No Show = Day off, right?

Not always. Just because our shows for today and tomorrow have been bumped due to French Open coverage, it doesn't mean that the crew gets the day off as you might think. There is still plenty to do and people needed to do it.

For example, the Today Show is still on from 7-9 a.m. and NBC allots the local affiliates time for their local news & weather, and the crew needs to be in place to fill that time. They offer us a :30 weather cut-in every half hour for the local forecast, which we call "Rokers" in honor of Al, and they also offer us 3:00 for local news every half hour. Today, Bruce will fill the 3:00 with a weather forecast since Jeff and Kim are not here.

We also still have to supply the local weather portion for our WKYC Weather Plus channel which you can find on digital channel 3.2 or on your cable or satellite system.

As for the crew, Dawn is still in to T.D., Jose is here on audio, Jerry is in to roll the opens and relieve Arlene in the tape room, Al and Torris still had to come in to run master control, and I am in to direct the cut-ins.

Then, coming up on Sunday, the crew will all be in for a 12:30 Indians On-Deck show on SportsTime Ohio prior to the Tribe's game at Detroit.

So, as you see, just because the weekend morning newscasts have been replaced by the French Open, the crew behind the show is still hard at work behind the scenes keeping the station running smoothly.

We'll return to our full blogging efforts again next weekend with an all new feature...a "Live Webchat" where you will be able to chat live with Kim, Jeff, Bruce and the rest of the crew of the weekend morning show right here on the blog.

Matt
Email: mbabb@wkyc.com