Posted by chicagomedia.org on June 06, 2008 at 10:05:03:
Fox tales
For some morning show viewers, more news sounds like a turnoff
The expansion of WFLD-Channel 32's "Good Day Chicago" and commercials touting the Fox station's weather forecasts as "most accurate" elicited strong reactions:
Lynn Urlaub: Does [Channel 32 general manager] Pat Mullen realize that "Good Day Chicago" doesn't offer anything that appeals to anyone's appetite for anything? This is the worst piece of trash on morning TV.
George Watson: You are spot on about "Good Day Chicago." What Fox management ought to do is study WGN morning news and realize it works because the personalities on it are human and not so plastic. Like them or hate them, people tune in to watch them because together the crew has chemistry.
Pam Vaughn: WGN-Channel 9 expanding its ratings lead in mornings is a sad commentary on the evident intelligence level of the average Chicago morning viewer! I've never watched the Fox show, but I can't believe it's any more painful an experience than Channel 9's sophomoric concept of a news show.
Clay Stevens: Keeping Mike Barz on the air for five long hours seems like a sensible way for Pat Mullen to monitor Barz after his suspension history.
David Silverthorn: Mike Barz and "Good Day Chicago" stuck on the air for one hour longer now can only mean more openings at the bars for the rest of us to dance around foolishly.
Randy Volz: Sorry, Fox folks. I'll take Tom Skilling's accuracy rate, along with his very detailed, yet viewer-friendly delivery, over another pretty (male or female) talking head with a fractionally more accurate forecast any day of the week.
Mike Throop: Tom Skilling remains our weather hero. Fox Chicago hopes having a young fresh face with some product identification will work. Tom S. proves it's credibility and personality that win the day.
Jim Hastings: I don't care what they say. Skilling is the best. He could tell me it was going to snow in June and I'd believe him.
Russell Kando: Tom Skilling may be the highest paid, but he certainly is not the best. He consistently makes on-air mistakes, and misspellings abound in his slides at least twice a week. His on-air time is wasted with an overload of useless information. Many times we haven't a clue what the forecast is.
Jeanette Pesnikov: Why are TV stations so obsessed with weather? I realize we all want to dress appropriately, but they're getting ridiculous. The WGN morning show has the current temperature in the bottom right corner at all times, they have current day, evening and next day scrolling at the bottom throughout the newscast, and then they go to Paul Konrad every five minutes to repeat what we can see on the screen.
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