thanks to an informed insider I can tell you that Charles Billi was signed on as weekend anchor. According to the insider, Bili worked freelance up untill recently because he didn’t get a job in Tampa so he signed at 7.
Also, Lynn Martinez’s contract is up or renewal and she is looking around at other opportunities. Her previous contract was only a one year extention hence why some people saw her tape show up on Medialine last time.
I am happy BIlli is staying on. I like that guy, he’s cute. He can do less of the throat thing though or mybae thats his real voice. If so, i love it. I kinda like Charles Perez with Sharon Melton but Billi is doing well. As for Lyn she is just ok,. I hope she doesnt leave though. I never get why here hair is so stiff and why she doent style it properly.
Lynn’s hair is odd, that aside though, she is the best woman at 7 IMO. I still say she should have replaced Laurie insted of Belkeys. She is great and I really hope she stays at 7.
If Lynn does end up leaving WSVN, I wonder who will get her Deco Drive gig (Shireen Sandoval? Diana Diaz?)
Charles is an excellent anchor. He’s a great communicator. 7 should have given him a chair years ago. He is truely one of 7’s shining stars.
i really hope that lynn does not leave. She is really only the reason why i like Deco Drive. that and Shireen Sandoval (both very hot women)
Charles or as his friends call him Chaz is a great guy…he has been very deserving of an anchor spot for some time. I never understood why they chose Tom Haynes at 5:30 with Lynn..Lynn and Charles have such chemistry. I really hope 7 does everything it can to keep Lynn..Conrats Chaz..and btw…happy 40th!!
She’s a M.I.L.F.
I thought he would have gotten the 5:30 spot with Lyn but Tom is also good. To be honest, i’ve always wanted to see Tom in the evenings. I think he is really good. Billi is also good. I like him. I think maybe one of the better looking guys at 7. If he left, I would have been surprise if the replaced him with Luis Aguire. Thats the same thing they did with with Belkys Nerey and Laurie Jennings. Lyn or Beatrice Canals whould have been a better replacemnt for Laurie. I believe thats why Beatrice left. They need to give deserving people the vacant positons. Cant replace hard news people with entertainment reporters.
Chaz is cool, but eff him, who cares? Have you seen Elita the babe weather girl? Holy smoke can a woman be any more gorgeous and sexy?! Despite her little weight gain she is the ultimate, a fine Jackie Johnson replacement.
GOD RC There is more to women than just their looks. You must be one Loney person.
RC, who are you?
I’ve notice (s)he has quit posting. Also When is the Plex suppose to be redone? well it be like DD and they well just switch to the new set??
That’s a good question, Michael, when WILL the plex be redone? Personally, I don’t think it’ll be a one-day thing. The newsplex is WAY too big to do overnight. The longest they’ll have is 23 consecutive hours of no live broadcast. (Between 11 pm saturday and 10 pm sunday). I think it would probably take a few days, but who knows? Maybe they’ll be resourceful enough to get it done suddenly. I can understand the DD set being redone overnight, because it’s kindof small, but (again) the plex is huge.
Im not sure that the plex is that huge. It’s smaller than WHDH which was re-done in about 2-3 weeks, during which time there was a chroma wall behind the anchors with a video loop of the studio.
From what I know, the WHDH newsdesk is being redone, then WSVN’s desk will be redone, then everything else. I don’t think they’ll try to do it all at once
I think it’s about time they redo it. Tired of the red white and blue thing they have going now. Right now, i think channel10 has the best set, especially the stand up area. Last week I was watching and thats when I found out the screen was a touch screen. Laurie was doing a segment and keep touch it to make her point pop up. I like 10’s set. I dont like 4’s.
Please don’t tell me you are naive enough to believe that a huge video screen is actually a touch screen. She gestures, they change it from the control room. If not that, which I doubt, she could perhaps have some sort of control herself like the meteorologists do for weather, but that I doubt. Please don’t go telling me that you actually believe that George Stephanopolus on ABC’s “This Week” actually cues up his own video on those monitors in front of him.
As for sets, I like 4’s best. They have the most options in terms of monitors, etc, and I think their producers are very clever with the ways they use them, and it seems like they find new ways all the time.
I remember back to when Shaq arrived here, I watched their 11pm that night, and Maggie was standing way in the back next to the monitor on the right behind the anchor desk and the camera zoomed out to include Robb at the plasma that is on that side, the pair briefly interacted, and then the camera zoomed into Robb. Very creative, and extremely effective.
Dont tell me you’re too naive to know those kind of screens do exist. They could have been controling it from the control room but it could also be a touch screen. Whats naive about that?
Yes, they do exist, but the expense would be somewhat astronomical for the effect you described. I design and build sets for TV News. I seriously doubt it’s really a touch screen.
Hey anonymous, where are you? Because we’re looking to redo our news set at the high school I go to. Do you have a website?
I do not, but you can visit my friends at Broadcast Design International, at http://www.broadcastdesign.com.
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i know but it was funny just saying it – lol