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Baltimore |
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wmar pay?!!?! |
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05/16/2005 |
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I agree with some of poster's observations.... here's where I disagree:
1) No way is WBAL a sweatshop... if what I think you mean by sweatshop is that they crank out the product with great haste and low pay. The pay is good, better than most, benefits are solid. And on the "product" front... WBAL sent a (part-time) reporter to Europe to reunite Holocaust Survivors with the people who helped save them. They ran an hour-long primetime special without commercial interruption. She went because she pitched the story idea. Obviously that stuff doesn't happen every day and it's not unusual for reporters to "turn two" from 5-630pm, but there is opportunity for extraordinary TV at WBAL. (They just won a Peabody)
2. Don't count WJZ out yet. WJZ leads at 11pm (thanks to better network than NBC). Now...they have been known to drop the ball in the last two weeks, so I wouldn't celebrate yet. But if they do lose at 11pm after posting big wins in the beginning of the book... something tells me there will be more than a few posts on this site bemoaning the never-ending slide. (WJZ generally wins one 11pm sweeps per year... May could be the one).
I agree that WMAR is a good choice if you don't care about winning... the people at WMAR are really nice and they pay *very* well. They also lack the desperation that is often reported at WJZ.
WBFF has really gone down the toilet. They used to be fun to watch - long pieces. Now they just suck.
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I'm not so sure that everyone I've met from WMAR would agree with the
*great pay* comment, Nice people, and lack of desperation.....
I hear the EMPLOYEES are nice....
But let's hear from them.....
How bout it MAR people...?
I do know from experience that
waveform is right (pardon the pun )
about BFF. STAY AWAY.
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