darkridedan

A service was held for Michael Murphy today. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1445906188813309

There are a few microclimates in the region. From the mountains to the shore it can be drastically different. So far this year, the status quo is to call for partly sunny skies with a chance of showers. I can't recall the last time anybody has called for either sunny skies or a rainy day. Any time a storm has been over hyped, all the sources have been wrong. Any storm that had been down played comes with at least twice as much snow, twice as much rain and straight line winds. They need to get back back to playing with magnets and smiley clouds because in this region, any new fancy tax write off is just lip stick on a pig.

TD Jakes would also be a welcomed addition!

Yes, people have been dying for years now. It hasn't happened yet.

Not with his Chip Kelley approach.

Alicia is today's answer to Don Polec. I've never minded either, although I know a few people who have minded. I believe that both add(ed) a different dimension to the news program. They are/were another piece of the puzzle that counteracted 6's "hard news" approach. It gives a nice break between 5:30 and 6, between local news and national news, or a nice transition from news to late night. But then there is also sweeps. Frankly, where the nearest fire or gun battle occurred doesn't impact my life; Snow coverage is depressing. Traffic reports are usual reported on too late or incidents have cleared by the time I finished a news-advised detour. I feel politics can be better covered on the internet, radio and cable, sans the drama. I'd rather hear about the latest news and developments of the local areas, which is why I prefer WFMZ and WMGM when I lived in NJ. I disagree about hash tags being a stunt. The use of them in general may or may not be a fad, but it's a new addition to commuting on the 'net and no more of a gimmick than station's employing and plugging their websites. I do agree about the annoyance of plugging primetime. However, 6 has done that since at least the days of Capital Cities. If it's at the end of the 5:30, I didn't mind, but it doesn't belong anytime before 5:45.

The theme could use an update. Even in 1996, I couldn't understand why the station didn't use the local in-town orchestra! With a Philly sound and better orchestrations, people would be more open to change. The '96 version sounded awful.

I have no problem with him. Besides, that would make a traffic report rather boring.

No.

I think it's fun to speculate, but money put on 3 taking over 10 in ten years is money well spent. This shift happens every 10 years. The only difference is 6 was on the bottom for the first 30 years and now has been on the top for the past 40.

Laura Nacman has posted an article on the February ratings, via 6abc press release: http://lauranachman.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/6abc-wins-february-sweeps-3/