KIRO pulled in their three major anchors Saturday night after UW crushed WSU in the Apple Cup, Elle and Monique at the desk, Horcher and Eric Thomas were at the wall for highlights and stats. Thomas did the heavy lifting on the game clips Another reporter was posted, as usual, talking to lubricated fans at a local pub, and later we got a live on tape from KHQ sports guy Noah Boelter in Pullman after the half hour break (really? You couldn't send a KIRO reporter?). Also, there was a history piece with Horcher. Eight minutes of coverage off the top. As we thought, they front-loaded the lead block and kept extra coverage sprinkled throughout the hour. Tried hard to make us forget they have no sports department. B grade....Good effort, good enthusiasm and anchor energy, but, no post game interviews with coach or players, however, that I saw.
Unfortunately, the show didn't mention Cal Raleigh hitting #57 to take Ms all time HR record, beating Junior, until 8:52. Should have been the exclamation point on the first block.
Great to see KIRO putting in some effort for the Apple Cup. They could have done more, but at least they didn't do less, which they very well could have.
ReplyDeleteAlso, interesting to see KIRO source a report from KHQ. Since they didn't send their own reporter to Pullman, this was the next best thing. I wonder if we will see more reports from KHQ, which, as the owner of the SWX regional sports network in Spokane, places a big emphasis on sports coverage, on KIRO throughout the college football season. Wouldn't be a bad arrangement to have when Gonzaga basketball inevitably makes a playoff run again.