Omaha Local TV News Channels

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:21 pm

nativeomahan wrote:On another note, Channel 6 had a live remote from the CWS and featured Dave Weber for a moment. Dave has dropped an awful lot of weight, and seemed to be slurring his words. If I recall he had a stroke a while back. Too bad. He is one of Omaha's TV giants.

It's been awhile now that you mention it that I have seen him doing any TV commercials.

Collin · Post by **Collin** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:02 pm

Nice article addressing the rumors about Jim this past winter. Also, a pretty cool picture!

Veteran Omaha TV Meteorologist Weathers the Storm

But in the wake of what happened over the winter, he seriously considered moving to another market.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:08 pm

Haha remember a few years back when everyone freaked on him over the bad predictions of the really severe thunderstorms that rolled through * think it might have been the little souix tragedy * anyways.. Him and Bill Randby epitomize local Omaha meteorologists so I'm pleased that he decided to stick around town and goes to show you that social media is the bane of our society these days.

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:00 pm

guitarguy wrote:Haha remember a few years back when everyone freaked on him over the bad predictions of the really severe thunderstorms that rolled through * think it might have been the little souix tragedy * anyways.. Him and Bill Randby epitomize local Omaha meteorologists so I'm pleased that he decided to stick around town and goes to show you that social media is the bane of our society these days.

In all fairness, channel 6 and 3 dropped the ball on that particular weather event. So, if that means that Flowers f-'ed up, then he needed to own it, which if I recall, he didn't.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:21 pm

I think his 'admitting' it was that any time the slightest hint of a thunderstorm was even considering thinking about grazing the metro they blasted dooms day thunderstorm coverage until it was out in Iowa somewhere.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:46 pm

WOWT taking partial credit for a bank robbery suspect's arrest. I missed the old days when they would call their website a web channel.

Man Helps Identify Bank Robber Using WOWT 6 News Online

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:16 pm

Channel 6's Mallory Maddox: "He shot the robber dead ten times. He is expected to recover."

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:21 pm

Nice :lol:

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:39 pm

These talking heads are simply inane. The morning bobbleheads aren't any better.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:54 am

nativeomahan wrote:Channel 6's Mallory Maddox: "He shot the robber dead ten times. He is expected to recover."

Sounds like Ted Baxter.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:56 pm

When I see these airheads with their giant, inappropriate smiles grinning ear to ear as they read the news I really, really want to reach through the TV and slap the $hit eating grins off of those plastic faces.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:49 pm

Last night at the 5 or 6 pm news, WOWT had the wrong names under the wrong people for the first few stories I watched.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:35 pm

Obvious story of the day:

Auto shops see influx of damaged vehicles

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:53 pm

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:50 pm

Lol fantastic! How awesome it would be if it weren't photoshopped...

S33 · Post by **S33** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:36 pm

Only one correction: Those female anchors look a bit better than "moderately" attractive.

Collin · Post by **Collin** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:07 am

Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(

S33 · Post by **S33** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:15 pm

Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(

Out of curiosity, would this be considered a sort of promotion, or relocation?

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:41 pm

Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(

I'll miss her...but if Jacki Ochoa leaves, I'll probably cry.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:00 pm

S33 wrote:
Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(
Out of curiosity, would this be considered a sort of promotion, or relocation?

She is from the south...

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:21 am

S33 wrote:
Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(
Out of curiosity, would this be considered a sort of promotion, or relocation?

Well, leaving the #76 market for the #40 market...I'd say it's a step up. Heck, the Des Moines market is #71

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:21 pm

Bob from Omaha wrote:
S33 wrote:
Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(
Out of curiosity, would this be considered a sort of promotion, or relocation?
Well, leaving the #76 market for the #40 market...I'd say it's a step up. Heck, the Des Moines market is #71

Birmingham is also a pretty town and close to Huntsville. Both being hotbeds for academics with the UAB and UAH there, maybe this allows her time to work on a PhD in meteorology or get closer to family in a nice part of Alabama?

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:53 am

MadMartin8 wrote:
Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(
I'll miss her...but if Jacki Ochoa leaves, I'll probably cry.

i agree. shes easy on the eyes, too ;)

Mr.Nuke · Post by **Mr.Nuke** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:35 am

Brad wrote:
S33 wrote:
Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(
Out of curiosity, would this be considered a sort of promotion, or relocation?
She is from the south...

When did Massachusetts become the South?

