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Altoona, PA Market |
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kid reporters |
| Date Posted: |
05/18/2005 |
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I would say that morning weather in that market has to pay more. I think 30K would be the low figure and up to the 35K range (which makes you a millionaire).
Murgo is smart, although will never admit he ever got a forecast wrong.
TAJ will be #1 for a while b/c Altoona is bigger than JTown and they do better in State College. TAJ has a very old look. They've wanted a new set for years, but corporate has never approved the money.
JAC on the other hand hired some really young people and to be honest they were bad. They've been hurt by that, in the same sense TAJ lost some good reporters in the past 2 years and have hired kids straight from college.
ABC 23 ... not worth anyone's time. |
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It is amazing how quickly this market went from one with experienced reporters to kids right out of college. There was a time when JAC and TAJ required at least a year of experience somewhere else before putting a reporter on air... I imagine this means the two stations are paying a lot less (which means barely enough to live on).
It almost seems like 6 and 10 are trying to see who can spend the least, but still win the ratings. Obviously TAJ is winning that battle.
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