What's your local news guy's name?

[short bus president]

I don't watch the local news here, so I dunno who it is now, but it used to be Larry Stogner. Greg Fishel did the weather. In Nashville, it was Demetria Kaledemos - she was much nicer to look at than Larry. And there was a sports guy, I think, in Durham, WAY back in the day, named Bob Debardeleban. That was a good one.

[Fiona]

1. Skip Roberts and Heather Wu

OK, I made that up. But they'd fit anywhere.

[koneko]

2. Mario

Mario Hilario

[JVS]

3. For some reason the first thing to pop into my head was Kent Brockman

I don't watch local news since I moved. Don Cannon used to be the local news guy

[Fiona]

4. Don Cannon...

classic. Perfect for local news AND porn.

[JVS]

11. The best was one time he got really drunk before the broadcast and...

started rambling incoherently during the newscast. After that he went to dry out somewhere was out of town for a period and had to do a brief stint on the local PBS station before one of the local networks would hire him again. He used to be on WTAE, now he's on KDKA.

His exploits are legendary
http://home.dc.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9907e&L=wnn&F=&S=&P=4042

[Beware the Beast Man]

34. He claimed to be off his meds during the broadcast.

I remember my mother telling me about it.
Another favorite of mine was a KDKA broadcast on Thanksgiving Day when Ray Tannehill accidentally called a Sonic the Hedgehog balloon "Sonic the Hedgecock." None of the anchors could keep character after that.

[JVS]

39. Some of my dads buddies used to see him out drinking between his noon and

6 pm broadcasts at some bar in monroeville all the time. I guess he wasn't tough enough to frequent one of the bars near the WTAE station in wilkinsburg

[CrownPrinceBandar]

10. "Joe said it would!".

[JVS]

12. and as the kids would always chime in "but it didn't"

Joe Denardo is the only weatherman I've ever seen who seems to have the same kind of complexion as Joe Stalin.

[Beware the Beast Man]

35. Scott Paulsen & Jim Krenn's parody of Denardo & Paul Long was classic.

Especially "Joe Denardo" done to the tune of "Desperado." :D

[Bunny]

77. Do you remenber when they did "Partly Cloudy and Mild"?

To the tune of "Born to Be Wild"? Classic Pittsburgh humor!

[Droopy]

5. Jim Baldridge is the only one I know

He works for the local CBS affiliate.

[Tom_Foolery]

6. David James (NBC Affiliate) n/.t

[Dr.Phool]

7. Reginald Roundtree

And Heather Van Nest.

[SeanQuinn]

9. He's not lying. Ironically, they anchor at TB News 10

[lpbk2713]

29. And on Channel 8 there's Rod Challenger

I've often wondered if that was his real name.

[SeanQuinn]

8. Martie Salt and Bob Opsahl

[lpbk2713]

28. Martie Salt used to go by the name of Martie Tucker

when she worked in the Tampa Bay area.

[Wapsie B]

13. Pete Hjelmsted.

A nice scandahoovian boy from North Dakota.

[FuzzySlippers]

16. Pete Hjelmsted's mine, too!

[Wapsie B]

20. Really?

That's cool. Mason City here.

[short bus president]

21. *** cue Barry White music ***

;-)

[Wapsie B]

22. LOL!!!

Thanks, I needed that. :)

[FuzzySlippers]

23. Close.

[Wapsie B]

24. Nice to know

I'm not all alone around here. I'd like to get to a meetup either in DM or the twin cities sometime.

[hickman1937]

14. Usta be Bill Bonds, now he sells carpet. n/t

[Theres-a]

82. Say it ain't so!

He was my favorite back when I lived there...

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

15. There's one sports guy here who totally creeps me out... Rock Rote

I shit you not!
http://www.cbs58.com/staff/rote.html
:scared:

[CO Liberal]

17. ABC: Jon Carroll - CBS: Eric Singer - NBC: Rob Quirk - FOX: Joe Cole

Stations in Pueblo and Colorado Springs.

[progmom]

30. I think we used to have Eric Singer in Detroit...

[CO Liberal]

31. Short Dark Hair, Uses Lots of Hand Gestures?

[KT2000]

18. Dennis Bounds who is a top flight

human being - not your usual talking hairdooo.
Jean Enersen co-anchors and she has been there forever.
Don Porter does an excellent wrap-up of Iraq and Afghanistan daily.
Jeff Renner does the weather - too much info there.
Sports people are always changing. The last one popped up on HGTV this weekend?!?!
Seattle - KING TV

[fluffernutter]

51. Jeff Renner's eyebrows have a life of their own.

yikes! :P

[KT2000]

58. thanks for the tip

now I can have something to stare at while I zone out during his long winded weather reports.

