Same Song, 42nd Verse: Revolving Door Spinning Again at KPTM

The station that stability forgot, Omaha's Fox42, is going through more turmoil. The latest involves the impending departure of meteorologist Dean Wysocki, who is to be replaced June 27th by (we think) former KETVer Tyson Pearsall. Rather than be relegated to weekends, Wysocki has chosen to leave.His exit is the latest in a string of changes over the past several months, including the departures

Junk

Sometimes, we get the feeling that someone at SuxNews does this stuff just to get us to write about their sorry operation.


This is a screencap of a story awaiting viewers at at the SuxNews Facebook page. 


Our only gripe is that the face above the caption isn't that of J-Pa Knicely, Jimmy Thiedlecki, Brian Mastre, or Justin Joseph.

Exploitation

Two of the features on the inexplicable website set up for former anchor Pat Persaud on the Channel Sux "web channel" remind us that no one in Omaha broadcasting has ever been more willing to pimp out her family to further her career (if you consider her stupid little website an extension of her career, of course)."Pat's Personal Pics" includes lots of snapshots of her kids standing with tennis

Merit

We go through this every so often, but it's been a while.


From time to time, what typically happens is that we make comments about someone's on-air work or goofy affectation and we're deluged with emails saying things like, "But he's a really nice guy," or "She looks great."


Therefore, we'll say it again. The perspective we offer here is that of the viewer, and our comments are based on the

The Fantastic Four...If You Count FUBAR

Here to protect us? Good god. What have we done to deserve this?

Exit

For those of you who've been wondering what became of KETV reporter and weekend morning anchor Marla Rabe, sources tell us that she has not only left the building, she has left the biz. There's something about more money and better hours that attracts people. 


No word on the nature of her new career.


Rabe's departure is a loss for the station, which has done a good job in recent years of

Can't a Guy Just Have the Newsplex to Himself for Once?

Another of our alert readers poses an interesting question: Why is it that when KETV anchor Rob McCartney has the night off, Julie Cornell usually solos, but when Julie is gone, McCartney almost always gets a substitute co-anchor? This week, for example, McCartney was accompanied by stiff-as-a-board Suzanne Deyo on Monday and Tuesday, and by Brandi Petersen on Wednesday and Thursday. What is the

1000 Words

Our new favorite alert reader calls himself Joey and his screen captures of some of SuxNews's most representative moments make us laugh every time we see them.

Check 'em out here on photobucket, and do yourself a favor by subscribing to the RSS feed. Don't forget to read Joey's captions, which make the pics even better.

Happy New Year!

Spray

It only occurred to us this morning how comical it is to hear SuxNews morning boob Jimmy Thiedlecki say "Top Thickth Litht" (that's "Top Six List" for those of you who don't speak or read Thiedleckese).

KETV's Other Disaster: Laura Liggett

There are times when we wonder if KETV hasn't outsourced its hiring to WOWT. The well-documented joke that is Farah "Fubar" Fazal is Exhibit A. Exhibit B is Laura Liggett.Liggett is nearly as awful as Fubar, only considerably easier to watch and with a more pleasant voice, which is great, as long as you don't want any information. Near the end of the 5 p.m. newscast on Thursday, anchors Rob