Back in the 80s and 90s and even up to 7 or 8 years ago WRAL was still the flagship station of solid journalism and fearless investigative reporting. As I said, I worked for them as a broadcast engineer when I was still in college (not as cool as it sounds) and then came back as a producer/writer in the creative division and finally a freelancer for the news dept after I had left ABC News and returned to NC. It was always the station of record in NC even against Charlotte's WBT and WSOC. Now....pretty much everyone who was a true "journalist" has left and been replaced by astonishingly ignorant twenty-somethings and far left wing activists. As POTUS would say..sad.
That is pretty neat.
I bet you do have some very interesting stories of things you have seen behind the scenes.
People do not really think too much about what it takes to bring a broadcast to an actual show.
As an outsider myself I never really think about it much more than I know I need to be in front of the TV at a particular time if I want to see it "live" so to speak.
It sounds interesting to me.
I bet it is sad to see something you put work into like that, to bring a quality product to people to watch & then turn around a few years later to find it nearly unrecognizable.
You are right.
A couple years ago i tuned in to watch it & the faces were different.
I was not sure i even was watching the show I tuned in for.
We have DirecTV. (Really, it is for my Dad, he pays the bill on that, otherwise it would be gone.) I live about 12 miles south of Roxboro. Anyway we have two choices on DTV for CBS feeds. WRAL & WFMY.
My friends a few miles away only get WRAL on their DTV.
If I watch CBS, I use the WFMY feed. It is easier for me to watch the triad feed. That is terrible to admit. :)
Back in the 80s and 90s and even up to 7 or 8 years ago WRAL was still the flagship station of solid journalism and fearless investigative reporting. As I said, I worked for them as a broadcast engineer when I was still in college (not as cool as it sounds) and then came back as a producer/writer in the creative division and finally a freelancer for the news dept after I had left ABC News and returned to NC. It was always the station of record in NC even against Charlotte's WBT and WSOC. Now....pretty much everyone who was a true "journalist" has left and been replaced by astonishingly ignorant twenty-somethings and far left wing activists. As POTUS would say..sad.
That is pretty neat.
I bet you do have some very interesting stories of things you have seen behind the scenes. People do not really think too much about what it takes to bring a broadcast to an actual show.
As an outsider myself I never really think about it much more than I know I need to be in front of the TV at a particular time if I want to see it "live" so to speak.
It sounds interesting to me. I bet it is sad to see something you put work into like that, to bring a quality product to people to watch & then turn around a few years later to find it nearly unrecognizable.
You are right.
A couple years ago i tuned in to watch it & the faces were different.
I was not sure i even was watching the show I tuned in for.
We have DirecTV. (Really, it is for my Dad, he pays the bill on that, otherwise it would be gone.) I live about 12 miles south of Roxboro. Anyway we have two choices on DTV for CBS feeds. WRAL & WFMY. My friends a few miles away only get WRAL on their DTV.
If I watch CBS, I use the WFMY feed. It is easier for me to watch the triad feed. That is terrible to admit. :)