[Padraig18]

19. Greg Trumbold

He is CUTE!

:evilgrin:

[Cuban_Liberal]

44. Yes, he's sexy as hell.

:D

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Spif Traxel

Actually not, but it sounds like the kind of vacuous idiotic name that a third-tier never-gonna-be-anything low-grade small-town TV "newsreporter" would take on, doesn't it?

[short bus president]

33. I prefer "Biff Spiffman."

It has that slightly semitic feel to it. ;-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. That's a good one, too!

Hi, I'm Biff Spiffman and this is my (dressed-with-all-the-style-of-the-woman-who-works-at-Bergners and tastelessly big-haired and poorly-but-thinks-its-excellent-manicured) co-host, Trixie Sprightly.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

76. hahahaha

With the daily forecast, here's Patches McGowan!

[HEyHEY]

26. I am my local news guy!

Damn that sounds cool.

[JVS]

36. Ahh, no! Local newsguys are usually tools! Don't become corruptificated!

[GOPisEvil]

27. There's a guy here named Fred Cantu.

[Insider]

32. AFN Pacific: AF SSgt Norris Agnew

the great baldini. :D

[Beware the Beast Man]

37. Tim White & Romona Robinson-WKYC, Cleveland

Tim White used to be the host of "Sightings," which was a supernatural tabloid show. Not to mention he has the loudest ties in the business.

[KitchenWitch]

40. we have Robyne Robinson

yikes...

[thom1102]

38. Logan Burnes, Jerry Brooks, Joanne Nestee, and Janet Pekinpaugh

<yawners!>
That's our NBC Affiliate, then there is CBS:
Dennis House, Denise DiCenzo, Al Terzi, and Kara Sundland (Kara and Dennis are married, but it is rumored that Dennis cruises the Locker room at Bally's)

I could go on but I would probably bore you.

[LWolf]

41. I have no clue.

I haven't watched any tv news since February of '01, when I became officially single again. I didn't watch tv news on 9/11; I turned it on for about 5 minutes when my son called and DEMANDED that I watch, and other than that, none at all. I don't plan on watching tv news ever again.

The local guys my ex watched faithfully were Hal Fischman (sp?) and the rest of the crew on his newscast; I can see some of their faces, but don't remember their names. Warren somebody?

[kick-ass-bob]

42. You remember Bob Debadalaben?

Weather guy on channel 5!!

He was not a meteorologist, though...

[kick-ass-bob]

43. And Tom Suiter did sports.

[short bus president]

47. Weather guy - oops.

Yeah - how am I gonna forget that name? Bob Doobeedoobeedoobeelaben? GREAT name. I remember seeing Larry Stogner drunk off his ass, stumbling around the big celebratory bonfire at Duke in '91, after the first NCAA championship. He did the 11 o'clock piece, then hung out and got shitty. It was cool!

[Left Is Write]

45. Frank Vascellaro.

Oh. Wait. I'm pining for Minnesota again. Frank is with KARE-11 in Minneapolis.

I try to forget the names of the local "new personalities" here. Frankly, the local news is pretty sucky.

[libnnc]

48. NBC affiliate

Cameron Kent

He writes mystery novels on the side

:shrug: :eyes:

[Rhiannon12866]

50. That's an interesting fact to know, LOL!

Welcome to DU, libnnc! I love your beautiful state and have spent a lot of time there. My grandmother lived just outside of Asheville. It's great to have you with us!:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

49. Terry McSweeney and Elisa Streeter. Steve Caporizzo on weather.

Steve is my favorite. I actually know him. He's a fellow animal lover and has a twice-weekly animal adoption segment called "Pet Connection" and I got my dog from him. Every Christmas I sent him a photo of Barney and told him how he was doing and twice he even showed them on the air! And I always get a card from him, with his annual Christmas poem about the homeless animals that I try and avoid seeing because it gets to me. Really nice guy!:-)

[Lavender Brown]

55. I love Steve

He was really sick for a while, it seemed. I hope he's better. :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

57. I wondered why he was off for so long. Do you know what was wrong?

I do know that his mother died. That was very puzzling, since he was there at the start of the newscast and then disappeared halfway through. It wasn't until he came back that I learned what had happened. I wish that I had known sooner, since I would have sent a card or note. He's always been so considerate of doing that for me.:-)

[Lavender Brown]

61. I thought he had cancer at one point,

I could be misinformed. I hope so.

