Channel 10 (Miami) - Chris One Hour Special (Tuesday Night)

[HURAKAN]

One of the hot topics here at NBC 6 / T51 is why Channel 10 went last night at 9 PM a full hour talking about Tropical Storm Chris and its possible track. I think it's just absurd since Chris was last night and still it is, days aways from passing close to the Florida Peninsula. Furthermore, I think they should be ashamed right now of their actions since the storm is almost dissipated. Just fighting to stay alive!!! Some news channels are going too far to attract the public by making them fear.

What is your opinion of this channel's actions?

Sandy

[Jim Cantore]

One of the hot topics here at NBC 6 / T51 is why Channel 10 went last night at 9 PM a full hour talking about Tropical Storm Chris and its possible track. I think it's just absurd since Chris was last night and still it is, days aways from passing close to the Florida Peninsula. Furthermore, I think they should be ashamed right now of their actions since the storm is almost dissipated. Just fighting to stay alive!!! Some news channels are going too far to attract the public by making them fear.

What is your opinion of this channel's actions?

Sandy

I agree with you, creating panic for ratings, it's ridiculous, they did it with Irene up here last year

[Category6]

Wow, and I thought Channel 7 in Miami was bad. I'm not too big of a Channel 10 guy. Channel 4 has Bryan Norcross and he is by far the best met on any of S. Florida's stations. Channel 6 NBC is my second choice only because of their amazing hi-tech equipment.

[Jim Cantore]

amazing hi-tech equipment.

Doesnt mean accuracy, Our NBC station has a what I call the "Flying doppler", they still cant get it right

And Brian Norcross was the guy who stayed on all night during Hurricane Andrew right?

[Category6]

Ya. I was a young kid back when he did, but I still remember him crouching down in the studio when the heart of Andrew was passing through

[jhamps10]

yeah didn't he stay in a closet right off the studio during andrew?

[FloridaDiver]

One of the hot topics here at NBC 6 / T51 is why Channel 10 went last night at 9 PM a full hour talking about Tropical Storm Chris and its possible track. I think it's just absurd since Chris was last night and still it is, days aways from passing close to the Florida Peninsula. Furthermore, I think they should be ashamed right now of their actions since the storm is almost dissipated. Just fighting to stay alive!!! Some news channels are going too far to attract the public by making them fear.

What is your opinion of this channel's actions?

Sandy

WSVN started the “Hyperventilating” News Forecast format, it’s a shame most other stations are following this pathetic practice. A 1 hour report on basically a bunch of swirling clouds, several days away, I am sure the station manager is very proud of this intelligent bit of local TV programming…

[jlauderdal]

their public service effort would have been better if they just put the instructions on how to listen to talkin tropics with m. watkins. in fact, he was on for 90 minutes last night and i am sure his show was much more informative than anything they had. no don noe or megan glaros just a still shot for an hour how to listen to talkin tropics

[jlauderdal]

One of the hot topics here at NBC 6 / T51 is why Channel 10 went last night at 9 PM a full hour talking about Tropical Storm Chris and its possible track. I think it's just absurd since Chris was last night and still it is, days aways from passing close to the Florida Peninsula. Furthermore, I think they should be ashamed right now of their actions since the storm is almost dissipated. Just fighting to stay alive!!! Some news channels are going too far to attract the public by making them fear.

What is your opinion of this channel's actions?

Sandy

their public service effort would have been better if they just put the instructions on how to listen to talkin tropics with m. watkins. in fact, he was on for 90 minutes last night and i am sure his show was much more informative than anything they had. no don noe or megan glaros just a still shot for an hour how to listen to talkin tropics

[crazycajuncane]

Hahaha I used to hate when our local met Rob Perillo would always shoot down the chance of snow, when the other channels would hint that we might get snow.... (yea it doesn't happen in South Louisiana very often or nearly at all, but we get close.)

I've come to like it though when it comes to hurricanes. The other night he said.... my personal forecast... if it even survives the islands it should go to Texas, but as always we will keep an eye on it. I love how he came out and said.. this thing has a chance of dying out in the mountains and other forecasters are going nuts.

I mean... I look at the USA Today and it's front page news on Thursday.... HYPE isn't good. You hype all these storms and when the big one comes people will be too tired of hearing it and won't act.

[SouthFloridawx]

I see no problem with covering that storm for an hour. In fact I think that if they should have more coverage about storms in general to educate the public a little bit more.

[crazycajuncane]

I see no problem with covering that storm for an hour. In fact I think that if they should have more coverage about storms in general to educate the public a little bit more.

I got a simple reply to this..... burnout.

People are going to get sick and tired -- hearing about storms that don't even effect them. What bothers people more is evacuating 4 times and a storm misses them by 100 miles. Once the big one comes they get sooo tired of guessing they stay. Not the smartest move, but let's say in one summer if you have to evacuate twice... you've spent a good bit of money.

Media tends to overhype a lot fo these storms and that is what people are saying. I could see if Chris was a Cat.2 headed for Florida in 2-3 days. I would be concerned.

[HURAKAN]

I see no problem with covering that storm for an hour. In fact I think that if they should have more coverage about storms in general to educate the public a little bit more.

