Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 6640 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.198.22
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 1:37 am: | |
I was 'just' drifting off to sleep...saw that it was close to the hour...so I turned on NPR. Their second or third story was the DEtroit Teacher's Strike tenative settlement (yay!)...which was dutifully covered by some woman from the ANN ARBOR public radio station. I know they are a suburb and all...but damn. Damn. Has WDET fallen so-o far, after our dear Jelk departed from their staff, as to NOT have anyone who can cover this story?! I know Celeste has to get up early, but she doesn't look like she needs ANY more beauty sleep...or she'll start needing OSHA warning labels. She could have stayed up late this ONE time to get this story down. (It DID kinda scare me when she took that vacation last month, I'm getting used to hearing her voice in the morning...even if it IS mostly to hear how the rest of the metro area is stuck in traffic. The second or third day she wasn't there I feared that she jumped ship. That would be bad, to me she's their franchise player now. Her local arts interview show on Sunday has already become tradition in the loft...although each and every time they play that promo with the needle dragged out of that classical groove it actually hurts my high-end hifi self deeply!!) Where's Quinn? Where's what's-his-name's son...that Harvey fellow that Jelk just loves so much. What is happening at the station with news? WHY couldn't they cover a story in their backyard for the national coverage? Why can't I get back to sleep... |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1975 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 134.215.223.211
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 10:52 am: | |
If you haven't noticed, the news reports at DET lately have just been reading the wire reports, no actual on-the-spot beat reporting. I think we're seeing the demise of the formerly great news staff at WDET. Anyone know how the last pledge drive went? I have a strong feeling the news department is being dismantled as a "cost-savings" measure. Coleman has about dismantled every signature and distinguishing feature of DET. Jerome Vaughn is on his way to WUOM any day now as news director there. It seems the other news staffers do less and less reporting and are heard less and less each week. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the other staff have their resume out there. |
Wazootyman Member Username: Wazootyman
Post Number: 125 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.75.220.9
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 12:42 pm: | |
There's little reason to listen to WDET anymore. I even find I prefer the jazz mix at nights to WRCJ...it's a little more varied than Ed's mix. How can such a great station have fallen so far? |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 6661 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.47.53.101
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 1:27 pm: | |
Ask Jelk. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 656 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 209.69.221.253
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 2:29 pm: | |
Hmmm. I heard both Ann Arbor *and* Kleinfelter carried on NPR the other morning, so there was at least one national story from Detroit. |
Bob Member Username: Bob
Post Number: 1147 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.98.224
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 2:34 pm: | |
I agree about WRCJ's jazz mix....it is much more varied than Ed's. They are also adding more locally produced programming. They have the DSO "Unmasked" program on Sundays at noon after The Listening Room. I believe they are adding another specialty program in addition to the DSO program. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1281 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.18
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 2:40 pm: | |
who's this noah guy and why the hell isn't quinn doing all the important stories like he used to? |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 6669 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.47.53.101
| Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 7:48 pm: | |
Ah, Noah is Harvey Oshinsky's son, I think. Harvey O is a permanent member on Jelk's excrement list...after they canned him, his son came on board, in his seat in the newsroom apparently. Hope they haven't emasculated Quinn, he is one brilliant and dead-on serious journalist. Seems very old-school, and we NEED that in news reporting in this town. Someone not afraid to ask the big fellows, like the Big Diamond, the tough questions. |