![]() ![]() NBC 5 recently hired Paul Deanno to appear on its 11 a.m. hour when Avalos and traffic reporter Kye Martin joins Maragos and co-anchor Zoraida Sambolin for the “big happy family” shot that closes many local newscasts. She also didn’t appear at the end of the 6 a.m. hours during the longer forecast segments, but was missing from the shorter ones - likely because it would be tricky to give both forecasters enough time. Roman continued to appear on the station’s 5 and 6 a.m. She then tossed it back to Avalos, again via a double box, to finish out the block, including the 10 day.īoth meteorologists appeared against chroma key walls, which is possible because NBC 5 has two chroma key walls in its studio - with the second one previously used mainly for traffic.īefore that, the station used a small video array leftover from its 2012 set, which has since been mostly replaced, for traffic. Roman skillfully managed to do a 180 and steer back toward the weather in Naperville, which was what, at least according to how she stacked her forecast images, planned on discussing first. On the debut of the dueling forecasters, Avalos tossed to Roman after discussing Indiana, which is in the market’s eastern suburbs, while Roman was standing in front of what most Chicagoland residents know is an image of Naperville, Illinois, which is on the western side of the city. Roman did not appear during the first, shorter, weather segment earlier in the hour and it is yet to be seen how the station will handle “first weather” segments that air at the top of broadcasts when weather is a major story.Īfter Maragos’ intro to the new concept, Avalos took over solo before double boxing it to Roman, who focused on weather in the suburbs. “(You’re) putting the emphasis on ‘team’ in ‘Storm Team,” added Avalos from the anchor desk, referring to the station’s weather branding. “We’re going to kind of tag team the weather together and bring you a closer look at some metro forecasts on a daily basis,” Avalos said. 7, 2019, with anchor Alex Maragos tossing to both Avalos and Roman standing, two shot style, at the station’s weather center desk at the top of the weather block that started around 4:18 a.m. On Saturdays and Sundays she’ll handle weather solo alongside the station’s weekend morning team. That means that, for three days a week, she’ll appear on the station’s “NBC 5 News Today” alongside current morning meteorologist Andy Avalos. NBC owned WMAQ in Chicago has added a second meteorologist to its morning newscasts three days a week.Īlicia Roman, who was working weekend evenings on the station, is moving to mornings Wednesday through Sunday.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |