KTVI

Davina Horton
January 15, 2008
Local TV Analysis- KTVI

The first thing I noticed when I started watching Fox 2 was Dan Grey’s deep voice. The tone of his voice is really nice to listen to and it made me want to hear more. I also noticed that they still had Hannah Montana tickets to give away if you went on their website and signed up. I was kind of tempted to sign up, and I’m still considering it, if I remember.
The anchors were Dan Grey and Mandy Murphy. Dan had on a navy suit jacket with a stripped shirt and yellow tie with a pattern. I think he had a few too many colors and patterns. Mandy had a on bright blue jacket. It wasn’t a suit jacket. It kind of looked like a track jacket that you would work out in, so I didn’t really like what the anchors were wearing today.
Chris Regnier did a live stand up in South County. He was at Hancock middle school coving the story of a boy who was hit by a car. Shawn Lindsey did a stand-up in Ladue next to Highway 40. She was covering the demolition of the McKnight Bridge.
The top story was of a skateboarder who was hit by a car and died. He was a student at Hancock Middle South in South County. They showed lots of sad students. There will be no charges filed on the driver. There was nothing the driver could have done. The boy was not on a skateboard when he got hit, but he was in the middle of the road. The school plans to plant a tree in memory of the boy in the spring. The next story was about the St. Charles Council dropping the cussing ban from its long list of bar rules they are proposing for St. Charles. These rules are targeted at Main Street where rowdy crowds are becoming a problem. The proposal still includes no dancing on tables and no drinking games in bars. There was a story that covered the demolition of the McKnight Bridge. They are not blowing it up because it is too close to residential areas. They are basically chiseling it away.
My overall impression was good. I didn’t really like the anchors or reporters, but I did really like the news packages. I think they had some really nice shots, and that they were put together well.
I think this station is fairly credible. There was only one live shot and I kind of base how credible a station is by how much of it is live. However I really liked the news packages and Dan Grey’s voice gave a great sense of credibility. I might actually watch this station again. I liked the graphics. They were very clear and easy to read, and all the footage is really nice.