Max from BTVN says that WHDH chief meteorologist Todd Gross has been fired. No word yet on why, but he was abruptly escorted out of the studios on Friday. WHDH is the NBC affiliate in Boston and sister station to WSVN!
update 12/4: Unconfirmed, but the firing may have to do with ratings.
I do have to wonder if something similar would happen at WSVN. WHDH is #2 in Boston but WCVB tramples them in some time slots with 40-100% difference in ratings points
Update 12/6: BTVN has an interview with Todd Gross
Boston Herald
Gross blows out of Ch. 7 on an ill wind
WOW. Amazed. Shocked. Surprised but then agian im not. This is Sunbeam we are talking bout…
please please please please please fire phil ferro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol I agree with anonymous…. i like all of their other weather people!!
and im just asking out of courisoity, how come we are talking about a station in boston?
This is what I dont get. There blaming it on the WRONG person. A weather anchor at most does a 90 second piece during the newscasts. Its not the weather anchor, its the NEWS anchors during that time period. Same thing happened at WJAR in Prov. they demoted thier main chief to noon and 5,6 and blamed it on the ratings at 11 and he was at fault. hes been there for years like gross. hey whatever, but dont you think its a beaten around the bush and the anchors are at fault, im mean afterall, they are on majority of the newscast, thats who we have to look at!!!
but ill stick by my comment before, they are Sunbeam afterall. they beleive more in the product and could care less bout the anchors.
nice biz im in huh!!
p.s. for all FL folks, gross wasnt that much too look at neway, he isnt the hottest character haha
Winter weather is a big deal up there and they are just getting started with snow. Maybe alice wants a hip forecaster. I think they like phil at svn. Maybe the morning guy at hdh will get the top spot. He has quite the following.
We are talking about it because WHDH is WSVN’s sister station up here in Boston. Also, “patmedown” is right, Pete has quite the following up here and may very well be getting the top spot. We will have an exclusive comment from Todd on our website (BTVN) hopefully tomorrow as we broke the story!
Why fire the meterologist? Weather is the Number 1 reason people watch local news!
They need to get rid of Belkys Nerey.
belkys and phil have to go – now!
No way. Lose Belkys, and you lose personality and charm. She’s sweet and gives svn a life when she’s on air.
Belkys is ugly, has a man’s voice, and is a news lightweight. 7 needs a laurie jennings-type person. craig isn’t great either, but he’s a whole lot better than belkys.
Craig is great, Belkeys, well she should go back to deco. I think the choice for main female anchor is a simple one, LYNN MARTINEZ. She is hot and a damn good reporter.
I hate phil pherro, well at least he isnt a pedophile, but he is better than elita loresca
Forgive me, maybe I don’t watch enough, but I have NEVER seen Lynn outside the studio. In my opinion she is way overdone and looks more like a news whore than a news anchor.
Yes, and a good news whore at that.
i agree. i thought lynn was the no-brainer choice to replace laurie. guess i was wrong.
Lynn or Beatrice Canals would have been way better than Belkys. Canals more so. They let her go and how she is hott stuff at WFOR. Craig is fine but Tom Haynes would work better at 5. Christine Cruz is also good. I love Sharron Melton and CHarles Billi together.
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