re: WWL TV...Can they not get decent reporters and anchors?

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Every Christmas Eve, Hap Glaudi used to play a short video of chimps opening presents around a Christmas tree.

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Do you remember what he did when he and the station were getting complaints for not giving bayou classic pub and news time?

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If they could teach chimps to speak and read, they could do an anchor's job. All they do is read what the man behind the curtain puts on the teleprompter,

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Stiff neck, monotone, Eric Paulsen with his gallon tankard comes to mind.

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this hair looks better than the fake white girl straight hair

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That was her natural hair…

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but does anyone watch WGNO?

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I used to but Peyton Locicero ain’t there no more.
Anyone know what happened to her. Never heard it mentioned that she was leaving, just stopped seeing her.

It seemed to me that when Benson bought Fox8, the decline of WWLTV happened. They poached Lee Zurik and others, and invested a lot into the station. WwLTV stayed true to its format with monotone newscast. I remember Dawn Brown stirring the pot with her ditzy yet entertaining dialog. I think she lasted a year before they chose not to renew the contract.

WWL then went all in on Tom Truong and another woman anchor who was very reputable from another market, but they both left. I think Chris Franklin is a great asset as well as Eleanor the reporter. Also, David Hammer is a good investigator.

Overall they are still above average but not on the level they used to be. I remember that when you wanted to know about an important local story in the news, you tuned to WWLTV.

Lastly, the rebroadcast on Spectrum and Cox is the best. Love it and watch it before I pass out every night. It's a NOLA tradition.

Dawn Brown was cool.

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ANgela Hill, yes they were married but Garland had some issues.

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The rumor/story is that Garland was kind of a freak and was very much into swinging. At first, Angela Hill went along. After a while, she got tired of it and left his arse.

I used to be a fan of Fox 8/WVUE, however, when Shelley Brown and Kim Holden left they were replaced with two really bad affirmative action anchors. One of them talks like she has 10 pounds of marbles in her mouth. It's gotten to the point that I can’t even watch it anymore. I’ll go to the website and watch the Lee Zurik reports, however, I just can’t watch the awful AA anchors they hired as replacements.

Where did Shelley Brown go?

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WWL and Fox8 are incredible compared to the national average.

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As someone who has lived in the Houston market for 30 years, I will agree on the reporting aspect. It wasn't always the case, but in the last 5 years, stations in Houston are throwing out what looks to be recent college grads in an izod and jeans to read a few notes from their cell phone while stepping all over the English language and the facts of the story. The anchor desks arent much better. I miss drunk arse Dave Ward holding his shite down.

Rumor was Al Duckworth enjoyed the EtOH