This should be quite a year of reflection for me. Over the next few months, I turn 50 years old. I celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary (on the same day I turn 50
. ABC 33/40 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the combined station signing on the air. And, I will celebrate the 28th anniversary of my first television weathercast (that first weathercast was done on WCFT-TV, Channel 33, in Tuscaloosa, which is now part of ABC 33/40).
I guess all of this means I am getting old. Funny, it seems just like yesterday I was playing “top 40” records on WTBC radio in Tuscaloosa as a teenager in the 1970s. I left WTBC in 1978 when I was offered the TV job at Channel 33, which was actually a combination of some weather, news, sports, camera work, and everything else. I had no idea then I would be going weather on Channel 33 twenty eight years later in 2006 (of course, I spend years away from Channel 33 while at Channels 13 and 6 in Birmingham, and at Channel 4 in Dallas). I feel like I have never had a real job. I have never had a resume, or filled out a job application. I have never been anything but delighted with my career, and I still enjoy coming to work daily. Sometimes it seems like everyone else in the world is griping about their job but me.
Our industry is changing, but that in itself is nothing new. Change can be exciting, and needs to be embraced. It is the only way we can get better. Back in the 70s, I played vinyl records on an AM radio station. That all went away soon after I left. Now, the television business is changing, and will never be the same. As we move to multiple digital distribution outlets, I must understand the only idea of doing the weather at 5, 6, and 10:00 weeknights is over. Sure, those newscasts are still very important, but we are in a 24/7 world of weather “on demand”. More work on us, but it is great fun.
Today, we introduce ABC 33/40 news, weather, and sports "on the go" for iPod users. You can get video updates on iTunes (just search the podcast section for ABC 33/40). I am even putting our daily map discussion video product on iTunes for those that want to watch it anywhere.
To celebrate this, we will be giving away video iPods on ABC 33/40 newscasts during the next four weeks.
Yes, times are changing. But, it is a good change for all of us!
. ABC 33/40 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the combined station signing on the air. And, I will celebrate the 28th anniversary of my first television weathercast (that first weathercast was done on WCFT-TV, Channel 33, in Tuscaloosa, which is now part of ABC 33/40).I guess all of this means I am getting old. Funny, it seems just like yesterday I was playing “top 40” records on WTBC radio in Tuscaloosa as a teenager in the 1970s. I left WTBC in 1978 when I was offered the TV job at Channel 33, which was actually a combination of some weather, news, sports, camera work, and everything else. I had no idea then I would be going weather on Channel 33 twenty eight years later in 2006 (of course, I spend years away from Channel 33 while at Channels 13 and 6 in Birmingham, and at Channel 4 in Dallas). I feel like I have never had a real job. I have never had a resume, or filled out a job application. I have never been anything but delighted with my career, and I still enjoy coming to work daily. Sometimes it seems like everyone else in the world is griping about their job but me.
Our industry is changing, but that in itself is nothing new. Change can be exciting, and needs to be embraced. It is the only way we can get better. Back in the 70s, I played vinyl records on an AM radio station. That all went away soon after I left. Now, the television business is changing, and will never be the same. As we move to multiple digital distribution outlets, I must understand the only idea of doing the weather at 5, 6, and 10:00 weeknights is over. Sure, those newscasts are still very important, but we are in a 24/7 world of weather “on demand”. More work on us, but it is great fun.
Today, we introduce ABC 33/40 news, weather, and sports "on the go" for iPod users. You can get video updates on iTunes (just search the podcast section for ABC 33/40). I am even putting our daily map discussion video product on iTunes for those that want to watch it anywhere.
To celebrate this, we will be giving away video iPods on ABC 33/40 newscasts during the next four weeks.
Yes, times are changing. But, it is a good change for all of us!
forecast from the NWS.
on April 26, 2006, 8:24 pm
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