Hal bids a tepid adieu to Anita Cochran.
We are big John Snyder fans from his days in OKC. Hopefully he won’t be assigned the Sunday night smirk detail. Roger and Larry so thoroughly dominate the “thinly veiled contempt for the viewer” niche maybe he can try a different angle.
Entries Tagged as 'KSN'
Begruding bye-bye
May 4th, 2009
It takes two to replace Anita
March 19th, 2009
The scoop on the KSN evening anchor change. Stephanie Bergman gets to sleep a little later now and she will be joined by a new guy, John Snyder in attempting to keep Dave Freeman on track.
Anita’s last day as anchor is scheduled for April 24.
let’s catch up on the ROK ICT doings
March 9th, 2009
if you want to perform on the free stage at this year’s Kansas State Fair click here.
First Friday gets some coverage from KSN.
Jedd Beaudoin has joined the ROK ICT team.
A call to action. Helping make Wichita more entertainment friendly.
Enjoy her while you can
February 3rd, 2009
Anita Cochran has resigned at KSN. Her last day on-air has yet to be determined.
What makes a good story? (TV edition)
November 12th, 2008
The comment section at Wichita TV News is as entertaining as the blog posts. One commenter got under Hal’s skin and so he responds by explaining what he thinks makes a good news story.
But the comments are the reason to click the link. They speak with authority and go after each other like it’s personal. [...]
The local surge
October 31st, 2008
Have the local stations amped up their news commitment? Oh, never mind, it’s just sweeps. Hal comments on the competition.
Remember when KSN Sports partnered with the Varsity Kansas blog?
October 4th, 2008
and Kobbe, Walkup and Davidson were going to post right along with Joanna and JLong? Kobbe told us how excited he was to blog and did… for one post. And then Mark Davidson jumped in with some video for… one post.
Now Casey Walkup checks in with some more video for his… one post.
Joanna and [...]
Two seperate plane crashes
September 20th, 2008
Gave the local TV news plenty to cover. How did they do? Hal gives his opinion.
And there’s a new poll for you to vote in at the site!
Jim “Not the Steakhouse” Kobe joins the sphere
September 11th, 2008
Varsity Kansas is blogging done right. They engage in a conversation and stick with their strengths. And their strength just go strengthier.
Jim Kobe pops his knuckles and joins the Varsity Kansas team in the full-contact digital arena as a blogger. Fellow KSNers Mark Davidson and Casey Walkup are supposed to join in the fun as [...]
Breaking news: A scorecard
September 8th, 2008
Sunday night had its share of interesting events; a missing child, a fire, an injured fireman. And that’s not counting Tom Brady’s injury. So how did the local news outlets do in their coverage? Wichita TV News takes a look at the contenders.
Local TV done well
August 21st, 2008
The editorial staff at Douglas and Main often viciously deletes my snarky remarks about our local TV “news”. So in the interests of positive vibes I will link you to Wichita TV News where he/she/it points out two good pieces of local news coverage.
Olympian commercials
August 10th, 2008
A discussion of the new commercials for KSN they are running during Olympic coverage. Are they focusing on the wrong thing?
