QLD bulletin airing as normal
Itâs an absolute joke, isnât it? For all their faults (and there are more than a few), NBN News absolutely has the right philosophy by not seeing coverage of major stories like the terror attacks in Christchurch as being too big to present themselves.
Mind you, Nine News Sydney shouldnât be let completely off the hook. Now donât get me wrong, thereâs not doubt that Deborah Knight wouldâve done a good job at covering todayâs events in New Zealand. But at the same time, surely I canât be the only one whoâs thinking how much better it wouldâve been if TCN had Peter Overton presenting tonightâs bulletin (even if it was say, Pete & Deb together) and/or additional coverage?
victoria bullentin aired as normal
I wonder who makes the call in Nine/TCN/Southern Cross as to when the Regional NSW defers to its Sydney counterpart.
Clearly whoever is in control in Queensland and Victoria has more faith in their product.
This happened last night. The bulletin has been running for two years and they canât get the name of the third largest city in NSW and largest regional SCA news market correct.
Nor pronunciations of Wolongong suburbs.
And this is why theyâre not able to handle news bigger than a council meeting.
Even the council meeting might be a stretch.
For some ridiculous reason, promos for Nine News Riverina have been airing frequently here in the Illawarra over the past few days. I just saw one air during an ad-break for Today. Itâs such a pathetic news serviceâŚ
the reporters face says it all reallyâŚ
And we wonder why TCN doesnât have the confidence in their SNSW/ACT team to headline major events, preferring to cross to ânetwork coverageâ instead.
How is it the regional team based out of the networkâs own national headquarters appear to be of a lesser quality than their interstate counterparts for RVIC and RQLD? Youâd think the SNSW/ACT team would be the crème de la crème of the three regional teams, right?
It probably doesnât help Nineâs Southern NSW/ACT bulletins that their main newsreader is Vanessa OâHanlon rather than a more familiar face/voice in the market like Danielle Post or Natassia Apolloni. Or if either of those presenters donât want to anchor Nineâs SNSW/ACT bulletins, why donât they try and poach someone from WIN like Amy Duggan or Tanya Dendrinos?
Nine seems to have the right idea for Regional Queensland with ex-WIN presenters Paul Taylor, Samantha Heathwood & Paul Murphy on their team up there.
Iâd probably say that the âcrème de la crèmeâ of Nine & affiliated regional teams is actually NBN. But of course there seems to be some weird thing between them and TCN which seemingly will never result in them always working together, even though both are strong legacy stations/news services in their respective markets.
I was intending to refer more to just the three SNSW/RVIC/RQLD âNine News Regionalâ bulletin sets that were launched in 2017. You wouldâve thought that with TCN being Nineâs HQ and premier station theyâd employ the better people for the regional bulletins and be ahead of their interstate counterparts in that respect.
NBN is really more of its own thing and has decades of legacy service behind it as well. Though it would serve them well to integrate better with the network (sharing journos, etc.)
I was intending to refer more to just the three SNSW/RVIC/RQLD âNine News Regionalâ bulletin sets that were launched in 2017. You wouldâve thought that with TCN being Nineâs HQ and premier station theyâd employ the better people for the regional bulletins and be ahead of their interstate counterparts in that respect.
I completely agree that Nineâs Southern NSW/ACT bulletins should be produced a lot better than they are. Not only because theyâre based out of network flagship TCN, but also because both the Canberra & Illawarra markets are two of the most populated in regional Australia.
The Gold Coast with 600k is getting semi-metro quality bulletins from both Nine and Seven. With the Canberra & the Illawarra markets both having populations over 500k, I think itâd be quite reasonable for local viewers to demand production standards for Nine News Canberra & Illawarra at/near the levels of Nine Gold Coast News.
NBN is really more of its own thing and has decades of legacy service behind it as well. Though it would serve them well to integrate better with the network (sharing journos, etc.)
Thatâs true but itâs still a shining beacon of what Nine Newsâ regional bulletins can/should be, particularly in Southern NSW/ACT.
Realistically I know theyâre probably more likely to shift the presentation of NBN News to North Sydney, but Nine needs to look at having all elements of the Southern NSW/ACT regional bulletins presented in Newcastle (surely a large enough regional city to attract presenting talent to?) when NBN eventually moves to their new facilities IMO.
Realistically I know theyâre probably more likely to shift the presentation of NBN News to North Sydney, but Nine needs to look at having all elements of the Southern NSW/ACT regional bulletins presented in Newcastle (surely a large enough regional city to attract presenting talent to?) when NBN eventually moves to their new facilities IMO.
I think many here safely share a similar opinion.
Here in Townsville,
Average overnight temperature at this time of year: 20.6°C
Overnight temperature last night: 24.2°C
Tonightâs cross to weather preview:
Paul: âNicole, can we expect the cold snap to continue?â
Did someone at Nine News Regional QLD/Darwin accidentally get the script for tonightâs Nine News Sydney weather preview?
Monday -
Dougal Beatty presented in Victoria.
And the same tonightâŚWhat happened to jo hall?