Quoted from morning man

If you think that was bad you should have caught the first 10 minutes of the 5:00 broadcast .... YIKES!

It was amazingly amateur. Trouble slate up. The two anchors fumbled like beginners. It sucked big time.

I suppose in defense of the anchors Jennifer and Scott we all know they're anything but amateurs but what the heck was transpiring that distracted them so? ... deer caught in the headlights comes to mind. It was uncomfortable to watch.

Hmm, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this. And thanks to Julie for coming in to give us the update.

If I was at A Channel, I'd consider it a big compliment that CHEK is now pretty much emulating their format in the 5-7 pm news package.

Has A's Island news half-hour at 6.30 been making ratings in-roads?  The new arrangement at CHEK has Julie Nolin going head -to-head with an Island-specific news package 6.30-7.

If you analyze the two stations from a qualitative standpoint, if it's Vancouver Island news you want, A wins hands down, just on the basis of the reporting talent deployed.

And their second-line anchors tower head-and-shoulders above CHEK's 'A' team (if you'll pardon the expression).

They fixed the lip sync issues for the Friday cast, but still many hiccups. That lost in the headlights delay because they send the feed to Vancouver then Calgary then who knows where else before it comes back to Victoria is a killer. Hope they can iron that out.

Reading this thread, I wonder if some of you (masterofnothing?) work at A News. I watched the greenwall launch and yes it was embarrassing, hard to watch. But Chek/Global it seems is a company investing in its future so it can continue to serve the views of vancouver island. My question is, how long can A News continue to do what it's doing?  A's rating are a quarter of CHEK's at best and they are so over-staffed it's ridiculous. And what's with this morning show? NOBODY watched the last one, and this one seems to be an unfortunate reincarnation of the first one.  Why don't they put some weekend news on?  I watch both stations, but on the weekend I watch CHEK and out of habit watch more CHEK during the week. A's biggest asset?? Cheryl Bloxham.  A real natural.  If CHEK had her I'd never watch 'A' again. I hear CHEK is looking for a 6:30/11 anchor.  They should go after Ms. Bloxham.

Quoted from tvvet

A is so over-staffed it's ridiculous.

You seriously think that? It was true maybe 5 years ago, but I've heard when any of the technical staff go on vacation now, they have no one to fill in.  That to me seems to be ridiculously under-staffed.

I agree they need to bring the weekend cast back, but maybe the morning show was somehow cheaper to produce?

They've just hired some more technical staff for the morning show so that will also give them some relief bodies.  What I really meant is that compared to CHEK, whose ratings are 4 times that of A News, A News has several more reporters and cameras, especially north of Victoria. How much longer can they afford this?  Especially since they are apparently giving away ad time. (I've heard this more than once)

CTV has deep pockets. I don't think local sales matters to A Channel.

Any screengrabs available for those of us who can't get CHEK so we can see what this new virtual set looks like?

Go to cheknews.ca and watch the newscasts there...