WTVJ just a shadow of itself...so sad
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PMZQNew MemberOPThere was a time, when I was a kid (1960's and 1970's) that in my home, if it was 6pm, it was time for Ralph Renick to be on the TV. There was no one else....period. He WAS the news guy in our house.
Those days are long, long gone at Channel 6.
Tony Segreto....was at the station for 37 years, gone.
Weaver the Weatherman.....was at the station for 40 years, gone.
Nick Bogert....the best political reporter in South Fla since 1981, gone.
Paul Deanno.....best local weatherman, here since 2004, gone (to Seattle).
Joel Connable.....best weekend anchor in years, gone since May.
Chopper 6.....best helicopter coverage in So Fla, gone also since May.
I hear that more are being cut too.
And yet we still have Jackie Nesparal and a drooling Joe Rose (loved him as a Dolphin, but he is awful as a TV sports anchor).
The other local TV stations are not in as bad a shape.....but WTVJ, what gives ? Do you just not care anymore ?
NaboCaneNew MemberRemember when Ralph Renick was attacked onscreen during the news by an intruder, Kevin?
njfinfanNew MemberWow - Weaver the weatherman. That's a blast from the past. Years ago, when I lived in Hollywood, I lived on the corner of Taft and North 40th Avenue, I lived right next door to him and his wife Myra. She was a strange bird. Member of MENSA and always sat outside smoking a pipe. I had never seen a woman smoke a pipe before.
Maxine's back! :up:
THOSE WHO ARE LIFTING THE WORLD UPWARD AND ONWARD ARE THOSE WHO ENCOURAGE MORE THAN CRITICIZE.
Frumundah FinnaticNew MemberIt cant be all bad, Rick Sanchez left.:up:
MonstBlitz;2232016 wrote:
It wouldn't surprise me if he is retained. Jeff Ireland is the nightmare that won't end. The **** stain you cannot flush. The Herpes for which there is no cure.
PMZQNew Member"NaboCane wrote:
Remember when Ralph Renick was attacked onscreen during the news by an intruder, Kevin?
as a matter of fact I remember that I think, or was it Walter Cronkite that got attacked ? Maybe they both had it happen to them.
PMZQNew Member"njfinfan wrote:
Wow - Weaver the weatherman. That's a blast from the past. Years ago, when I lived in Hollywood, I lived on the corner of Taft and North 40th Avenue, I lived right next door to him and his wife Myra. She was a strange bird. Member of MENSA and always sat outside smoking a pipe. I had never seen a woman smoke a pipe before.
He remarried after his 1st wife died of cancer (Myra ?) and started a whole new family after he was in his early 50's. I think his last one graduated HS when he was about 75.
PMZQNew Member"Frumundah Finnatic wrote:
It cant be all bad, Rick Sanchez left.:up:
But now he pollutes CNN everyday at 3pm ! :tantrum:
PMZQNew Member"DrAstroZoom wrote:
Skipper Chuck FTW.
Peace, love and happiness, yo.
I was on the Skipper Chuck show twice.......and man did I enjoy the bag of candies and goodies they gave you when you left. I never got giant Tootsie Rolls like that anywhere else.
DrAstroZoomluxury_box"PMZQ wrote:
I was on the Skipper Chuck show twice.......and man did I enjoy the bag of candies and goodies they gave you when you left. I never got giant Tootsie Rolls like that anywhere else.
Chuck visited me in the hospital when I was a kid. What a great guy.
PMZQNew Member"DrAstroZoom wrote:
Chuck visited me in the hospital when I was a kid. What a great guy.
I can believe it, he was just that kind of a guy !
Frumundah FinnaticNew Member"PMZQ wrote:
But now he pollutes CNN everyday at 3pm ! :tantrum:
I dont think anyone down here missed him when he left or when his local talk show tanked.:lol:
MonstBlitz;2232016 wrote:
It wouldn't surprise me if he is retained. Jeff Ireland is the nightmare that won't end. The **** stain you cannot flush. The Herpes for which there is no cure.
PMZQNew Member"Frumundah Finnatic wrote:
I dont think anyone down here missed him when he left or when his local talk show tanked.:lol:
Not a single one. He actually should be in jail, and is lucky his celebrity has kept him out of prison.
cnc66luxury_boxand may the good news... be yours
YouTube - WTVJ / Miami News Open - November, 1970 - Ralph Renick
dolfan32323New MemberWTVJ is no longer owned by NBC like it was before and the station is reportedly trying to be sold...
