Looks like Krebs used a big time TV commercial director to make her ads
l3wis Sometimes copying other great TV commercials is the KEY. Bravo Shantel.
May 2018
What does the KSFY/KDLT merger mean for local TV news?
I’m sure Gray (the owners of KSFY and soon to be owners of KDLT) will argue that having the two news teams in the same studios will make them better. Ah, I’m not so sure.
Not only do I expect layoffs of some of the top anchors and low rung videographers (rumor has it that Tom and Brian are going to have a cage match to determine who is top dog anchor person, or is it a hot dog eating contest? Can’t remember.) you will see some staff changes.
I think Gray should put up a public comment page on their website and let the public decide who to keep and who to let go. They should also let the public pick which personalities will do the NBC local news and who will do the ABC local news. I also think they should have their field reporters working for both stations.
But the bigger question I have is will both entities just do the same stories? I know what you are thinking, they already do. While I haven’t had television in my home for over 6 years, I do go to the websites and watch vids or livestream it sometimes. Both websites could use improvements.
Another question is how will this affect the real top dog in local TV news, Stormland-TV? Will they lose advertisers? Will Angela be forced to do real investigative stories instead chasing white trash skanks around stealing buffet cards?
It will be interesting to watch the transformation. And by the way, if you would like any suggestions on that possible termination list, shoot me an email Jim, I have some ideas.
I should probably say something about Sylvia Henkin
I figured I would let all the TV stations do their 10 million stories about Sylvia (that are all the same) before I put in my two-cents. Surprisingly they probably did twice as many stories about Metli than they did about Sylvia.
I didn’t know Sylvia personally, but have attended a couple of private parties she was at and I would always discuss her latest cigar box purse when she would attend the Symphony (I was the lead usher at the Pavilion). She was always pleasant to talk to and usually had a quip about something.
I used to work with Denny Oviatt, a long time employee of Sylvia’s. He told me while Sylvia could be kind of tough on her employees the one thing he appreciated about her was when you were in her crosshairs for work performance, she wouldn’t let the issue stew. Denny said she would call you in her office right away, let you have it, then it was over. He said she would never hold a grudge or be vindictive, he said she would just tell you to go back to work.
She will be missed.
Shouldn’t we be striving to put the Banquet out of business?
During the Mayoral Forums, something TenHaken said resonated with me. When asked to look back on 8 years as mayor, what would he like to see as accomplishments. Paul said that he wanted to close The Bishop Dudley, The Banquet and Feeding South Dakota. He essentially wanted to ‘put them out of business’ because they wouldn’t be needed anymore.
Loetscher expressed similar goals early in her campaign when she had a FB discussion with a homeless advocate from Houston who is making big gains in ending homelessness there.
Whether Loetscher or TenHaken understand what kind of monumental task that will be, I don’t know. But it is possible and should be attainable.
It often frustrates me when I see ribbon cuttings and press conferences about expanding different facilities. I often scratch my head when I see local businesses giving to these organizations than some of these same businesses paying such low wages their own employees must use the facilities. Seems counterproductive.
As I have said in the past, we don’t have a housing or even a hunger issue in Sioux Falls, we have a wage issue.
Billie Sutton interview, 4/28/2018
I really enjoyed this interview. I wasn’t really sold on Billie, but after this interview, I felt I could trust him. He really knows the issues, and I can’t wait for him to take on his Republican opponent.