When you cross paths with someone you didn't know you crossed paths with before

[kaytieeldr]

Nah.....standard run of the mill DIS miracle that happened in December.

So, then, a DISember miracle?

 

[tvguy]

Are you a journalist?

Yes. 40 years. Old school, don't believe in the tabloid style that is the current industry and is favored by many viewers/readers.

 

[wvjules]

I thought you were an engineer or someone technical...at a TV station.

 

[NewRVLady]

I always thought TVguy, that you worked At a TVstation!

Because of your name...or maybe the hours you work? Something you posted

 

[Allison]

I thought you were an engineer or someone technical...at a TV station.

Me too. Well, not the technical part. I know he talks about working holidays and odd hours.

 

[kaytieeldr]

http://www.bing.com/search?pc=AMAZ&form=AMAZWB&setmkt=en-US&q=journalist+definition
jour·nal·ist
[ˈjərn(ə)ləst]

NOUN

1. a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.

 

[sam_gordon]

I always thought TVguy, that you worked At a TVstation!

Because of your name...or maybe the hours you work? Something you posted

You do know journalists work at TV stations, right? Who do you think does the newscasts?

 

[NHdisneylover]

I always got the impression that TV Guy was more in production or engineering than in the actual journalism side of the job too. I think partly because of a lot of comments about being in the production room with all the TVs, etc and partly, well, just based on how he posts about certain things, in ways which just don't feel like someone really trained in journalism (especially old school) would. Then again, I guess the DIS is not work, so why would he treat it like a journalist?!

 

[sam_gordon]

I always got the impression that TV Guy was more in production or engineering than in the actual journalism side of the job too. I think partly because of a lot of comments about being in the production room with all the TVs, etc and partly, well, just based on how he posts about certain things, in ways which just don't feel like someone really trained in journalism (especially old school) would. Then again, I guess the DIS is not work, so why would he treat it like a journalist?!

Speaking as someone who used to work in a TV Newsroom, there are TVs showing at least your competitors and yourself (if not some showing network news) and multiple scanners for police and fire dispatch (which I think TVGuy has mentioned before). Depending on his role, once the news is on air, he could actually be in the control room with a different set of monitors and noises.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Speaking as someone who used to work in a TV Newsroom, there are TVs showing at least your competitors and yourself (if not some showing network news) and multiple scanners for police and fire dispatch (which I think TVGuy has mentioned before). Depending on his role, once the news is on air, he could actually be in the control room with a different set of monitors and noises.

I am aware of that actually (I grew up with a dad who was a radio DJ but also worked a few year in TV news and two different stations)--i guess it was just that normally the comments about work are almost all technical (that I notice) which must have added up in my brain and given me the impression he worked on the technical end of things. and it was certainly in tandem with a posting style which did not feel very much like a journalist to me. I was just jumping in with the talk about where that impression came from--funny how several of us ended up with the same impression without any actual reason to get it----you just build up these impressions of regular posters over the years I guess.

Heck, my own dad was program manager and morning drive DJ at small radio station and end up doing all the engineering for several months when one person quit and it took a while to replace him--so I should realize someone can focus pretty heavily on both.

 

[sam_gordon]

I was on the more "technical" side of the newsroom, so maybe that's why his posts jumped out at me as "non technical". lol

 

[NewRVLady]

You do know journalists work at TV stations, right? Who do you think does the newscasts?

of course I do....he mentioned really long hours, so I visualized him as a tech or engineer. I know people who write for newspapers-they are not there for long hours AT THE STATION-they are out and about.

 

[declansdad]

I am aware of that actually (I grew up with a dad who was a radio DJ but also worked a few year in TV news and two different stations)--i guess it was just that normally the comments about work are almost all technical (that I notice) which must have added up in my brain and given me the impression he worked on the technical end of things. and it was certainly in tandem with a posting style which did not feel very much like a journalist to me. I was just jumping in with the talk about where that impression came from--funny how several of us ended up with the same impression without any actual reason to get it----you just build up these impressions of regular posters over the years I guess.

Heck, my own dad was program manager and morning drive DJ at small radio station and end up doing all the engineering for several months when one person quit and it took a while to replace him--so I should realize someone can focus pretty heavily on both.

I had the same impression as you.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I am aware of that actually (I grew up with a dad who was a radio DJ

Would he be anyone I might know? PM if you don't want to publicize

 

[NHdisneylover]

Would he be anyone I might know? PM if you don't want to publicize

I doubt it--he was last on a local Colorado radio station in the late 80s (after that he worked for a satellite station based out of Denver--owned by Jones cable company).
I think he kept doing weekend and fill in weatherr for channel 2 on through my highschool and maybe my college years though.

His on air name was Jeff Stone.

(that said, he was a pretty big deal in Dallas back when I was tiny---I ended up with a friend in high school whose dad was from Dallas and was all excited when he found out who my dad was, which was a weird feeling lol)