KTVU is one part news and one part nostalgia for me. Growing up in Oakland, it was the station for news, but it also had stories about the city and the people/businesses in the city. Having moved away from Oakland for close to two decades, I still enjoy watching KTVU for the stories about Oakland.
Same here. KTVU has been at Jack London Square forever. I remember when JLS had a magic shop and an Old Spaghetti Factory. It was a cool area in the 80s.
Agreed and that's true of all of them. Just today I watched KPIX make an ass of itself trying to cover a breaking news 4-alarm warehouse fire. No one knew what they were doing. I felt like I was watching a high school closed circuit TV program.
KTVU tries to sound hip and cool by referring to Oakland as "The Town." Ironic, considering that the minute they open their mouths, it becomes painfully clear that no one there seems to know the first thing about Oakland—its geography, its communities, or its culture. They toss around the nickname like it gives them street cred, yet their coverage often reveals a surface-level understanding at best, and at worst, a disconnect from the very city they claim to represent. It’s performative branding without the substance to back it up.
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KTVU is one part news and one part nostalgia for me. Growing up in Oakland, it was the station for news, but it also had stories about the city and the people/businesses in the city. Having moved away from Oakland for close to two decades, I still enjoy watching KTVU for the stories about Oakland.
ReplyDeleteSame here. KTVU has been at Jack London Square forever. I remember when JLS had a magic shop and an Old Spaghetti Factory. It was a cool area in the 80s.
DeleteI find it unwatchable in its current form. Not what it used to be.
ReplyDeleteAgreed and that's true of all of them. Just today I watched KPIX make an ass of itself trying to cover a breaking news 4-alarm warehouse fire. No one knew what they were doing. I felt like I was watching a high school closed circuit TV program.
DeleteKTVU tries to sound hip and cool by referring to Oakland as "The Town." Ironic, considering that the minute they open their mouths, it becomes painfully clear that no one there seems to know the first thing about Oakland—its geography, its communities, or its culture. They toss around the nickname like it gives them street cred, yet their coverage often reveals a surface-level understanding at best, and at worst, a disconnect from the very city they claim to represent. It’s performative branding without the substance to back it up.
ReplyDeleteWhat do they have to "know"? How to hip-hop dance?
Delete@ 1130 Hahahahaha! Thanks, you made my day! Hahahaha!
Delete7:48, I’ve noticed the same. It’s especially obnoxious when Gasia or Frank Mallicoat say the town.
DeleteI'm glad they hired a new young meterologist. Them old hags are horrible.
ReplyDelete@ 8:20 You know they call "people" like you? Narcissistic and inhuman, I concur
DeleteBoomers got to go.
DeleteBring back I Love Lucy, The Streets of San Francisco, Room222 and Creature Feature.
ReplyDeleteI’d watch. Karen Valentine was America’s sweetheart for a few years in the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s.
DeleteI grew up with KTVU, Dialing for Dollars, Capt Kangaroo etc, great memories
ReplyDeleteRich, will you be issuing a comment or doing a broadcast about Devon, KTVU’s new meteorologist who looks and sounds like she’s about 22 years old?
ReplyDeleteCome on Man! Charley & Humphrey!
ReplyDeleteHi Rich,
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