PMZQNew Member"dolfan32323 wrote:
WTVJ is no longer owned by NBC like it was before and the station is reportedly trying to be sold...
Oh wow, are you sure ? I thought that NBC still owned them. No wonder no more reporters are moving from WTVJ to the network. 5 or 6 of them made it in a row up to the national level after being on WTVJ : Katie Couric, Kerry Sanders, David Bloom, Michael Williams, etc.
FinSaneforum_veteranYou can always watch WSVN as they freak out during hurricane season. It can be entertaining.
Dolphin1184New MemberWTVJ was awesome in the 90s. It was the only news I used to watch. Brian Norcross, Tony Segretto, Bob Mayer, Alicia Ortega, Bob Weaver, Kelly Craig. Even in the early '00s with Lonnie Quinn it was good. Now it is a shadow of itself. They changed their nbc6.net website and made it worse. It used to check the weather all the time.
YouTube - WTVJ-TV Michele Gillen & Tony Segreto Anchor 1994
Remember the switch?
YouTube - WTVJ WCIX WFOR Miami Channel Switch
YouTube - WCIX WFOR WTVJ Miami Channel Switch 1995
People collect a lot of classic news clips on Youtube. I loved the edgy news presentation in the 90s.
FinSaneforum_veteranyou know weve had some good weather people down here
Bob Soaper(met him at the Broward County Fair when I was a kid one year, nice guy)
Roland Steadham
Bryan Norcrose
Don Noe
Bill Kamal(when he wasnt having sex with underaged boys)
and the very beautiful
Elita Loresca
Dolphin1184New Member"FinSane wrote:
you know we have some good weather people down here
Bob Soaper(met him at the Broward County Fair when I was a kid one year, nice guy)
Roland Steadham
Bryan Norcrose
Don Noe
Bill Kamal(when he wasnt having sex with underaged boys)
and the very beautiful
Elita Loresca
I met Brian Norcross a long time ago at the Dade county youth fair. Same with Bob Soper, Craig Setzer, and a few others. They are really nice people.
PMZQNew Member"FinSane wrote:
You can always watch WSVN as they freak out during hurricane season. It can be entertaining.
True :lol:
NaboCaneNew MemberA bit off subject but on topic - anyone else remember Jerry Azar, sports on ch 10? I really liked his offbeat brand of delivery, but he didn't last long.
PMZQNew Member"FinSane wrote:
you know we have some good weather people down here
Bob Soaper(met him at the Broward County Fair when I was a kid one year, nice guy)
Roland Steadham
Bryan Norcrose
Don Noe
Bill Kamal(when he wasnt having sex with underaged boys)
and the very beautiful
Elita Loresca
Ummmmmmm, all gone now FinSane......I guess you hadn't noticed ? Kamal is in the slammer, Soper is retired, Norcross is doing whatever Weather Fairies do when they retire (she tried to pick me up once at Uncle Charlies.....I said no thanks :lol:) Rokand Steadham has been gone for 4 years to Salt Lake City (with his 8 kids......yes he is a Mormon), Don Noe retired as well......and Elita Loresca, back in Los Angeles.
PMZQNew Member"NaboCane wrote:
A bit off subject but on topic - anyone else remember Jerry Azar, sports on ch 10? I really liked his offbeat brand of delivery, but he didn't last long.
I liked him too....he was here for a few years, but yeah not like a lot of sports-holes in this market - they seem to last forever.
NaboCaneNew Member"PMZQ wrote:
Ummmmmmm, all gone now FinSane......I guess you hadn't noticed ? Kamal is in the slammer, Soper is retired, Norcross is doing whatever Weather Fairies do when they retire (she tried to pick me up once at Uncle Charlies.....I said no thanks :lol:) Rokand Steadham has been gone for 4 years to Salt Lake City (with his 8 kids......yes he is a Mormon), Don Noe retired as well......and Elita Loresca, back in Los Angeles.
:lol: You're brutal, dude.
Before it was widely known that he was gay, my brother saw him trying to pick up a boy at a club too. Maybe it was you! :sidelol:
I'll always have love for Segreto and Norcross, though; huddled in a tiny powder room with the roof tearing off my house and windows crashing in during hurricane Andrew, watching them on a Sony Watchman was the only thing that kept me sane that night.
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