Bill Good & Pamela Martin Stepping Down as Anchors

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

not familiar with the fox

! How long have you lived in Metro Vancouver?

[jsbertram]

To be blunt - they aren't the reporters that chase down the story & get it on the air.

You're not gonna see either of them in their hip-waders in front of a mud slide, or haranguing a politician about the latest screwup, or interviewing the old couple getting reno-victed from their home of 45 years.

They are the studio anchors whose job is to introduce a story and somehow make the transition from the "police beating protesters" story to the "How many more sunny days will we we get this week?" discussion with the weatherguy, and the "wow! they've won another game" intro to the sports segment.


The BBC called those positions 'Presenters' for a reason.

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by jsbertram

To be blunt - they aren't the reporters that chase down the story & get it on the air.

You're not gonna see either of them in their hip-waders in front of a mud slide, or haranguing a politician about the latest screwup, or interviewing the old couple getting reno-victed from their home of 45 years.

They are the studio anchors whose job is to introduce a story and somehow make the transition from the "police beating protesters" story to the "How many more sunny days will we we get this week?" discussion with the weatherguy, and the "wow! they've won another game" intro to the sports segment.


The BBC called those positions 'Presenters' for a reason.

If we're going that route, might as well say TV news in general is a dinosaur. The day of an anchor person being important/trusted etc. are over.

Tamara Taggart will always be "the Canucks girl" to me - she filled the role currently held by Dan Murphy.

[Nutterbug]

Originally Posted by allan_kuan

As for Colleen Christie possibly being "shafted", I'm guessing that she's probably content with 5 PM news... remember that on weekdays CTV broadcasts two back to back news programs. =O Maybe one has more prestige but in a way I think both are equal.

I guess she's not considered as pretty as Tamara, so she has to take a back seat. CTV could use a heavy hitter hottie to go up against Global's Robin Stickley.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by whatnext

! How long have you lived in Metro Vancouver?

I was forced to listen to it at work in 1996-1999 ish

i do not listen to their music ever so never tune into it

if i did or do tune into radio it used to be talk 1410, now its am 730 or news 1130 or the peak thats about it