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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #180 on: December 01, 2008, 01:50:28 AM »
I can confirm Chris Hoitsma is no longer at The Weather Channel. I sent an email to him asking about the December playlist, and got this auto-response:

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #181 on: December 01, 2008, 07:39:28 AM »
Speaking of the radio division, TWC had been the provider for WGN Radio in Chicago, but while I was traveling today, I heard Jim Ramsey from WGN-TV giving the forecast instead. I'm assuming TWC has pulled out of WGN Radio...

...so is the whole TWC Radio division pretty much gone?

Yeah, pretty much. What I heard is that it took a huge hit, and that most of the radio staff are gone.  :yes:

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #182 on: December 01, 2008, 09:04:33 AM »
Wasn't Jorma Duran let go? He's still on as of this morning. :huh:
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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #183 on: December 01, 2008, 09:10:40 AM »
I'm hearing that CNBC's going to get cuts too. It sounds more like a GE-related thing than a TWC-related thing. Remember, GE has a budget shortfall, which affects NBCU, which affects TWC.

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #184 on: December 01, 2008, 09:35:34 AM »
Wasn't Jorma Duran let go? He's still on as of this morning. :huh:
Same with Tetiana Anderson; she was on this morning, too.
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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #185 on: December 01, 2008, 09:48:23 AM »
Duran appeared on MSNBC this morning in TWC winter storm gear.

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #186 on: December 01, 2008, 10:56:34 AM »
TWC just updated the Bios page and Schwartz, Lemke and Deon are indeed gone. However it appears that the Forecast Earth staff as well as Jeff Mielcarz, Tetiana Anderson and Jorma Duran remain for now.

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #187 on: December 01, 2008, 11:14:22 AM »
Maybe their layoffs take effect at a later date.  :yes:

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #188 on: December 02, 2008, 10:23:36 AM »
I have some updated information just in from Patrick. First, Jorma Duran and Tetiana Anderson DO remain for now, but he tells me that he's sure they'll be gone before long, since NBC has more than enough field crews of their own and will most certainly get rid of TWC's field reporters.

He tells me also that Road Crew AND Jeff Mielcarz have been canned from the information he's gotten.

He says that the radio side did not get hit as hard as once thought, and in fact did not get hit very hard at all. He also tells me that he spoke with former PR rep Kathy Lane who told him that FE is gone, but that Heidi Cullen was retained. He says he does not know for what purpose yet.

Finally, he says that he feels quite sure that as NBC continues to settle in we'll see more layoffs.

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #189 on: December 02, 2008, 12:25:11 PM »
Dont know if it was posted or not but http://www.weather.com/tv/personalities/ has been updated :cry: Bye Dave

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #190 on: December 02, 2008, 06:05:27 PM »
Where will the 3 OCms who got laid off, now work? Will they be meterologists at local TV stations or take other positions besides weather?

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #191 on: December 02, 2008, 07:35:06 PM »
Where will the 3 OCms who got laid off, now work? Will they be meterologists at local TV stations or take other positions besides weather?
How are we suppose to know?  :whistling:

It would be nice if they were able to take a TV job somewhere else, but maybe they are ready to go elsewhere with there lives.  We'll have to wait and see if anyone shows up somewhere else :yes:

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #192 on: December 02, 2008, 08:55:56 PM »
Dave used to be in the psychology field, so perhaps he'll go back there.  :yes:

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #193 on: December 02, 2008, 09:03:38 PM »
I wish Dave were to go here since this is where he originated and where his hometown his, but I doubt it.

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Re: TWC Lays off Staff
« Reply #194 on: December 03, 2008, 11:45:28 PM »
I see Matt suddenly put up a tribute to Dave Schwartz. And as I suspected, most of the videos are from MY era.

What a loser. On the other hand, if he's got to run out and slap together shit like this he must be feeling pretty desperate for attention. And speaking of desperation, people don't like it. I know that from experience.

Oh, and did I mention he was a total loser?  :rofl:
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