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 'Wichita TV news'
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.
Enjoy her while you can
February 3rd, 2009
Anita Cochran has resigned at KSN. Her last day on-air has yet to be determined.
Local TV news feeling the heat
December 18th, 2008
The internet and cable TV took a bit of a bite out of Local TV’s audience. Then Les Moonves channels a happy future for him and hardly anyone else. Hal reports, anonymous comments.
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. [...]
Leg warmers, Max Headroom and Brian Heap
November 7th, 2008
They all evoke the 80s according to Hal.
Commentator hilarity: Anonymous complaining that Hal won’t reveal who he is.
Hal gets back to being Hal
November 4th, 2008
The new morning anchor at KWCH has taken on the important task of pointing a radar gun at cars in school zones and forcefully tsk-tsking the speeders. Hal finds it an odd way to deal with an important issue.
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.
Hal is no Eagle
October 14th, 2008
but he draws some comments that are almost as nasty as the Eagle droppings in their comments. He gets a rise out of at least one anonymous expert with his comments on the anchor shuffle at KWCH.
It’s a good thing CNN isn’t covering its self
October 5th, 2008
It would have a lot for which to answer. But now we can just blame those silly internet people and move on. Wichita TV News gets it right.
Comments are where the gold is
October 2nd, 2008
Hal doesn’t have to attack anyone any more. He just has to chum the water of local media with a question and a link or two and the water begins to churn in the comments.
Hal continues his nice streak
September 25th, 2008
He thinks the hiring of Chad Cross as news director at KWCH continues a positive trend in local TV news.
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!
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.
It’s fall, when our thoughts turn to
September 6th, 2008
Local coverage of high school football. At least that’s what Wichita TV News wants to talk about.
Going against expectations
September 2nd, 2008
Wichita TV News gives his/her views on the latest goings-on among local TV news personalities. In the course of the opinions he/she does the unexpected. Twice!
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?
