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A common notion, but also very wrong.
Small market radio does this. Large market TV does not.
For the most part the TV stations look at the wires just for planning purposes and to make sure they didn't miss anything. Radio and print lean on the wire, TV does not. New writers coming up from smaller markets get a serious tongue-thrashing if they do this. Experienced writers would be fired if they just clipped AP wire, and it would be painfully obvious because even the Broadcast Wire isn't written in broadcast style.
The only common cut-and-paste you're likely to see is the early morning shows copying stories from the night before.
But even if the stations ARE doing rip-and-read AP, who cares? That's what the AP is for. It's not like you've caught the newsrooms in some great big media secret -- that's what the AP was founded to do.
Each station pays AP tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars a year for access to AP's original stories, audio, video, and the stories, audio, and video of the other AP stations. Why shouldn't the stations use stories that they've paid for? Do you consider it "regurgitating" when KPRC runs video of a jet crash from WNBC in New York? It's the same thing -- they're both on the same team (in this case, NBC). You don't expect KPRC to have its local reporters run up to New York to cover stories there, do you? The AP serves to fill in the gaps in coverage that the member stations can't.
And I say "member stations" because the AP is a non-profit cooperative. So when you think you've caught some media outlet "regurgitating" AP news, very often it's the AP regurgitating the news from a member station or paper.
One of the big problems with the internet is that it has made everyone believe they're an expert in things they know nothing about.
Thanks for all these ideas, and insight! Reason this topic hit me was listening to local radio, and thinking how political, openly our local radio is. I thought maybe someone out there would have better insight about local tv, and this has answered my questions.
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Just some questions on my mind, and I wanted to offer them to y'all as well as HAIF...
Houston seems to be the city in Texas that is "undefined" or "less defined". We all know it's big, and "the largest city in Texas", but DFW is the largest Metropolitan area. True that it's also plenty weird and random, but most people associate Texas weirdness with Austin. No major tourist attractions like San Antonio, and no strong-rooted historical significance like Fort Worth (at least not that we hold onto... Houston has a tendency to favor the current trends of architecture, art, etc.) Even geographically, DFW is North Texas, Austin is central, San Antonio is south, but where is Houston? Caught in the middle and very near the coast.
Let me preface the question by saying that a malleable identity is not always a bad thing. We apparent adjust to change very quickly here because we don't have to hold onto one great Houstonian ideal. But what is Houston to you????
Good question. I have to, reluctantly maybe, agree with what one of the mayor's representatives said this past weekend during the opening of the Houston Asian Festival,,,,"people come to Houston for business and for work."
Seems like the accomplishments out of here that make news elsewhere, or of note, or news stories that break out of Houston are related to business.
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New topic, I hope you all approve:
in the way that Fox gets tagged conservative or Republcian TV, and CBS, or CNN, different other news stations are tagged as liberal or Democratic Party mouthpieces, has there been that kind of scrutiny paid to our local news stations?
What about commentators? Fox's main hosts are admittedly conservative, then there's Keith Olberman or Lou Dobbs who are share their opinions.
Do we have that in Houston?
Thanks.
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It looks like they filmed the pilot for the Rose family reality series:
I don't know anything about the young lady from "The Bachelor" but there are a lot of girls in each season, yes? Someone please provide a little update how this Houstonian broke from the pack and is up for her own reality show!?
Where in the world would this take place? Pool-parties in River Oaks? There are not exactly multitudes of hot clubs in this town.
Thanks.
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The only problem I had with Byron Miranda was his sense of style. His suits were just not very tasteful for a TV news show. Of course, his bad fashion sense fit right in with much of the Channel 2 news team - Dominique Sachse with her garish suits, gawdy jewelry, and frosted lipstick. Lauren Freeman isn't much better, and the morning traffic girl reminds me of Jackie from "That 70s Show". It all makes me long for the days of Chuck George, and I found him annoyingly chipper - but at least since he was gay he knew how to dress well.
The real person who needed to be fired was the person who thought it was a good idea to bring in Radar the Weather Dog. If there was anything that diminished KPRC's already flimsy gravitas as a serious and reliable news source, it was that.
And don't get me started on Roseanne Rogers "The Buzz Lady" who supposedly knows where all the hip new places in Houston are, and then recommends places like Drink Houston in the Marquee on I-10. What a clueless ho.
sad but true.
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This may be off-topic, but I have been getting fuzzy pictures on Comcast recently. This started just a month or two before the switchover and it happens at least three times a week in the late afternoon. Could they be fixing all the signals that do not come in clearly?
Funny you mention that because I have had the same problem. I originally attributed it to "weather" as it was raining or storming some of those times, but I have exactly that same problem.
