 to 5pm news block, blurts out a little "beep beep" before he tags his weather reports with brief traffic updates.
I don't think the weather staff should have to also do traffic. Until several months ago, a separate studio reporter handled it. But let's have a smoother, more professional transition.... perhaps a traffic sounder as on radio traffic reports???
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I would rather hear a “beep beep” on TV than hear it on my radio while driving in heavy traffic, aka WGRD Road Rage Traffic…


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TV traffic reports are stupid. Who is watching a TV behind the wheel?
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I get the feeling Ellen Bacca isn’t too happy with having to do traffic and gas price reports along with weather.
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Reese K Rickards wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:35 pm TV traffic reports are stupid. Who is watching a TV behind the wheel?
Remember when Dave Kaechele briefly did Traffic on TV and mornings on 98.7?

Or FBHW had their stupid segments on ZZM?
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Reese K Rickards wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:35 pm TV traffic reports are stupid. Who is watching a TV behind the wheel?
You're forgetting the people who put on the morning news while they're getting ready for work. Traffic reports on TV are handy to know what the commute will be like ahead of time.
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Bull Shannon wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2024 12:16 pm
Reese K Rickards wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:35 pm TV traffic reports are stupid. Who is watching a TV behind the wheel?
You're forgetting the people who put on the morning news while they're getting ready for work. Traffic reports on TV are handy to know what the commute will be like ahead of time.
Me thinks he may have been facetious.......although I did have my TV in my county truck back in the 80's. Just a lil battery one but I watched the noon news during lunch. 8-)
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I expect to hear “beep beep” from a grade schooler, not from a meteorologist in a top 50 market! This isn’t Pocatello, Idaho!
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....noticed that WOOD-TV meteorologist Scott Larson has stopped doing his "beep beep" as he transitions from weather to traffic reports during the 4-5pm afternoon newscast. Did he get a memo from management to drop it? Or did he decided on his own that it had run its course?
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Reese K Rickards wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:35 pm TV traffic reports are stupid. Who is watching a TV behind the wheel?
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