It was a storm that missed Wichita, for the most part, but did target areas of the local TV stations' viewing area. There was plenty of warning on this storm and the ice it could bring over the weekend. As we moved in on Monday, the ice accumulation predictions were set up for central Kansas including Wichita. A comment to a previous post mentioned KWCH's Ross Janssen and KSN's Andrew Kozak and their overall calm demeanor in their forecasts. I must ditto that and also say I thought Janssen did a nice job this week filling in for Merril Teller on the main casts. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think he was the first to bring the possibility out that this storm may not be as bad as 2005 for the Wichita area on Monday Night. He had a compare/contrast graphic explaining there was less wind and the temperatures were going to be higher than in 2005 and that might change things for the area.
As for news coverage I thought KWCH was most consistent of the 3. In the past I mentioned at times, although dominant, I feel KWCH can be somewhat safe and conservative as the long time #1 station. I must say this storm showed a slightly different side. They threw everything at this storm and I thought definitely dominated coverage for the most part. KAKE didn't do all that bad and normally would have given KWCH a run, but 12 was so dominant this time around, it wasn't that close. There has been some interesting comments regarding KSN's decision to lead with the Morrison story on Sunday and not the upcoming weather. I defended the decision at the time, but maybe that was a preview of things to come. I thought KSN was a little slow to react on the snow early on as it came in on Monday and Tuesday. Maybe that is a good thing with KSN, because Dave Freeman's weather segments can normally add enough hysteria for the 3 stations combined without the news staff going overboard. I thought the other 2 had more stories and more reporters on the storm. Quantity doesn't necessarily mean quality, but for the most part the many stories were decent for this storm. -Hal
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Shouldn't KSN's "3 Degree Guarantee" be called a "7 Degree Guarentee." Because they count it as a win if the get within three degrees either way of the actual temp. It isn't like they guarantee a 3 degree window. I could probably nail a 7 degree window. And I'm a carpenter.
Except for KAKE's lead Sunday with the Duck people. Whoever okay'd that story as a lead or even in the A-block needs a talking to.
The 3 Degree Guarantee doesn't air anymore.
It looks like KWCH did a slight graphics update.
It's funny you mention Andrew and Ross (and Matt but he's gone now). The paper's opinion line not too long ago mentioned someone who like them better than their Chiefs. When will the chiefs learn to stop being overly cocky? yes, especially Dave Freeman.
whoever wrote that last comment get over yourselves: Dave ain't much more cocky than Merrill or Jay.
Matt left for more $$$ and a bigger market. If the others you mention continue to grow, then they too might move on. Who knows, they may become "overly cocky chiefs" themselves. ;-)
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