Best and worst local broadcast traffic reporters?
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Rush Wickes <ru...@south-side.org> wrote in message
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> Just curious as to what everything thinks on the various regional radio
and
> tv traffic reporters. I'm talking about regular reports from the folks
> like Rod Carson of Shadow Traffic, Eliana from WMMR and Max Viera/that new
> female reporter from WCAU.
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"Rush Wickes" <ru...@south-side.org> wrote:
> Just curious as to what everything thinks on the various regional
radio and
> tv traffic reporters. I'm talking about regular reports from the
folks
> like Rod Carson of Shadow Traffic, Eliana from WMMR and Max Viera/that
new
> female reporter from WCAU.
Basically, any traffic report on any given station is rubbish, since
there is next to no traffic info on 202 south of Chesterbrook, US 30,
West Chester Pike, or most of the other major roads west of the Blue
Route. In short, as soon as someone other than KYW 1060 discovers that
there are some regular traffic tieups in Chester County (and do we
really need a 5 minute dissertation on every road in South Jersey?),
most of the traffic reports are useless.
I've tried calling in traffic tips when there's a major tie-up out in
these parts. Nothing. I'm sorry, but I couldn't care less about what
happens on Route 1 in Bucks County when I am stuck on Route 100 at the
30 bypass.
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Friend
>Just curious as to what everything thinks on the various regional radio and
>tv traffic reporters. I'm talking about regular reports from the folks
>like Rod Carson of Shadow Traffic, Eliana from WMMR and Max Viera/that new
>female reporter from WCAU.
While I have no comment about any specific traffic reporter, I think the
whole idea of radio traffic reports as they are currently done on all of
the local radio stations is very obsolete. The reports are generally very
vauge, such as the typical "traffic is slow" report during rush hour.
Hearing that traffic is slow tells me nothing I already don't know. What I
would like to see is a report about how fast the traffic is moving in MPH
past a certain landmark and what the average speed is for that landmark on
each major stretch of road in the region. I would also like to have this
information broadcast on a special AM radio frequency for each highway so
that I can get the information a few miles BEFORE I get too close to the
highway. As it is, I rarely listen to traffic reports because they are
neither descriptive enough nor timely enough for my needs.
Mark Davies
Eliana is a stripper. Which means I guess we should give her a break
but...will someboday tell me what the braintrust at WMMR was thinking. I
can see it now..."OK, So, We hire a stripper to do the traffic- THAT'LL
get us big ratings!" Hello?! There are two things they did not consider.
#1) She has not a CLUE what she's talking about and has a hard time
faking it. I mean traffic is not brainsurgery. I've seen some real dopes
learn enough to get by, but *this* girl... well, she must be REAL purdy.
#2) It's RADIO!!! No one can see her fabulousness to forgive her for
sounding like she does.
Rod Carson is a pro. I'm glad he made his way back in.
Dorothy Krysiuk (sorry if I butchered the spelling) is doing great.
She had the advantage of working behind the scenes as a producer before
she got thrown in. She knows what she's talking about and it comes
across.
Max also knows what she's talking about- she's not new. She took a
years sabatical but prior to that she had done TV traffic for a couple
years and radio traffic for a couple before that.
Traffic is a no respect job. Even if the air talent brings
competance to the table, and even if their info is accurate (two tall
orders)- you're never going to please everybody because you only have a
very short time to fit in the important stuff. On top of that, for TV
you have the problem of having only eight fixed position cameras (if
they're all working) with a limited number of shots to rotate through.
In addition to being difficult to do well, Traffic is also the
stepchild of broadcasting. Pretty low on the food chain ranking only
slightly above ski-reporter and horoscope reader and below sports and
weather. Believe me I know. I did it for eleven years.
Mark Davies.
Mark Davies (former traffic reporter)
Bill Connors
been tied up in weekend shore traffic and not a word on the traffic reports.
Most of the everyday traffic reports could be taped and nobody would notice
the difference.
Friend <cog...@ux1.cyberenet.net> wrote in message
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L J Gould
he has a great voice which sure helps. Dorothy Krysiuk is going places.
I think she is great. Not to dis Max but she just isn't for me. She
seems to be sort of forcing it in front of the camera. She has a nice
radio voice and maybe this is where she belongs.