Your idea is sane, but after working as an intern in NBC 6 / T51 I can tell you that there isn't a news channel that covers a news to provide service to the public, they just do it for the ratings and the money that comes with them. The higher the rating, the more expensive an ad is on TV. When people see a Meteorologist talking about a tropical cyclone for an hour, it must mean that we are in grave danger. If you don't care about weather you wouldn't want to see a person talking an hour about something that may or may not have an impact on their daily live. I would be extremely bored if I had to watch a person talking to me about how to eat appropriate for an hour. I know I need to eat right, but we usually don't think much about it. The same happens to the persons in the streets of Miami, they know they need to understand more about hurricanes but they don't want a speech on it!!!

When talking to the public about hurricanes it should be kept simple.
1. Where is the storm located and how far from your city?
2. How fast it's moving?
3. What risk do you have of a direct landfall and how strong the storm could be at that moment?
4. It's time to prepare or to keep a vigilant eye on the storm?

Maybe you can elaborate more.

Keep it simple and straight.

[Extremeweatherguy]

I bet this Miami station really feels stupid now for making such a big deal out of nothing..

[FloridaDiver]

I see no problem with covering that storm for an hour. In fact I think that if they should have more coverage about storms in general to educate the public a little bit more.

The concept is sound; it’s the hyperventilation of the news format, whipping people into a frenzy that is in question here. If they wanted to really provide a public service how about an hour of hurricane preparedness tips and instructions during the first week of the season to get people thinking…

[jlauderdal]

I see no problem with covering that storm for an hour. In fact I think that if they should have more coverage about storms in general to educate the public a little bit more.

The concept is sound; it’s the hyperventilation of the news format, whipping people into a frenzy that is in question here. If they wanted to really provide a public service how about an hour of hurricane preparedness tips and instructions during the first week of the season to get people thinking…

all 4 stations do the prepardness thing at the beginning of the season and i think they do a good job with it, does anyone know what show was bumped for this nonsense? as i stated in an earlier post, i was listening to talkin tropics and getting alot better info then any of these stations could or ever will provide.

[HURAKAN]

The night Chris was a 65 mph storm and passing north of Puerto Rico, Channel 10 did an hour special about the storm and possible complications for South Florida. It was too early to do so, and like we know now, nothing is going to happen to South Florida because of Chris. It was just a way to scare people. Now they should do like the ostrich does when it feels threatened, bury their heads underground.

[DanKellFla]

One hour for a storm that is far away and not coming here? I want to be in the rating meeting that shows that 12 people were watching.

[Frank2]

Hurakan,

I didn't notice the Channel 10 program you mentioned (I live diagonally from the Broward shooting mentioned by all the local stations last night, so, was distracted), but, as for the format change, well, I've often wondered what the late Ann Bishop (Channel 10) would say about it all.

I sometimes feel a bit sorry for Don Noe, since he's been with Channel 10 since 1979, and, like Dwight Lauderdale, has seen a great deal of change since those Ann Bishop years of the 1970's and '80s, though, at this time in their careers, I'm sure there's little they can say or do to stop what is happening around them, other than to make the best of things, and hope that they are not "forceably retired".

As you know, Channel 10 (with the help of Ann Bishop) helped to start many a good network news reporter's career, but, as you said, it does seem that "Local 10" is trying to change their image in some not-very-nice ways.

The one thing that bothers me are some of the local weathercasters (I can't really say that they are an OCM, since they usually are not), most of whom are very young women, who seem to be willing to lower their own standards by showing themselves more as a sexual object than anything else.

What also bothers me is when I get to travel to another part of the state, and, see the local OCM's (even in West Palm Beach) who seem to act more as "normal" people, not the "fashion contest" women seen on South Florida stations.

Personally, I just like to see a newscaster (or weathercaster) as a human being - sure, it's good to dress well and look presentable, but, what's happening on Channel's 7 and 10 (and what I also see on 23 and 51) is what I'd call a physical "contest" to see who can look the most attractive to an early morning audience.

At this time, as far as weather coverage, NBCWP seems to be my choice (if I have any complaint with them, it's that they run the same taped segments over and over, unlike TWC), but, since TWC seems to have also joined the "fashion show" ranks, personally, since I just watch television to see what the weather is doing, I have no interest in seeing who's makeup looks better than someone else's, or which female has better measurements than the next person's.

Sadly, as mentioned yesterday, when I was in grade school, this kind of thing was only limited to the National Enquirer - today, it seems common thoughout journalism.

Frank

[HURAKAN]

I agree. John Morales always says that one of his personal goals in his life is to leave more graduated Meteorologists presenting the weather in TV. He is always encouraging young people with interest in the weather (I'm an example) to have in mind the possibility of going live. Before doing the internship, doing live TV was not one of my tops options, but now I have been given the opportunity to practice giving the weather in from of the TV I can see that I don't get scare and that I'm actually quite good at it, John was impressed the first time he saw me giving the weather during my practices. He said he was quite surprised how I handle myself in front of the TV, doing gestures, explaining, moving, and you know, not being frozen there. Furthermore, most TV stations only care about the weather segment when there is severe weather, especially hurricanes.

I hope in the future more Meteorologists get into TV.

Sandy.