Mrknowitall526 107 Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 Glad to see WFMZ standing behind Ed while he deals with his personal challenges. One of the strengths at WFMZ is it's commitment to their team - the Family Minded Zone seems to be much more than just a tagline for this Christian-based broadcast group. Wondering how DaVinci is handling Ed's absence from WFMZ's Accu-Weather school program. I just can't believe that people thought he was KIDNAPPED. What is wrong with people?? And, I don't think having Berks sports coverage with someone else is at all strange. It's so far from the regular news room and there's no way they could have the same team of people cover everything, especially including video footage. Berks County is huge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 714 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I think Joy & Jaciel could work - if given the time to build their on-air rapport. As for Dan - previously Troy and even the short-lived Bryan (now at Sands owner Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal) usually had Berks sports handled from the Berks newsroom, so that's pretty much status quo. I just can't believe that people thought he was KIDNAPPED. What is wrong with people?? And, I don't think having Berks sports coverage with someone else is at all strange. It's so far from the regular news room and there's no way they could have the same team of people cover everything, especially including video footage. Berks County is huge. Ever since Dan took over sports director/lead sports anchor, he has continued to handles Berks sports from the Lehigh Valley studio. This week was the first instance I saw otherwise. While I never said it’s strange to have a separate person from the Berks bureau (I know that’s how they used to do it), it just seems unnecessary. They don’t have a separate news anchor team doing the Berks news from the Berks bureau, do they? That being said, glad to see they’re building up the sports department with young and capable talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVForward 92 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have previously expressed my feelings on the unique tone that 69News commentary takes. Mr. Dean has every right to express his opinion on his station - as does Sinclair on their stations (I only wish Sinclair had expressed their opinion themselves and not forced their employees to do it for them - that's another story for another time). What gets my goat today is the the WFMZ.com Commentary Survey at the very bottom of the webpage. If you really want to poll the opinion of your viewers why slant the only 2 possible answers instead of giving the choice of two valid opinions or simply making the poll agree/disagree with the stated commentary. WFMZ / Mr. Dean - if you don't care about our opinion - why bother asking?? For example: Commentary Survey: On-Air Commentary Appears at 10:27PM, Weeknights Some say that Senator Chuck Schumer would have done whatever he could to deny the confirmation of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Senator Schumer worked to bottle up the vote for Pompeo, who helped set up the President's talks with Kim, to save world peace. - 89% Schumer was within his rights to keep Trump from having a victory with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. - 11% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 714 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Did not catch noon, 4, or 5, but Joy is filling in at 5:30 and 6 for BOTH Rob and Wendy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 107 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 Last Friday Will Lewis was filling in for both. I don't understand why Jim & Melanie don't fill in when either Rob or Wendy is off. Although Jim did fill in with Wendy on election night last week. The fill in situations are so random and make zero sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 714 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Last Friday Will Lewis was filling in for both. I don't understand why Jim & Melanie don't fill in when either Rob or Wendy is off. Although Jim did fill in with Wendy on election night last week. The fill in situations are so random and make zero sense. Joy filled in at 4 for Jim yesterday, but Wendy was solo at 5,5:30, and 6. Not sure why they feel 4pm needs two anchors but 5 and on are fine with one. Random indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVForward 92 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Freddy Awards without Ed Hanna is like Peanut Butter without Jelly. Still good, but not as GREAT. Kudos to Eve for a strong performance. But as they should have said - "The role of Ed Hanna will be played tonight by Eve Russo." We miss you Ed!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Those of you who watch WFMZ over the air may have to rescan your TV or converter box next week, as they're changing their digital frequency. Some other locals will be changing their frequencies within the next two years. https://www.phillyvoice.com/local-tv-stations-are-changing-channels/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 714 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 You know it’s summertime when Alexandra Hogan is filling in at 4. Glad to see her at the anchor desk again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 107 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Wendy Davis seems to have more vacation days than any other anchor in the Delaware or Lehigh Valleys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 408 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Wendy Davis seems to have more vacation days than any other anchor in the Delaware or Lehigh Valleys! I'm pretty sure that distinction belongs to Jim Gardner (who as we speak is on vacation lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 714 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I'm pretty sure that distinction belongs to Jim Gardner (who as we speak is on vacation lol). Not sure if you’re being sarcastic (hard to tell on a message board), but he anchored at 6pm and is on now at 11pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Matt Broderick's in doing weather on the Saturday morning broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Meteorologist Christina Anthony has joined the WFMZ weather team. [MEDIA=twitter]1026581485963358208[/MEDIA] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 714 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Meteorologist Christina Anthony has joined the WFMZ weather team. [MEDIA=twitter]1026581485963358208[/MEDIA] Starting to think Ed may not be coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 57 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 (edited) Father and son Rob & Jim Vaughn are co-anchoring the 4PM news together today for the first time. Edited November 23, 2018 by SF1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of TV 1 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Word on the street Ed's is finding his way back to TV. More details to follow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 107 Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 16 hours ago, King of TV said: Word on the street Ed's is finding his way back to TV. More details to follow. But NOT on WFMZ?? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Stutzman 0 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Where then ? What was wrong with Ed anyway ? Why the year plus time off ? I don’t understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Sounds fishy like an "Ed Hanna was forced out from WFMZ, station ain't talking about it"-type of situation because if he's been gone this long, it sounds to me that WFMZ forced him out, not just sounding on his health issues considering that he's still not back on the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVForward 92 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) Ed Hanna has now been removed from the WFMZ website. Still nothing official from the station. Maybe he is with Rick Edwards who also mysteriously disappeared from East Rock Road never to be heard from again. Traffic and Weather together. Edited December 10, 2018 by LVForward addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 6 hours ago, LVForward said: Ed Hanna has now been removed from the WFMZ website. Still nothing official from the station. Maybe he is with Rick Edwards who also mysteriously disappeared from East Rock Road never to be heard from again. Traffic and Weather together. That's the exact thing I was talking about in the post above you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaniels20 65 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Not sure when this happened, but it appears WFMZ's morning news has been expanded until 10am. It is just called "69 News at 9:00" rather than "Live at Sunrise" (which probably makes sense as it is well after sunrise). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of TV 1 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Re 9am to 10 am on WFMZ TV Yes, a slight change in the format will be refreshing, and great way to shake up the programming with a strong incredible news team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 7 hours ago, ddaniels20 said: Not sure when this happened, but it appears WFMZ's morning news has been expanded until 10am. It is just called "69 News at 9:00" rather than "Live at Sunrise" (which probably makes sense as it is well after sunrise). I can cofirm this after watching today's broadcast on WFMZ's on-demand stream via SBTV. Looks all traditional which makes me question why they couldn't just use LIVE at Sunrise for the 9AM hour if they use the same name at 5, 6, 7 and 8AM. Its not like the 9AM is different from the other hours, at least from what I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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