Ed Harding

Tornado warning in northern Worcester

adamg — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:54:11 +0000

Richard Beaubien captured twin lightning bolts hitting Bolton.

Maybe Leominster will still be with us in the morning. You know it's serious because Ed Harding on Channel 5 has his glasses down near the end of his nose.

Photo of the storm cell's edge.

Katken photographed a bolt over the Arboretum, after the storm moved southeast.

Johnmcboston photographed lightning over the South End.

Photos copyright Richard Beaubien, Katken and Johnmcboston, respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Ed Harding ordered to go home before he infects entire newsroom

adamg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:46:28 +0000

The Channel 5 anchor finally went too far tonight with his dedication to his job (which in the past has included working both morning and evening shifts and coming in on weekends): He gamely tried doing the news with a bad sore throat (which made him sound like he'd been huffing helium), but around 5:40, Heather Unruh stuck a mug and a bottle of honey in front of him and announced he had to go home immediately - and that they'd brought in Liz Bruner to fill in.

Why newscasters care so much about their hair

adamg — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:49:37 +0000

Because you do. Well, some of you, at any rate.

Over at Channel 4, David Wade reports on a "news tip" Channel 4 got from a regular viewer this morning:

... FYI to David W. Don't mean to be mean, but your hair needs a little help this AM. It's not very flattering when you look straight on at the camera :( ...

Oh, as long as we're on the vanity issue, mad props to Ed Harding for being cool enough to let Chronicle last night show the box he uses to stand on for those standing shots in front of the anchordesk.

Bantering even when the camera's off

adamg — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:54:56 +0000

Brian reports that instead of seeing the ending of "Eli Stone" last night, Channel 5 viewers got to listen to pre-newscast banter:

We caught Ed Harding and the weatherman making jokes, smalltalk and discussing a baseball game. The latter practiced his weather tease three times.

LUCKILY, and I do mean luckily, Harding and the rest of the news team seemingly kept the language clean, didn't criticize anybody or say anything incriminating. ...

The Yiddish weather report

adamg — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:17:15 +0000

On Channel 5, Ed Harding just promised that Harvey Leonard would explain "that clump of shmutz coming our way."

Harv started his weather forecast and, when some giant blob of clouds came on the screen behind him, said: "And that SHMUTZ that Ed referred to earlier, well, here it is."

She says no, no to Sox scratch tickets

adamg — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:29:53 +0000

Don't ask the Boston Gal to pick up any of the new $5 Sox scratch tickets for you:

... [M]y beloved Boston Red Sox have sold their soul to the Massachusetts State Lottery by teaming up with them with this scratch ticket which will "offer a mix of killer ticket deals, cash prizes and Sox paraphernalia."

Why do I get the feeling this move will be as bad for Red Sox Nation as the Musical No,No, Nanette?Why do I get the feeling this move will be as bad for Red Sox Nation as the Musical No, No, Nanette? ...

Grumpy media question: If the tickets don't go on sale until next month, what was Ed Harding doing scratching one off on the Channel 5 late news last night? Does the lottery favor certain people with free tickets now? What if he'd won lifetime Sox tickets?

Bonus grumpy political question: How many photos of Treasurer Tim Cahill, and how many mentions of his name can you find on this Lottery Commission page? Why not just rename it the Treasurer Tim Retirement Fund and Lottery Commission?

Also see:
Why stop at lottery tickets?

How local TV news sucks

adamg — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:51:52 +0000

Things that Suck decrees that one thing that sucks is local newscasts pimping for shows on their networks:

... Channel 4 just did a little report on Boston connections to the new season of Survivor, which of course just had its season premier tonight on CBS. The Apprentice is always news on Channel 7. Ed Harding gets all giddy talking about the happenings on Desperate Houswives. When Barbara Walters has done some lame interview on 20/20, it's news at 11 on Channel 5. Hardly a day goes by when there is not a least one story that is nothing more than a shameless plug. ...