Channel 38

Back when Channel 38 was good

adamg — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:09:11 -0400

Just check out the lineup on this 1985 Channel 38 promo, posted by Tallboyyyy:

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Bob Lobel delivered the weather?

adamg — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:40:57 -0500

No, me neither. But apparently, Channel 38 thinks somebody has, because Lobel and weatherdude Ken Barlow are swapping jobs for the next couple of nights on the 9:30 p.m. news, Jesse Noyes reports.

Hot news

adamg — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:48:58 -0500

On Irregahdless, Andrew Teman ranks local anchorwomen on their hotness (which, of course, leaves open the question of who will be the first to rank the anchormen, which leads to the question of who remembers the ill-fated pairing of the Anchorhunk and the Anchorette as an attempt to combat the Anchorcouple way back when).

Boston's worst newscast

adamg — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:33:57 -0400

Cranky says that despite some tough competition, Channel 38's 9:30 newscast is the Hoover of local reportage:

... Looks like they just went to Home Depot and loaded up on stuff out of the clearance bin. I think those are metal wall studs sticking out of the anchors heads. Even the widescreen TV that the weather is presented on looks like the weekly loss-leader special at Best Buy.

The news script is just painful to listen to. Sara Underwood, while still somewhat of a babe, is so dumb she makes Maria Stephanos look like a Rhodes Scholar. ...

As long as they don't change Channel 56's call letters

adamg — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:57:14 -0400

Because WLVI is just too perfect. In any case:

Dan Kennedy ponders the growing ownership concentration among local TV stations:

... The Boston TV market isn't going to become any less local -- but it is about to get more concentrated and less diverse. That's bad news you're not likely to see on 7 or 56. ...

Great. That's just what we need. More of the same, frets Steve Garfield, who wants Channel 38 to bring back Ask the Manager.

Brian Kane recalls Channel 56 and Channel 38 back in the days when you still needed to adjust that silly round antenna to get them.

With Channel 38 going independent, should it bring back Dana Hersey?

adamg — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:52:38 -0500

* Yes\n* No\n* Who?\n* Huh?\n* \n