Omaha Local TV News Channels

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:52 am

S33 wrote:Yeah, former police chief Alex Hays seems to be in the mix now, too. Make it official or squash the rumors already.

If this is true, did it occur before he decided to retire, and then if so, can his pension be altered because he was not fired when he should have been?

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:20 am

bbinks wrote:
S33 wrote:Yeah, former police chief Alex Hays seems to be in the mix now, too. Make it official or squash the rumors already.
If this is true, did it occur before he decided to retire, and then if so, can his pension be altered because he was not fired when he should have been?

Yeah, I have no idea. Honestly, when it comes to these prostitution stings, I would be disappointed to see someone with that many years of public service lose their pension and go down in flames - just for paying for sex.

Was it wrong, yes. Worthy of losing his retirement, not if I were in charge of things.

Silverspoon · Post by **Silverspoon** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:18 pm

Off of the current topic, and back to the original, I try to stick to channel 3 news through cable, just because Im a huge supporter of Todd n Tyler, and they are part of the same company, and there used to be a little bit of advertising during the TNT shows. Either way, the local news is usually pretty boring & worthless...

Benmeg98 · Post by **Benmeg98** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:58 pm

How can you be the most popular local news station in Omaha but do not broadcast in HD? Makes our city look so redneck.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:05 pm

What does HD have to do with redneck?

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:15 pm

Benmeg98 wrote:How can you be the most popular local news station in Omaha but do not broadcast in HD? Makes our city look so redneck.

Channel 7 broadcasts in 1080P. They have a traveling wave antenna for their new freq in UHF channel 20 on their main tranmitter. They had a studio feed to Cox, but some fight with Cox messed this up. That may be what you are seeing.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:49 pm

First world problems.

Benmeg98 · Post by **Benmeg98** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:20 pm

KETV Omaha broadcast in HD for national TV news and shows but they do not have equipment to produce local news in HD. Watch it on a 55" or larger and you will see the difference. That's why WOWT channel 6 even puts an HD logo on the screen during the news and makes an announcement saying their news is in HD. Just look at the difference! KETV never says their news is in HD, because it's not. I emailed them once and their response was they broadcast in digital? Cheap owner, I guess.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:51 pm

I just flipped on the TV and WOWT was doing one of the "non local" stories later in the news. I left it on that channel and NBC nightly news did the same story? Don't they communicate? Why would WOWT run the same national story that NBC is going to run? Its not like it was big time news, it was some health story.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:13 pm

Brad wrote:I just flipped on the TV and WOWT was doing one of the "non local" stories later in the news. I left it on that channel and NBC nightly news did the same story? Don't they communicate? Why would WOWT run the same national story that NBC is going to run? Its not like it was big time news, it was some health story.

Answer: They just don't care. About the viewer. About the product they produce. About anything but the bottom line. Sad.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:33 pm

nativeomahan wrote:
Brad wrote:I just flipped on the TV and WOWT was doing one of the "non local" stories later in the news. I left it on that channel and NBC nightly news did the same story? Don't they communicate? Why would WOWT run the same national story that NBC is going to run? Its not like it was big time news, it was some health story.
Answer: They just don't care. About the viewer. About the product they produce. About anything but the bottom line. Sad.

Well I got another "Don't Care" story. at the 6pm news, after the weather they showed the ConAgra ice rink and Malorie said "Look at all those people". It was nothing compared to the weekend, I would say less than 1/3 of normal.

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:24 pm

Since we moved in 2008 from Omaha to Detroit we watch channel 4, the NBC affiliate here. If you go to http://www.clickondetroit.com they stream their local news live. Take a look sometime if you'd like. (One thing. For whatever reason they black out the commercials so don't freak out when the screen goes blank)

It may just be me, but I find the anchors to be in a whole different league than channel 6 in Omaha. The weather staff is personable without resorting to Jim Flowers-like exageration. The sports team is good & funny, especially Bernie. The anchors are able to banter without being plastic or obnoxious.

Again, it always comes down to what you want out of news, but when we were in Omaha a couple of weeks ago I turned on the news & it was channel 6. I had to turn off the tv after 3 minutes. It was sad.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:27 pm

I've started watching WOWT more often just for the humor of it. Maybe that can be their nitch.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:48 am

Brad wrote:Why would WOWT run the same national story that NBC is going to run?

It fills up time. Same as reading Facebook comments and passing them off as news. Low-cost, low effort.

Silverspoon · Post by **Silverspoon** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:40 pm

Id have to say that all of the Omaha anchors are pretty lame. They over-exaggerate, as stated before, and they try so hard to convince you that the latest facebook comment is interesting news. Im sure its an extremely hard job to do well, but they all irritate me enough to force me to get my local news from the websites instead of the tv, just so I dont have to listen to or hear them.

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:25 pm

Silverspoon wrote:Id have to say that all of the Omaha anchors are pretty lame. They over-exaggerate, as stated before, and they try so hard to convince you that the latest facebook comment is interesting news. Im sure its an extremely hard job to do well, but they all irritate me enough to force me to get my local news from the websites instead of the tv, just so I dont have to listen to or hear them.

