Wysocki Done at KPTM

Meteorologist Dean Wysocki, who was being shoved aside for a new meteorologist (former KETV weathercaster Tyson Pearsall) had been scheduled to remain at the station through September 10th (as reported last week in a Lincoln Journal-Star article). It turns out, however, that Wysocki's last broadcast was Friday, probably due to comments attributed to him in the aformentioned article and in Sean

Tipped

According to a heretofore reliable source . . .

• Matt Seigel has submitted his resignation at Channel 3rd after being passed over for the sports director position there. Word is that 3rd has filled the SD spot with another guy named Travis.

• KETVNewswatchSeven Sports Director John Schuetz has turned in his resignation, too.

If This Were "The Price Is Right," He'd Lose for Over-Bidding

In Tuesday's episode of "TRAV'S TELEPROMPTER SCRIPT," Travis Justice refers to himself as "an average citizen of Omaha." No wonder people in Elkhorn don't want to be Omahans.

Channel 6 Comes Charging Back in Battle for Stupid Sweeps Stories Crown

Today viewers are being hit with promos for Mike McKnight's "investigation" of police "stop sticks," in which we're told we'll get to see "actual video of a police chase!" Also, the station is hyping the snot out of Jim Flowers' "Precision Winter Forecast." We defy anyone to show us a more worthless weather "feature" than Jim wandering out to the weather porch to see whether his shadow appears.

Wednesday Evening Notes

• KETV is featuring new openings on its newscasts, displaying its anchors in waist-up shots against a mainly white background. Snazzy, and a big improvement over what anyone else in town is doing.• This week, hit-and-miss anchor Pat Persaud spiced up our dinner with reports of herpangina (mouth sores) and Fifth's Disease (skin rash) in her weekly "What's Going Around" feature on Channel 6.• It's

And Such a Little Pisher

Poor Tyson Pearsall. First, he must've lost a bet—how else does a guy end up as Chief Meteorologist at KPTM? Then they go and put a picture of him on the station website that makes him look like a 13-year-old Irving R. Levine, all dressed up for a visit to his Aunt Doris' house in Queens. Oy.EDITOR'S NOTE: The reference to Irving R. Levine has been removed in response to complaints from readers

Numbers

Happy New Year.

Since today is 1/1/11, we can only wonder how long it will take local newspaper columnist Mike Kelly to cobble together some bizarre anecdote about someone celebrating a first birthday (turning one) today, weighing 1,111 pounds, or living at 111 South 11th Street.

Revisiting Our Identity Crisis

We've discussed this before, both on this page and in dozens of emails. The last time we addressed the issue in a post (back in February), we were averaging just over 100 readers per day. With current levels reaching about ten times that figure, this might be a good time to restate a few things.First, let's look at what we wrote back on 2/25:Omaha is too small a town to write this sort of stuff

Veronica Todd Outta There

File this in the "Improvements" folder: Superfluous KETV morning dizzy blond Veronica Todd is no longer working for the station. Her last day was Friday.According to a source at Channel 7, Todd told management she had too many commitments (appearing in TV ads, etc.) to keep up with the schedule. Yeah, finding time to locate one item on the internet every half hour and talk about it for thirty

Peter Jennings Diagnosed with Lung Cancer

ABC made the announcement today.ABC Says Peter Jennings Has Lung Cancer [ABC/AP]Internal ABC Memo on Jennings [Drudge]