It’s halftime of the Pitt/ Villanova game. Do we get to laugh at the stupid commentary of Greg Anthony and Seth Davis (who is really Billy Packer after Extreme Makeover Tournament Edition)? Do we get to see an interview with maybe The Rick or Roy Williams? Do we some stats?
Of course not.
We get Jay “Boy Do I Like To Hear My Self Talk And See Myself In The Monitor” Cardosi, bellowing about some possible tornado warnings miles south of the Metro Area.
Now don’t get me wrong. Advising people of severe weather is a good thing. But when you’re telecasting on several stations, you can let Jay Cardosi blather away on one and run a crawl under the others, advising people they click over for more important info.
But Noooooooooooooooo! There’s Jay Cardosi blabbering ad nauseum, saying the same things over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over . . .
This happened on the last day of the regular season during the Duke/ Carolina game. I know the station heard from folks, because I personally know 23,974 people who called or emailed. Did WLKY-32 learn from that lesson?
Correct Answer: Absolutely Not!!!!!!
Geesh.
– Seedy K
4 Comments
Amen.
amen. i am so sick of these overpaid idiots constantly breaking in to tell us it is going to rain hard. they said we were going to have bad weather all day today and it was actually quite nice. if i was as successful at my job as they are i would be living under a viaduct. where they are really doing us a disservice is teaching us not to pay attention to them because nothing ever happens. someday a bunch of people will die because chicken little has been scaring us all the time. thanks for letting me rant
Well, it’s obvious WLKY changed policy since the UNC-Duke game. They said then that when a warning is in place for the viewing area, they have to interrupt programming. Today, there was a warning in the viewing area, but the game itself was never interrupted. I have no problem with them giving updates during commercials or a halftime show.
I hear ya, but what do you mean “telecasting on several stations”? The channels are not going to cooperate, play nice, etc. and agree that one will broadcast the weather report if another has a big game to broadcast. So WLKY has a certain obligation to report, admittedly using crawlers and other non-interfering techniques as warranted.