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WLOS: Monday 0822 dailies

Jason Sandford August 23, 2005

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Floodwaters

Yes, more floodwaters this evening, and more Cherub Charu tracking down the soggy business owners who insist on remaining in locations that flood over and over again. Charu looked cute standing in the muddy waters of Sweeten Creek Road.

Elvis Darcel

Someone please tell me what the hell the diva was wearing Monday night. Looked like a fire engine-red Elvis jumpsuit with a collar made to fit Paul Bunyon.

Parade of storms

Julie “All the World’s a Wonder” Wunder presided over the weather-guessing game Monday night, but to little effect. Right at the end of her weather report at 6, the TV went blank with the annoying razz of a National Weather Service alert to warn us of flash flooding in Haywood County. Couldn’t they just tell Julie, who could pass along the warning?

Our airport

The news had a story about plans for expansion at the airport. We like the industrial look of the airport as it is now, with ceiling beams and columns exposed as part of a current facelift.

Punnyman’s back
It was good to see Le “Punnyman” Le get back in the swing of things, but his report about a 90-something greenthumb bored us. We need a little more pizzazz. And we can imagine Le getting bombarded by marmish nursing home directors with requests to profile the little old cross-stitch lady or the old codger that’s “just a joy to be around.” Yawn.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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4 Comments

w-loser August 24, 2005

Those EAS alerts come from the cable company, not WLOS. It’s long been a bone of contention that Charter will run those alerts over WLOS’s (or WYFF’s, WSPA’s, WHNS’s, for that matter) local news and weather programming. Charter, I believe, claims it’s automated and they have no way of controlling it. Interesting, since they sure have a way of inserting those bad Charter Media-produced local commercials on any of their 100 or so channels. (Wonder how a national advertiser who bought time on SportsCenter feels about its expensive commercial being bumped for a West Ridge Auto Sales hammer throw?)

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Mountain Man August 23, 2005

Sometimes I wonder who the hell is running that station? Why would someone in the control room let an EAS alert tone override the weather forecaster on air? Or why do they in general run the EAS alert tone when you have the little map of WNC at the top left, and the scroll at the bottom. BTW, that scroll which is a part of the Accuweather system, is slow and they only run one specific alert at a time.

Then you have the botched tease on last night’s 6 pm news. Jen Markham was live at Erwin High School when a 15 second tease turned into about a one minute mini-report.

The fine folks at WLOS were in typical form on Monday.

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Ash August 23, 2005

Martha, u r 2 funny – who me, mean? Just telling it like it is, dear.

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Marthal August 23, 2005

You are so mean. Don’t change a thing!!

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