One of the more therapeutic things about doing this blog is that it allows the opportunity to speak up on some things in broadcasting that just irritate the you-know-what out of me.
So, every so often, I'll go over to where I keep my Pet Peeves, rattle the cage, and turn them loose.
Like right now.
Why is it that, when reading the weather forecast, many broadcasters have to mention the sky?
Stay with me on this.
How many times have you heard a broadcaster say "mostly sunny skies" or "look for cloudy skies out there," when, if you think about it, WHERE THE BLEEP ELSE WILL IT BE CLOUDY OR SUNNY?
Now, if the forecast calls for "cloudy ground" or "sunny rivers," that would be different. But
shoe-horning the word "sky" into a weather forecast is redundant and a waste of time. Nobody likes redundant wastes of time.
(I digress: How many times has someone in radio used "Sunny Rivers" as an on-air name?)
What's next? Telling us the sun will rise in the east and set in the west? That people will inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide? That it'll be dark all night? That if it rains, the grass will get wet?
Whoa. I feel like Andy Rooney right now....
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