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FOX 29/Philly |
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Big Changes Needed |
| Date Posted: |
05/15/2005 |
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Part of your message is that the 29 is screwed up, the other part that things are OK. What gives exactly?
The on-air problems are not exclusively the fault of veterans. Some of the blame must be laid at management, who have either maintained or picked a marginal talent roster. The Huddleston/Stensland anchor team isn't cutting it in Philly; maybe Rob Guarino and Sue Serio aren't the answer in weather in the PM and AM.
The LaMay/Mussoni years had its issues, but the anchors and reporters during that time usually knew and connected with Philly pretty well. I don't think that is the case anymore. |
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I was also confused a bit by the previous post but the bottom line to me, a so-called outsider, is that the anchor desks at 29 need a total overhaul. (for starters anyway)
There is no chemistry between Stensland and Huddleston, they are like watching paint dry and if the teleprompter crashes, god for bid we have to be forced to watch Huddleston ad-lib and fumble his way through a few vo's.
The morning show talent looks like a morgue, with the exception of Kerri-Lee. And what's with sticking Sharon Crowley on the morning show????- after all these years of her so-called "hard" news edge on the 10p, now we are supposed to believe she is this air-head fluffy reporter turned anchor just yukking it up with circus clowns and showing consumers the latest and greatest products to get stains out of their clothes???? I just don't get what the so-called management is thinking over there!
As previous posters indicate there is NO obvious sense from the on air product as to what management is trying to accomplish over there.
Certainly nothing for the better on air has changed since the newbie boss Holly Gaunt came to town, if anything the shows look even worse, lack energy and continuity and look at times like something out of a college news station.
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