Mark, what ya doing? Are ya on the tube anywhere?
Gould
Mark Davies wrote:
> Rod Carson is a pro. I'm glad he made his way back in.
> Dorothy Krysiuk (sorry if I butchered the spelling) is doing great.
> She had the advantage of working behind the scenes as a producer before
> she got thrown in. She knows what she's talking about and it comes
> across.
>
L J Gould
the dial saying Schuylkill in a way I sure can't imitate. You are right
it stays with you a while. Do you think that could be purposeful? For
the reason that it sticks with you.
Gould
James Andrews wrote:
>
> Rush Wickes (ru...@south-side.org) wrote:
> : Just curious as to what everything thinks on the various regional radio and
> : tv traffic reporters. I'm talking about regular reports from the folks
> : like Rod Carson of Shadow Traffic, Eliana from WMMR and Max Viera/that new
> : female reporter from WCAU.
>
> I will say one thing: whoever does KYW's traffic during the evening rush
> hour has THE MOST ANNOYING way of saying "Schuylkill" that I've ever
> heard. It's like "scheyeukoll." It really grates on my nerves but when
> I'm listening I have an irresistible urge to imitate it. And of course
> she says it 40 times during every traffic report...
>
> Jas.
>
> -------------------------
> James Andrews
> Philadelphia, PA
> Remove the XX
jhay
<ru...@south-side.org> wrote:
>
> Mark Davies <ma...@netaxs.com> wrote in message
> news:37FBF243...@netaxs.com...
>> Regarding Traffic Reporters...
>> Eliana is a stripper. Which means I guess we should give her a break
>> but...will someboday tell me what the braintrust at WMMR was thinking. I
>> can see it now..."OK, So, We hire a stripper to do the traffic- THAT'LL
>> get us big ratings!" Hello?! There are two things they did not consider.
>> #1) She has not a CLUE what she's talking about and has a hard time
>> faking it. I mean traffic is not brainsurgery. I've seen some real dopes
>> learn enough to get by, but *this* girl... well, she must be REAL purdy.
>> #2) It's RADIO!!! No one can see her fabulousness to forgive her for
>> sounding like she does.
>
> I didn't know that Eliana was/is a stripper. I had figured out that she
> probably got the job at WMMR due to her looks. If you want to see pics of
> her, she is profiled on the station site at :
> http://www.wmmr.com/eliana.shtml
Vanity alert! She's dropping all those names to cover her lousy skills. And
who cares about what Pinocchio and Monica did any more? 8^)
jhay
wrote:
> Regarding Traffic Reporters...
> Eliana is a stripper. Which means I guess we should give her a break
> but...will someboday tell me what the braintrust at WMMR was thinking. I
> can see it now..."OK, So, We hire a stripper to do the traffic- THAT'LL
> get us big ratings!" Hello?! There are two things they did not consider.
> #1) She has not a CLUE what she's talking about and has a hard time
> faking it. I mean traffic is not brainsurgery. I've seen some real dopes
> learn enough to get by, but *this* girl... well, she must be REAL purdy.
> #2) It's RADIO!!! No one can see her fabulousness to forgive her for
> sounding like she does.
> Rod Carson is a pro. I'm glad he made his way back in.
> Dorothy Krysiuk (sorry if I butchered the spelling) is doing great.
> She had the advantage of working behind the scenes as a producer before
> she got thrown in. She knows what she's talking about and it comes
> across.
> Max also knows what she's talking about- she's not new. She took a
> years sabatical but prior to that she had done TV traffic for a couple
> years and radio traffic for a couple before that.
> Traffic is a no respect job. Even if the air talent brings
> competance to the table, and even if their info is accurate (two tall
> orders)- you're never going to please everybody because you only have a
> very short time to fit in the important stuff. On top of that, for TV
> you have the problem of having only eight fixed position cameras (if
> they're all working) with a limited number of shots to rotate through.
> In addition to being difficult to do well, Traffic is also the
> stepchild of broadcasting. Pretty low on the food chain ranking only
> slightly above ski-reporter and horoscope reader and below sports and
> weather. Believe me I know. I did it for eleven years.
And did it well, too. Maybe you can knock on 'MMR's door when they need a
new traffic reporter. ;-)