Weather can be changeable, turning from sunny to blustery. Two recent incidents on live television show that coworkers can get blustery, too—especially during weather forecasts.
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Don’t Do That While I’m Forecasting!
Ad Week’s “TVSpy” says when San Antonio station News4/WOAI’s Chief Meteorologist Albert Flores’s forecast ran into technical difficulties, he “threw it” back to coanchor Evy Ramos, who was caught on camera looking down and keying into her phone.
Realizing the camera was now on her, she was left open-mouthed and speechless. “Evy, don’t text and anchor,” quipped her coanchor, Randy Beamer. The three colleagues shared a laugh, but we wonder how funny the coworkers thought it was when the cameras were off. Beamer said later they were all caught off guard by the glitch.
Don’t Do That at All!
A week later, TVSpy had another instance of live collegial castigation. During Fox23/KOKI Tulsa continuous coverage of severe flooding in Oklahoma, Meteorologist James Aydelott publicly called out reporters for their dangerous behavior, something the station had been frequently telling viewers not to do.
According to Ad Age, after a live report, Aydelott said on air, “I want you people in the newsroom to get this message to the reporters right now: Tell them to stop driving in flooded roads.”
“We’re telling people not to do this, and our reporters are still doing it. They need to be where they are, stay there, set up a live shot, and be safe. Stop driving in flooded roads. It’s very dangerous!”
Now HRSBT usually advises that people not criticize colleagues in front of others. On live TV gives this advice a whole new dimension. Wonder how collegial the staffers are feeling after these incidents.