It isn't a hard job to do well. It's just that it's easier and more profitable to hire a talking head that can read what someone else has written for them. It's also cheaper to have them read facebook posts and introduce canned stories from the network or other outlets that ownership subscribes to. Does anyone here think that John Knicely or Tracy Madden or Malorie Maddox EVER wrote their own copy? Ever actually went to s breaking news event & had to report live? THAT is a scary thought.

It's about money & the illusion of quality. "The people you know, the news you trust" Say it enough & the unwashed masses believe it. I've played basketball with John Knicely. I wouldn't let him take out my kids wisdom teeth and I wouldn't trust him to relate the local news.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:36 pm

Lt. Darci Tierney wrote:Jim Flowers was never arrested for prostitution by the Omaha Police Department, which can be verified with a history check. Before you spread rumors, you should verify the information otherwise they are just rumors.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:26 pm

Jim Flowers to KMTV Action 3 News

KMTV wrote:All of us at KMTV are very excited to have Jim Flowers join our Weather Alert team. Our plan is for Jim to begin delivering his weather casts on KMTV and our Journal Radio stations early this summer.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:32 pm

Completing the Trifecta....

7 - KETV 1985-1992
6 - WOWT 1992-2012
3 - KMTV 2013

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:33 pm

Good for them and good for him. But I know there is a joke here somewhere...

Collin · Post by **Collin** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:57 pm

I didn't see this one coming :o

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:02 pm

S33 wrote:But I know there is a joke here somewhere...

So it looks like Jim Flowers gets a Happy Ending after all...

Sorry not my joke, but its funny!

S33 · Post by **S33** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:10 pm

10thstgoober · Post by **10thstgoober** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:14 pm

Jim Flowers is going to KMTV apparently...

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:33 pm

10thstgoober wrote:Jim Flowers is going to KMTV apparently...

I doubt Jim will take KMTV from 3rd place. So what do they do? Fire Ryan McPike to make room for Flowers?
Not very classy.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:19 pm

KMTV fires everyone every 5 minutes... It's kinda their style.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:45 pm

I wonder if he will start off doing weekends and mornings?

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:07 pm

Channel 6 Has hired Mike LaPoint (Chief Meteorologist) and Cheryl Lemke to replace Jim Flowers.

Wonder why they have/need 5 weather people or is someone else is leaving...

Collin · Post by **Collin** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:24 pm

Brad wrote:Channel 6 Has hired Mike LaPoint (Chief Meteorologist) and Cheryl Lemke to replace Jim Flowers.

Wonder why they have/need 5 weather people or is someone else is leaving...

Interesting ... just saw the commercial.
On facebook they said we will see all five of them starting Thursday

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:28 pm

Collin wrote:
Brad wrote:Channel 6 Has hired Mike LaPoint (Chief Meteorologist) and Cheryl Lemke to replace Jim Flowers.

Wonder why they have/need 5 weather people or is someone else is leaving...
Interesting ... just saw the commercial.
On facebook they said we will see all five of them starting Thursday

Easy, One for each weekday and they take turns on weekends.

Collin · Post by **Collin** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:18 am

http://www.wowt.com/wxauthorityteam

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:17 pm

Channel 6 has to make a run at Channel 7 to try to get back to the #1 spot. Their weather was constantly getting beat under Flowers. Maybe they are going to try to get a leg up in this area?

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:59 pm

bigredmed wrote:Channel 6 has to make a run at Channel 7 to try to get back to the #1 spot. Their weather was constantly getting beat under Flowers. Maybe they are going to try to get a leg up in this area?

Isn't channel 7 still the #1 spot? Randby and team were more accurate than Flowers and team.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:17 pm

5 Meteorologists? That is more weather people than they have as reporters, I suspect.

The "new" guy is from OKC and has worked in TV Weather for 20 years.

And Cheryl Lemke, I think she used to be on The Weather Channel, like 10 years ago.

Still, why not go with Rusty Lord? He is really good, and not at all sensational in his reporting.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:46 pm

bbinks wrote:
bigredmed wrote:Channel 6 has to make a run at Channel 7 to try to get back to the #1 spot. Their weather was constantly getting beat under Flowers. Maybe they are going to try to get a leg up in this area?
Isn't channel 7 still the #1 spot? Randby and team were more accurate than Flowers and team.

Yeah, sorry, I should have been more clear.

KETV was constantly beating WOWT in weather and given that they are a wash in sports, and both suck at news, and news is more expensive, it seems logical that 6 would try to bump up their weather coverage in an attempt to get back to #1.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:35 pm

They should add more adjectives to the name of their doppler radar.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:29 pm

Doppler Radar is Doppler.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:17 pm

Not according to some of these stations:

http://www.gowally.com/wx/radar.html

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:39 pm

Both new meteorologists made their debut at WOWT last night. LaPoint kind of sounds like a used car salesman.

Filthy McNasty · Post by **Filthy McNasty** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:11 am

Big E wrote:Doppler Radar is Doppler.

Something like the Binford Model 6000 Doppler Analyzer/MixMaster/Manure Spreader?