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Post by mcdadenets50 on Aug 21, 2005 19:28:03 GMT -6
Not sure if many watch local news but I think this sucks. WTMJ switches channels on its sports anchors Starting next week, WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) will offer its restructured sports department which calls for Lance Allan to replace Kevin Hunt as the sports anchor for the station's 6 and 10 p.m. weeknight newscasts. Hunt, who has a contract with the station through the end of the year, will continue with the station but in a diminished role. www.jsonline.com/sports/gen/aug05/349348.aspKevin Hunt is unique. Other local sportscasters are a dime a dozen.
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Post by PantherLou on Aug 22, 2005 8:53:52 GMT -6
Agree. IMO, Hunt is the best of the bunch. Lance Allen is OK, but then again, so is vanilla ice cream.
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Post by 2543nick on Aug 22, 2005 11:50:19 GMT -6
This really is too bad. My buddies and I got drunk with Hunt at a bar in Cleveland the night before the BC game. He was a great guy and deserves better than this.
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Post by pnthr30 on Aug 22, 2005 12:28:57 GMT -6
Personally, I don't really like Hunt - I would change the channel as soon as he started blabbering. IMHO he is like Bill Walton....painful to listen to/watch and I will/would only do it as a last resort. Other sportscasters may be "a dime a dozen" but at least I can stand them. Hunt was not getting paid to try and be funny, he was paid to be a sportscaster - a job in which he did an average job at. I am not saying KH is a bad guy, I just didn't like his "style". Lance, on the other hand, may be a bit more laid back, but he is a good guy, and will do a fine job.
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Post by Hack on Aug 22, 2005 12:50:25 GMT -6
This move was long overdue. Give me the information without having to be cute or clever. There's no need to pattern yourself after the sh*t that's on SportsCenter.
At least TMJ got it right this time ... should have got it right last time, but rather it decided to sh*tcan Dennis Krause and send him over to radio.
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Post by nohopspanther on Aug 22, 2005 23:28:23 GMT -6
I can't fathom anyone who has met Lance Allan saying this is a good move. Goodbye TMJ 4 sports. Eric Weber is the equivalent of boom goes the dynamite, while Lance is merely clueless, bland and a jag-off in person.
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Post by pnthr30 on Aug 23, 2005 7:26:07 GMT -6
I don't think it is a great move by TMJ, but it is understandable - and not a "bad" move. Lance will appeal to a much wider viewership due his laid back nature - Hunt was just to corny for the masses. As hard as it may be to understand (especially for us sports nuts), many people do like mundane/average - they just want someone to tell them what happened, not try to be a side show act.........IMO Lance can do this. On a side, I've spent a bit of time with Lance, and I think he is a decent guy.
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Post by Hack on Aug 23, 2005 7:41:10 GMT -6
I agree. I've had several encounters and conversations with Allan in my previous line of work and never came across as a "jag-off." A very nice person to shoot the sh*t with.
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Post by fan22 on Aug 24, 2005 9:42:38 GMT -6
I am a huge local news buff, and I am extremely upset with this move. I think I am going to write a letter to tmj-4. They are absolutely nuts over there. First, Eric Weber is a c***y asshole that is too brash and too cool. Lance Allen is ok, but Kevin Hunt ran Packers Extra and had great personality and the chemistry with John Malan was an intrigual part of the 10:00 broadcast. Kevin Hunt is the best news broadcaster out of all the channels. If ch.4 was smart and wanted to replace people on the 6 and 10 report they would have gotten rid of Carolyn Meekins and replace her with Claudia Coffey.
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Aug 24, 2005 11:07:28 GMT -6
First, Eric Weber is a c***y asshole that is too brash and too cool. Weber will be gone very shortly. If you are happy or unhappy about Kevin Hunt's move, let these guys know: General Manager Mark Strachota: strachota@todaystmj4.com News Director Bill Berra: bberra@todaystmj4.com
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Dec 20, 2005 22:42:54 GMT -6
A. I can't believe Weber is still around. I hear he's on a month to month contract. B. Lance Allan has become unwatchable. He used to be the no frills just the news guy. He gets Kevin Hunt's spot and tries to be Kevin Hunt. I've seen him wrestle on air, attack Malan, cry into tissues, dance, get bumrushed by fake fans ala the sportscaster that ripped on the local soccer team somewhere in South America only to get mobbed on camera, etc. all in the last two weeks. I'm sure there is much more but I usually turn the channel.
Lance Allan is horrible at being Kevin Hunt.
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Post by JimmyLemke on Dec 20, 2005 22:58:17 GMT -6
I thought Kevin Hunt did a fine job as sports anchor.
I don't have a problem with any of our local sportscasters. Rock Rote at CBS is a good guy.
I, however, always preferred Dan Needles on WISN 12. He always seems to know what he is doing.
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Dec 21, 2005 6:49:47 GMT -6
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Post by milwsport on Dec 21, 2005 21:55:55 GMT -6
I liked Kevin Hunt, a lot. But I'm sure TMJ did some focus groups or surveys and decided this was the move to make.
With 58's stellar support of the Panthers I'll probably start watching them now anyway
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Post by Pantherholic on Dec 24, 2005 13:30:36 GMT -6
good to see he was able to land a better gig than what he was gonna get here.
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