Withering Weather (Coverage)
Here’s what I’d like to say to WLKY weather guru Jay Cardosi: Shut up!
Listen I like to be apprised of bad weather on the horizon as much as the next guy. And I’ll admit to being fascinated by many of the technological gadgets and gizmos these TV stations use to entice us to their coverage.
Buuuuuuuuuuuut . . . we’re talking Carolina vs Duke this Sunday afternoon. What I’m getting is the game in about a one inch square box in the corner of my 42″ HDTV. Sometimes that gamecast is partially covered by yet another indecipherable weather graphic. That I shouldn’t — come on Jay, say it to me one mo’ time — “I shouldn’t let my guard down” has been hammered home every fifteen seconds.
(Jay, you’d be better off giving that advice to the Blue Devils, who, if I can decipher the tiny writing on my screen are down six with less than 8:00 to go.)
What’s fascinating about this Local Battle of the Weather Wizards is the difference in coverage. NASCAR fans are missing nary a thing. WLKY isn’t even running streamers about the weather at the bottom of the HD screen. My man Jeff Gordon is currently in the lead. You go, dude.
WHAS is running a split screen with the weather on one, but the NBA game box is bigger than the college one I’m trying to watch, and it overlaps the weather map. Folks watching golf on WAVE are in the same boat as us basketball fans. But, you know, Tiger’s not playing, so nobody is probably watching anyway.
What bugs me about Cardosi is his manner. His attitude says what he’s doing is the only important thing going on and if you care more about hoops, well, tough. He keeps threatening that he’ll return to the game on full screen, but those are false alarms.
I tried to call WLKY to register my complaint. Uh, imagine this, nobody’s answering the phone. There’s no machine to take a message. And no numbers on their website. Very customer oriented, don’t you think?
Okay, thanks for listening to my rant. I appreciate your attention.
And, Jay, shut up.
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amen, chuck! weather coverage and storm fearmongering are two different beasts. i wouldn’t care if cardosi and his network competition blocked off electrolysis info-mercials, the panic shadows the purpose. their industry suffers from potential malpractice or even worse, low ratings, when it comes to trotting out the pricey technology and having nothing but a downpour to show for it. jay and comrades, let us know when it’s time to take cover. see: dick gilbert