There is a guy in St. Louis who puts roofs on people's houses for a living. And he must make a ton of money doing it because he has started advertising on a local tv station whenever there is the least threat of stormy weather within 100 miles of St. Louis.
John Beal Roofing has it's logo plastered all over my TV set every time a dark cloud comes near the St. Louis region. Actually, the local CBS affiliate (KMOV-TV) is charging this guy a lot of money to be associated with it's severe weather coverage. (And the coverage is terrible to say the least. Large ugly graphics blotting out images of prime time network programming. Yecchh).
So, how do we stop this abuse by the Channel 4 Weather Children? Just boycott John Beal Roofing until he stops advertising and taking up space on my TV screen. Not roofer man's screen, MY screen. KMOV is far from alone in interrupting programming with bogus "storm" coverage, but they are the only ones brazen enough to have a sponsor for it. Do they really think they are doing the public a service. No, they are NOT! I have yet to hear anyone say they appreciate the non-stop barrage of "breaking" weather" when the storms have long since passed and are well out of the area that can even see these TV stations' signal. But, I have heard a lot of people complain about the preemption of prime time shows when you ask them.
Again the simple answer; just boycott the sponsor and probably more importantly the local TV station.
Showing posts with label Belo Broadcasting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belo Broadcasting. Show all posts
May 07, 2010
January 13, 2009
The Host Makes the News
I happened to watch the CBS affiliate this evening and the anchor appeared clean shaven. No, not his beard but his head.
Belo owned, KMOV Channel Four, anchor man Larry Conners made an appearance for the first time with a clean shaven head. The new "look" dominated the banter during the newscast. While that is acceptable for TV news, the remarks stretched into the newscast itself. That is not acceptable.
Belo owned, KMOV Channel Four, anchor man Larry Conners made an appearance for the first time with a clean shaven head. The new "look" dominated the banter during the newscast. While that is acceptable for TV news, the remarks stretched into the newscast itself. That is not acceptable.
March 27, 2008
They're Out of Control
The NCAA tournament is a beautiful sporting event. But, you can't enjoy it in St. Louis. Why, you ask?
Well the local CBS affiliate has decided it would rather put on some bozo weather geek than show the game in it's entirety. Instead we are being subjected to Bozo's reporting on a tornado about 100 miles away that is not even in the stations market. Why, would they do this? A reasonable question. Because the management of KMOV, owned by Belo, thinks it will enhance the stations position in the market and boost ratings. Ratings translate directly into dollars in the "Gong Show" industry. So, looks like I am going to miss some great basketball on TV. But, then again I wont miss the game. The NCAA in conjunction with CBS Sports is streaming the game live on the Internet. So, I can just tell KMOV to kiss my butt and shove Bozo where the son don't shine.
Well the local CBS affiliate has decided it would rather put on some bozo weather geek than show the game in it's entirety. Instead we are being subjected to Bozo's reporting on a tornado about 100 miles away that is not even in the stations market. Why, would they do this? A reasonable question. Because the management of KMOV, owned by Belo, thinks it will enhance the stations position in the market and boost ratings. Ratings translate directly into dollars in the "Gong Show" industry. So, looks like I am going to miss some great basketball on TV. But, then again I wont miss the game. The NCAA in conjunction with CBS Sports is streaming the game live on the Internet. So, I can just tell KMOV to kiss my butt and shove Bozo where the son don't shine.
March 22, 2008
Televison News; Still an Oxymoron
The local TV newsrooms are an easy target. Why you ask? Because they are an incompetent lot when it comes to journalism. As I have explained many time, they are driven by consultants who tell them what to do. They want to fill your screen with sensational pictures and make sure you see their logo at the same time.
The local CBS wannabes spent their entire 5:00 p.m. newscast last night showing the same pictures of a local river flooding over and over and over and over and over until you just wanted to puke. Yes, the flooding of the Meramac River is a big story but not to the point where the station has the right to insult every one's intelligence. Come on KMOV get a life. The only reason I didn't turn off these idiots was I was waiting for the start of the evening session of the NCAA tournament.
To add to the lunacy these Bozos have been flying their noise makers over my house for the past two days in an effort to get a "scoop" from the sky over their perceived "competition".
The local CBS wannabes spent their entire 5:00 p.m. newscast last night showing the same pictures of a local river flooding over and over and over and over and over until you just wanted to puke. Yes, the flooding of the Meramac River is a big story but not to the point where the station has the right to insult every one's intelligence. Come on KMOV get a life. The only reason I didn't turn off these idiots was I was waiting for the start of the evening session of the NCAA tournament.
To add to the lunacy these Bozos have been flying their noise makers over my house for the past two days in an effort to get a "scoop" from the sky over their perceived "competition".
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