[Rhiannon12866]

63. Are you serious?!!

Cancer isn't something that goes away like the flu. And he looks fine. I do know that his mother died, as I said, and he was gone for quite awhile. So the fact that he disappeared again for so long seemed strange to me. I did get a nice card from him the week before Christmas, but thought it was odd that it didn't contain his annual poem. Now I know why. There was no poem this year. He wasn't there to read it. I have two friends in animal rescue who know him better than I do, so I'll make it a point to ask them and I'll let you know. I sure hope he's okay. He's such a nice guy and does such an incredible job helping the animals.:-(

[Lavender Brown]

69. I haven't lived in the area for three years

Maybe I'm mistaken or thinking of someone else. :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

71. No, you're not

Steve has been the Chief Meteorologist on WTEN Channel 10 for at least 15 years. He's done his "Pet Connection" segment for almost that long, since I adopted my dog, after seeing him on "Pet Connection," 10 years ago, this month. Yesterday, I spoke to the husband of one of my friends in animal rescue who knows Steve, and asked him if she'd mentioned anything about him having cancer. He said that this sounded familiar, and that he'd tell her that I asked. I can call her or e-mail my other friend, the one who rescued my dog. We've kept in touch and she would definitely know. I appreciate knowing this, and I'll tell you when I definitely find out one way or another. I'll feel terrible if he's ill, he's been so kind to my dog and to me.;(

Small world.:hi:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

75. Ah! You watch 10? or 6? I can't keep them straight...

Somehow I always find myself watching 13, which has too many anchors to count!

[Rhiannon12866]

79. Terry and Elisa and Steve are on Channel 10

That's the one I watch since I got my dog from "Pet Connection." Steve has that on Mondays and Thursdays between 5:20 and 5:30.:D

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

80. Ah

10 is decent. I'm not sure if she is around anymore because I never watch 6, but I have met Liz Bishop in person and she is not a friendly person! My brother had a gig at a fair by the Crandall Library some five years ago or so. Liz Bishop was anchoring her newscast from there and asked my brother and his band to stop playing so she could do her newscast. Obviously my brother couldn't stop his gig, he was getting a stipend for doing it! So she walked off all huffy and annoyed. To this day, I won't watch channel six.

[Rhiannon12866]

94. Liz Bishop is still on. She has been on as long as I can remember

She was in Saratoga on New Year's Eve, covering the First Night celebrations. She has a new partner, Joe Pagliarulo, whose name I had to look up to spell. I can imagine that she'd be a prima donna. She's been queen bee forever. And I don't blame you for feeling that way. Then I won't watch her, either, LOL! You can tell your brother that, years ago, there was a rumor going around that she had an illegitimate baby with Ed Bartholomew, the mayor of Glens Falls! It was never verified, and probably was just a rumor, but it was pretty widespread if I heard it, LOL!:D

I really like Steve Caporizzo because of all he does for the animals. I got my dog after seeing him on "Pet Connection" and Steve has never forgotten Barney, or me, even though it was ten years ago, this month! And he always remembers to send me a Christmas card!:-)

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[LuLu550]

83. Albany! Albany!

I was on the focus group that helped pick Terry McSweeney. He came from a Fox channel in Phoenix, I think.

Hey, we should get Steve and Pet Connection to do something to help the military dogs that need food...see posts in Breking News forum.

[Jessica]

52. Tim Irr (pronounced EAR)

What a dork. :bounce:

[NYC Liberal]

53. Mine are:

Sue Simmons
Chuck Scarbborough
Len Berman (Sports)
Janice Huff (Weather)

[short bus president]

56. I remember yours!

They used to be mine!

[njdemocrat106]

59. That's who I was gonna post!

Oh well, my alternates:
Bill Ritter and Liz Cho (ABC 7)
Jim Watkins and Kaity Tong (WB 11)

[LuLu550]

84. Sue Simmons and Chuck still on?

God, there were on when I live in the NYC area 20 years ago!

[ohio_liberal]

54. Eric Minor

[Pert_UK]

60. Nina Nannar.......

"Now over to our reporter on the scene, Kreemi Gudness......"

Gotta love South Park!

We actually do have a reporter in the UK named Nina Nannar. I prayed that she'd marry racing driver Pedro Nannini and go double-barrelled...

