Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard

deadend wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 8:01 am I was watching channel 7’s storm reporting livestream with Halley Vogel until the storm temporarily knocked power out at the channel 7 facility and knocked it off air. The next suggested livestream I saw available was channel 2.
They had that weirdo Derek Kreepvra reporting and he kept getting in the way of the green screen he was standing in front of and looking at his phone instead of talking or giving an explanation of what we were seeing on the live radar. That is the radar he wasn’t blocking or the portion that was showing up on his shirt because he wouldn’t get out of the way. The entire time I watched whoever was off camera (his partner Allen ShlongStreet?) was constantly shouting and interrupting and talking over Kreepvra when he was finally talking about the conditions if the storm. Then Derek Kreepvra would go back to playing on his phone and standing in the way of the green screen and didn’t seem to be paying attention while whoever was off screen kept yelling and hollering.
What a f’ing mess that station is.
Thank goodness I saw WXYZ got their stream back up and running so I switched back to that asap.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 8:34 am I disagree with deadend's assessment.

Fox 2 did a very good job, as did 4 and 62. I liked Fox 2's coverage best. Rich and Derek work well together. Derek was looking for storm damage reports, power outage data, and perhaps RadarScope Pro imagery on his phone for info to share with viewers. He was not "playing" with his phone.

Hally on 7 was OK but seemed frazzled at times. 7 was the only station flying solo during storm coverage, which seemed odd.

I was away from the TV during the east side Detroit apparent tornado; had to get back to work. The threat for my area had ended.

On 62, more Ahmed and less Karen would've been nice.

km1125 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:31 am I saw the segment on 62 where Karen and Ahmed were heading for cover because "we're doing what we keep telling you to do".

JobyOne wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 1:10 pm Regardless of how well (or not) the local TV stations did with storm coverage, they outshined the radio stations I was streaming from my perch in mid-Michigan. Other than EAS interruptions which can be difficult to decipher at times, there were no mentions or updates from the stations I sampled over the course of an hour during the multiple warnings issued. As someone who's passionate about (good) radio, I found it quite sad. Nobody cares about an artist's new album or your child's first day of school if you are in a warned area and you don't know which community a potential tornado is headed.

If radio stations continue to cede those things which can be found elsewhere, listeners will not turn to those stations when those things are desired, emergency or not.

moldyoldie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 11:25 am

km1125 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:31 am I saw the segment on 62 where Karen and Ahmed were heading for cover because "we're doing what we keep telling you to do".

Actually, Ahmed and Karen stayed with it on the air for the duration. They were just clearing out "non-essential" folks to a designated shelter area.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 1:16 pm

JobyOne wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2026 1:10 pm Regardless of how well (or not) the local TV stations did with storm coverage, they outshined the radio stations I was streaming from my perch in mid-Michigan. Other than EAS interruptions which can be difficult to decipher at times, there were no mentions or updates from the stations I sampled over the course of an hour during the multiple warnings issued. As someone who's passionate about (good) radio, I found it quite sad. Nobody cares about an artist's new album or your child's first day of school if you are in a warned area and you don't know which community a potential tornado is headed.

If radio stations continue to cede those things which can be found elsewhere, listeners will not turn to those stations when those things are desired, emergency or not.

Very well stated.