| Topic Name: |
Denver Weather |
| Message Name: |
not sure.. |
| Date Posted: |
06/06/2005 |
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It is almost comical to see KUSA pass up on a chance to renew Mike Nelson, only to have him go over to KMGH and do his usual steady, effective job in covering severe weather. The arrogance someone spoke of in a previous post allowed Channel 9 to insist that Sabine was a bigger draw, despite the lack of knowledge about unusual weather forms, which Denver is known to experience from time to time.
Years ago, when Mike was at KMOV in St. Louis, he was up against the market's Q score gorilla, the late Bob Richards. While Bob was a comic master and an accredited meteorologist, storms were his weak point, as the Post-Dispatch so ably pointed out after a tornado outbreak. By the time Mike left KMOV (the management wanted a woman, and signed Trish Brown from Davenport IA), he had helped Channel 4 move very close to eradicating the weather research lead held by KSDK. So Mike went to KUSA, did what he always does (a solid job, keeping KUSA number 1 in weather) and what happens? 9 thought Kathy was more popular, and disregarded what would happen if Mr. Nelson left.
KUSA's mistake is KMGH's gain. |
| Message: |
Mike is the highest-paid person at channel 7.
I wouldn't exactly call him "unappreciated."
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