We were used to ABC TV having a permanent weekday news presenter. Long time Victorian newsreader Ian Henderson retired and handed over the baton to the two Marys, a job share kind of arrangement with one Mary presenting two nights a week and the other three nights a week. Then there was a permanent weekend newsreader.
Well the idea of a permanent newsreader has gone to hell. It could be anyone of about eight different people. That's fine in a way, as they are all competent at their jobs, but we've lost the trust and the reassurance we used to have by having one permanent trusted newsreader. It's all about the ?? I can't think of the right word. Maybe a trusted familiar comfort is a way to express the feeling.
Then there is the guessing game of whether there will be a dedicated weather presenter, or will the weather be presented by the newsreader?
ABC TV viewers and ABC radio listeners like consistency of presenters. We form an attachment to them. This applies to commercial media newsreaders too. Iskhandar Razak has almost become a permanent newsreader, and that's good.
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I haven't watched TV news in decades so I don't have an opinion. I was quite fond of Hugh Riminton.
ReplyDeleteThe ABC ain't what it was
I hardly watch the TV news now, as I am continually online for news. But I do really like Iskhander Razak. The new weather guy I can't take to; Paul Higgins was more reassuring.
ReplyDeleteI think you described the sentiment well. While I don't watch network news any longer, I still can picture certain familiar faces. In particular, meteorologist Dick Goddard's love of animals endeared us all.
ReplyDeleteBecause of your post, in fact, I just found a lovely 2020 obituary on a Cleveland, Ohio newspaper website. I didn't know he lived to the age of 89. It brought back a lot of memories, so thank you. Best wishes!
I haven’t watched our local ABC 7pm news for quite a while now. As you said, there isn’t a regular M-F news reader and I’m not going to take the chance of hearing the female (T…) who took over from Ian Henderson. Dislike her intensely.
ReplyDeleteSo we tend to click on 24 and enjoy Joe O’Brien even though it’s a national broadcast rather than local
I do remember reading a comment Paul Higgins had made just before he left about management going in a different direction. The BOM app serves its purpose well
A lot of different ways to get the news these days. That probably makes it hard for any TV newscaster to attain a following.
ReplyDeleteI feel that there to much news.
ReplyDeleteI think the days of cable news are over. I haven't watched in years. Streaming has beaten them all.
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