Wither, man?
01/03/07 19:29 Filed in: Media
Is it just me, or do you
watch the weather report on TV6 more carefully these days?
In response to CNC3's live and local weatherman, TV6 has returned to having the weather news delivered by a whole separate presenter instead of tacking the forecast onto the news menu.
Of course, separate for this news report isn't an exaggeration.
Joey Stevens is an Erie based weather reader for the WSEE channel who tapes special reports for Caribbean news stations after he's done with the "local" news.
Stevens is apparently not a meteorologist, but he plays one on TV, adopting a persona for his exported reports that is riveting in its tango with embarrassment.
I couldn't tell you a thing that Stevens says as he delivers his "localised" weather reports, but I'm continuously riveted by his unstinting effort to make it seem as if he's just back from looking out his window for a last check on the next day's climate.
He welcomes boaters to our shores as he gives the times for high and low tides, cautions partygoers to watch out for rain in the evening and cautions drivers not to drink over the long weekend.
It's hard to fault his earnestness to be seen as a helpful citizen of the countries he tapes these segments for, and even if I watch the TV6 weather report with an astonishment that Stevens works hard to earn, I've come to realise that I actually prefer this painfully ingratiating effort to the confident matter-of-fact readings that have tended to characterise news about tomorrow's cloud cover.
In response to CNC3's live and local weatherman, TV6 has returned to having the weather news delivered by a whole separate presenter instead of tacking the forecast onto the news menu.
Of course, separate for this news report isn't an exaggeration.
Joey Stevens is an Erie based weather reader for the WSEE channel who tapes special reports for Caribbean news stations after he's done with the "local" news.
Stevens is apparently not a meteorologist, but he plays one on TV, adopting a persona for his exported reports that is riveting in its tango with embarrassment.
I couldn't tell you a thing that Stevens says as he delivers his "localised" weather reports, but I'm continuously riveted by his unstinting effort to make it seem as if he's just back from looking out his window for a last check on the next day's climate.
He welcomes boaters to our shores as he gives the times for high and low tides, cautions partygoers to watch out for rain in the evening and cautions drivers not to drink over the long weekend.
It's hard to fault his earnestness to be seen as a helpful citizen of the countries he tapes these segments for, and even if I watch the TV6 weather report with an astonishment that Stevens works hard to earn, I've come to realise that I actually prefer this painfully ingratiating effort to the confident matter-of-fact readings that have tended to characterise news about tomorrow's cloud cover.