Nina Nannar-Nannini....you could dance to that!

[madinmaryland]

62. The WLIO News Team

Jeff Fitzgerald (2nd) -coanchor
Jamie Finder (Middle) - coanchor
Vince Coza (Far Right) - has been with them since the 70's.

[Rhiannon12866]

64. How clever of you! Nice group, LOL!

I wish that I'd thought to post a picture!:D

Who's the guy second from the right? He looks familiar.:shrug:

[loudestchick]

65. Phil Witt, Larry Moore, Kris Ketz, Micheal Mahoney, too many...

[Boswells_Johnson]

66. Steve Murphy

He seems nice enough, but I just wanna punch him in the eye.

[giant_robot]

67. I'm not loyal to any one newscast

So I'll just post a pic of Barbara Pinson, cuz she's the hottest news guy 'round these parts.

[redqueen]

68. I don't know most of them

But I do like this one weather guy - Evan Andrews. He's so cute!

[Seabiscuit]

70. Skinner (DU)

[Patiod]

72. Jim Garner and Angel's Dad, Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts replaced Roz's dad, Jim O'Brien, who died in a skydiving accident.

Angel = David Boreanaz of "Angel"
Roz = Peri Gilpin of "Frasier"

[Beaverhausen]

97. Jim O'Brien was way cool

The city really mourned when he died. He seemed like a really nice man.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

73. Lydia Kulbida & Jim Kambrich are the "night news" main ones.

There's also Phil Baylay (your friendly buddy from work), Benita Zahn, John Allen (another one of your buddies from work), Don Bazile (the token black man), Elaine Houston (the token black woman), Ed Dague, Kumi Tucker (the token woman of oriental descent), Kelly Lynch (the quintessential girl-next-door). The weathermen are: Bob Kovachik (everyone's favourite local weatherman!), Paul Caino, and Lee Copson. Along with a few other pretty reporters who do the cheesy news stories. Our sports guy is Roger Wyland. We also have some big name "special" reporters - Jay Bobbin, who does entertainment news for us, also does a lot of nationally syndicated entertainment stuff. Then there's Dr. Alan Chartock, the political commentator, who has had books and teaches and so on and so forth.

And that's just on one of the local stations! The station is out of Albany so they have to reach a lot of people, thus the need for so many reporters to go to places like the Berkshires and Adirondacks, where events go on that need to be put on the news... because they're in the viewing area too!

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[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

91. For real?!

How do you know about this?

[XNASA]

74. Dick Johnson

And the weatherguy is Pete Sack.

That's the WGN morning crew actually.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

78. I think somebody's having fun at WGN hiring anchors.

nt

[Theres-a]

81. Is Bill Bonds still on in Detroit?

[Strawman]

85. Nope. He's only in Gardner White Furniture ads now

After 9/11 he did a couple Gardner White ads that were an op-ed pieces about Osama Bin Laden as if he was still on the news.

Here's a snippet of a Detroit Free Press Article about it from 9/18/2001

"Warren-based Gardner-White and its West Bloomfield ad agency, TV Works, declined to release the text of the two ads. But according to those who saw them, the tone was inflammatory -- one snippet had Bonds telling terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden he just bought himself "a one-way ticket to hell." They aired over the weekend on WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), WJBK-TV (Channel 2) and WDIV-TV (Channel 4)."

Did he ever actually box Coleman Young? Like in a charity thing with those oversized gloves?

In some ways watching Ron Burgundy made me think of Bonds, not so much the personality, but definitely the ego and the local celebrity star power and the tendency to do embarassing things in the public eye and the fact that people loved him anyway no matter how cheezy he might seem then and now.

[Theres-a]

89. precisely!

I haven't seen anchorman yet,but his antics and overall cheezy factor is what made him stand out.I remember sonny,too!He was great!Chuck gaidica still around?I liked him,too.

[Strawman]

90. Yep Chuck Gaidica is still around

But he's no longer hosting the "Road To Riches" lottery show which was always must see TV for me before going out to the bar Saturday night.

[Theres-a]

92. My friend's dad was on that once!

[Strawman]

87. We used to have the best TV weatherman ever in Detroit: Sonny Eliot.

He would make up words about to describe the weather (snow + rain = "snain") and tell corny jokes. I loved him when I was a kid. I think he's still on AM radio on WWJ.

[Butterflies]

88. John Carlin

I think, I don't watch the local news.

[Gothic Sponge]

93. Chip Bickley