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best wishes and best of luck to Mr Zindler. from posts here it sounds like this can be a pretty quick trip once it hits you. he's chosen to go out with style by staying on the air! )
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sorry if silly question, but why can't you look up the articles on the internet and print them from there? legal reasons? thanks
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I don't know whether I find this kind of stuff more insulting to the reporters, or to us, "the audience!" I know no one is holding a gun to anyone's head when the decide to pull some slapstick embarrassing stunt, but does anyone at these stations, maybe the veterans, or old-timers find this stuff despicable? I wondered how the KHOU morning team felt for instance being associated the, until recent, comedy attempts.
Question for the insiders or the editor: does anyone at the stations protest these kinds of things???? thanks
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It is based on a Dallas suburb. The name "Arlen" came from the Dallas suburb of Garland, with the G and D dropped off...hence, Arlen. However, the writers often take artistic license. They use DFW airport, but talk of San Antonio being 80 miles away. They have an Austin ZIP Code. In one episode, they fall asleep while tubing, and end up in the Houston Ship Channel.
"end up in the Houston Ship Channel" is very funny. i had no idea this show actually named Texas cities and sites. I thought it was just supposed to have a generic Texas feel. I'll tune in.
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The Chronicle heard about the blog!
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Looks like cable access channel in trouble again. I enjoy cable access, but I can only watch later in the evening so I have never seen any of the shows this writer describes:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...rg/4834721.html
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Was he using the KHOU segments for this pilot program?
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I'll start watching KHOU again too.
Here's what came across google when you put his name in:
Reporter Johnathan Walton, whose "Walton's World" features on Channel 11 have become a morning fixture, will leave the station in May.
Walton said Friday that the move was a mutual parting of the ways. He declined to go into further details, including what his future might hold.
"I'm not at liberty to say," he said.
There was a listing for his "wikipedia" entry and the entry pretty much affirms what I perceive is the consensus opinion of him.
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He's got a talk show on KPRC 950 AM 10:00- 12:00 PM weekday's.
Anyone listen to the local trio on 950AM much? I prefer talk radio, and don't think i'll ever be savvy enough to podcast so had, had been listening to 950am in the morning, but this morning Michael Berry and Roseanne Rogers were having the creepiest conversation about doing things "naked" in the waterway in the Woodlands, and being naked at some other festival. Just "creepy" for lack of better word, and then Michael Garfield being passively-aggressively political is saying "I can't say 'ho'!" in his voice-overs and ads. Does Garfield realize that "ho" is slang and short for "whore?????"
After listening to those guys this morning, I decided A. I won't any longer, and B. They're both jerks!
Thanks.
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Little off-topic but this is along the direction where this thread went (sorry in advance editor!)
there's the high end shop and clothing line FCUK, and last year in London I saw a little store front called
FCUK
Fried Chicken UK
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Those are not the only parties full of fakes. I have been lucky to go with someone to a few hoi-poloi parties, and leave scratching my head how these local news people fail to engage people who are their viewers and the supporters of their advertisers, etc. I think news people cling to the "4th largest market" thing about Houston and fail to look around at this town, or themselves. thanks.
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If you consider who here colleagues are, I would bet that if she has any integrity or pride in her job and career that she feels like she's working at a vocational school training station with the arrogance, and stupidity around that place. I mean I only speculate by watching these people on tv and knowing KHOU staff as they appear on tv,,,but imagine in person,,,,,I think it would be hard to be in the same room with some of those people let alone work with some of those folks.
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Be careful about clicking on it, since it's gone and is just a "place-holder" now it brings up a bunch of pop-ups. It's really gone, it's not even archived on that link. It's says something like "FreeWebHostingDomain" or something like that.
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pardon and disregard if you read this early this year, I didn't see any threads tied to it, but here's an assessment of Houston's news stations strengths and weaknesses:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/h...an/3559816.html
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did you mean fastest or fattest?
there are several that are more personable and more "with it" than her.
looks like someone already has. article
That is UN-REAL!!!!!!
Re: your comment to my comment, I just think it's nice that she will talk to people who approach her. Saw DD once at a restaurant, and once at Whole Foods, and she seemed nice. In contrast, there is, or was an Asian anchor, Mia Chang (?) sorry my memory not so good right now, and she was at a mutual friend's birthday party at The Flat last year, and I don't think that genuinely "famous" people act as aloof as she did. But comment duly noted. I've only seen, or barely met small handful of our newsies so my opinion is limited.
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agreed
I'm amused everyone's neglecting to mention the tv personality on the far right. I thought she had retired into motherhood, but she's got some show now. what station still signs her paycheck? she's another that makes me wonder about this town.
(personal opinion : Deborah Duncan is the nicest, fastest, most "with it" of the local news celebs.)
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Receiving "outside" stations on the radio and TV
in Houston and the Media
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Interesting topic! About 2 months ago I was just outside of New Orleans and 740 AM's afternoon drive show came in for 15 mins. I lost it then until Beaumont!