None of these people are still on Milwaukee TV. |
By Andy Tarnoff Publisher E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Andy Tarnoff |
Published Feb. 18, 2009 at 6:07 p.m. |
As much as I enjoy poking fun at it, I still do occasionally watch Milwaukee's local TV news. I bounce around from station to station, though I pretty much -- and for no reason in particular -- skip Channel 58.
Honestly, I don't count on local TV news to keep me in the loop, but if I'm home at 6 p.m., I'll check it out.
Apparently, however, I haven't been paying enough attention lately.
The other day I was surfing around Wikipedia and I stumbled upon the pages of our local stations. Each one listed current and former talent, and I found myself surprised to find that some of these reporters have been off the air in Milwaukee for some time.
For example, did you know that these people are no longer on Milwaukee airwaves?
WTMJ-TV:
WITI-TV:
Well, that shows what I know. I'm sure the list of reporters who've left Milwaukee, by choice or otherwise, is much longer, but I don't exactly know where to search for that info.
It all seems rather hush-hush, doesn't it? Maybe it's because these reporters went away so quickly, without elaborate "Mike Gousha / Jerry Taff style" farewell tributes. Or maybe these reporters didn't make that much of an impact on me in the first place.
Usually I've got a pretty good eye for detail when it comes to the media. But apparently, it's a revolving door at our local TV stations, and these departures went right over my head.
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