Comments on: Thanksgiving Weekend Leftovers

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:13:55 +0000

This morning on Midday, they actually had Heather Ly anchoring and she did pretty well. So now it is possible that she could be a substitute anchor as well for the future. I think in January, Genero’s 2 year contract is up so who knows what could happen at that point.

I would like to see MB stay with their weather team permanently though. She has been solid on that station ever since she started filling in.

You are right about Gannett not needing to hire additional people. They have over 30 on staff which is at least 10 more than WIVB and WKBW. Compared to other stations they own, it seems that we are one of the lucky stations, getting a bigger studio refresh and unique graphics not used on their other stations. Our old anchor desk- now used at sister station WLTX in Columbia, SC which went HD before we did this year.

By: J. Myrle Fuller

J. Myrle Fuller — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:28:23 +0000

Channel 2 seems to have a backlog of anchors. My best guess is that Marissa Bailey goes back to weekends while Demler goes back to 10:00, the way it was before Boose got the anchor job. The other possibility is to bump Genero over to the anchor desk and bring Mary Beth Wrobel onto a permanent position. Don’t expect any new hires– not because WGRZ is cheap (because, compared to the other two stations in the market, they’re certainly not) but simply because they don’t need to hire anyone else.

By: Pergy's friend

Pergy's friend — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:09:55 +0000

The local news can always inform us how far away Syracuse is from Buffalo.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:41:59 +0000

Josh Boose was definitely a good fit for WGRZ and did a very good job here. He along with Maria Genero worked well on air together and helped the weekend show grow. That being said, it’s great that he got a good opportunity with WEWS (Scripps Broadcasting) and he gets to go back home to his native Cleveland. Best of luck to him.

Apparently he was 1 of the pieces in the puzzle since the morning show he will be working replaced everyone, except the meterologist.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:11:28 +0000

Sorry to see Josh Boose go, but good for him. I remember reading in your blog or in The News that he begged for an opportunity to be an anchor, and they gave him the weekend Daybreak gig. I really enjoyed him as a light-hearted option to get a weekend morning started. I wish him lots of success in his new market. Weekend mornings won’t be the same.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:36:57 +0000

I wondered how long Josh Boose would last in this small market.