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:50 pm

Mr.Nuke wrote:
Brad wrote:
S33 wrote:
Collin wrote:Jill Gilardi is leaving for Birmingham, Alabama. Her last day is December 18th. :(
Out of curiosity, would this be considered a sort of promotion, or relocation?
She is from the south...
When did Massachusetts become the South?

We all got drunk and let Vermont and New Hampshire decide. It was either that, or they were going to draw dongs on Rhode Island.

Filthy McNasty · Post by **Filthy McNasty** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:29 pm

Big E wrote:
almighty_tuna wrote:The code word is: Dry line.
Cumulonimbus.

And yet that word made its way into a song.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:00 pm

News anchor Jim Siedlecki leaving WOWT 6 News

By Micah Mertes / World-Herald staff writer

Jim Siedlecki announced Tuesday that he would be leaving his post as news anchor for WOWT 6 News Daybreak. He's worked as an anchor for Daybreak since June 2005.

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:04 pm

jessep28 wrote:News anchor Jim Siedlecki leaving WOWT 6 News

By Micah Mertes / World-Herald staff writer

Jim Siedlecki announced Tuesday that he would be leaving his post as news anchor for WOWT 6 News Daybreak. He's worked as an anchor for Daybreak since June 2005.

Ted - What's his name and his WOWT hating blog would have liked this.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:49 pm

omanews.blogspot.com was the site. The author's pen name was Ted Brockman.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:09 pm

Better post this for the record before it gets taken down.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:16 pm

Nice catch

S33 · Post by **S33** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:33 pm

I'm slow... why would they take that down?

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:01 pm

Maybe I'm alone in thinking this...but I believe KETV is as at an entirely different level of news broadcast/reporting quality than all the other stations. I just get the sense that they're investing far more in staff, seem to have much larger number of field reporters... and I know it's just something the network offers, but I really like the 'local feel' they give when reporting from Washington (even Sochi!).. ie "reporting for KETV from Washington". KETV just has a much bigger city feel than the rest of the local stations. Heck, the investment in renovating the Burlington alone seems unusual for a broadcast TV affiliate in this day and age.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:11 pm

Stargazer wrote:Maybe I'm alone in thinking this...but I believe KETV is as at an entirely different level of news broadcast/reporting quality than all the other stations. I just get the sense that they're investing far more in staff, seem to have much larger number of field reporters... and I know it's just something the network offers, but I really like the 'local feel' they give when reporting from Washington (even Sochi!).. ie "reporting for KETV from Washington". KETV just has a much bigger city feel than the rest of the local stations. Heck, the investment in renovating the Burlington alone seems unusual for a broadcast TV affiliate in this day and age.

I agree with that. Whenever I watch the other stations I feel like I'm watching something set in a high school classroom.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:44 pm

Busguy2010 wrote:I agree with that. Whenever I watch the other stations I feel like I'm watching something set in a high school classroom.

I do admit that, lately at least, KETV/7 has been the least mediocre of the three. WOWT/6 keeps sounding like they are talking to a moron and has countless factual errors. KMTV/3 is just plain amateurish.

Oh, I said three. I meant four, almost. KPTM/42 is, well, there. Actually, it's not there, it's outsourced hundreds of miles away!

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:04 pm

Where is KPTM outsourced too now? Didn't it move from Davenport?

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:07 pm

Garrett wrote:Where is KPTM outsourced too now? Didn't it move from Davenport?

Pretty sure they were outsourced but with the change in ownership later part of 2013 the news brodcast and production came back to Omaha

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:19 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Garrett wrote:Where is KPTM outsourced too now? Didn't it move from Davenport?
Pretty sure they were outsourced but with the change in ownership later part of 2013 the news brodcast and production came back to Omaha

I thought when it changed owners last year, the outsourcing was changed to California... Sacramento?

Mr.Nuke · Post by **Mr.Nuke** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:38 pm

Brad wrote:
nebugeater wrote:
Garrett wrote:Where is KPTM outsourced too now? Didn't it move from Davenport?
Pretty sure they were outsourced but with the change in ownership later part of 2013 the news brodcast and production came back to Omaha
I thought when it changed owners last year, the outsourcing was changed to California... Sacramento?

It is Fresno, but yeah the outsourcing just changed locations with the ownership change as far as I'm aware.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:58 pm

Spend any amount of time away from Omaha, and you can quickly see how bad our local broadcasts really are. It isn't "which one is better," it's simply a competition of a lesser degree of suckage.