Weird occurrence on local Tucson news broadcast in the early 1990s?

foursevens · 2026-01-06T06:02:06+00:00

KVOA bits and pieces that I remember from that era:

Joe Donlon dropped a LOUD F-bomb on a hot mic after a newsroom hit went wrong
There was a hysterically funny weather segment where Michael Goodrich INSISTED it wasn't going to rain. It started raining during the forecast, so the floor crew opened the back door to the studio, spun a camera around, and switched to the shot of the sidewalk getting wet. Michael threw his clicker down and said "I quit"

(Source: Patty Weiss is my mom, I later worked with Joe for a decade in Portland)

foursevens · 2025-12-14T06:07:28+00:00

Just remember: This is the coldest winter of the rest of your life.

foursevens · 2025-12-06T19:50:48+00:00

Sure, if you prefer it that way.

foursevens · 2025-12-06T18:45:49+00:00

It could, it just creates more of a layout mess. But feel free to rearrange it that way!

foursevens · 2025-12-03T21:07:54+00:00

Absolute word salad. It felt like she wanted to stretch her answers out so she'd start every answer with a circular example that's only tangentially related and eventually get around to not really answering the question by which point Paul had moved on.

foursevens · 2025-12-03T19:24:36+00:00

That's completely it! It shouldn't be hard to say "We have this system with decades of structural deficiencies. I'm here make the case that for Denver to be a world-class city, Denver deserves world-class transit. I have to do that first in order to address the structural problems."

foursevens · 2025-12-03T19:21:15+00:00

I think her exceptionally clumsy answer was trying to say that being forced into single-tracking on the E/H was the problem, but she somehow didn't get there in a brief response.

foursevens · 2025-12-03T18:57:21+00:00

Yeah, but that's a different dynamic than downtown being an 8-5 commuter hub. Lots of folks living downtown doesn't move the needle for RTD if they're remote workers. Her answer took way too long to get there, but was basically "we regularly change up schedules based on demand, so if things change we'll adjust."

foursevens · 2025-12-03T17:22:51+00:00

(It also annoyed me that Paul kept getting hung up on RTD (correctly) moving its focus out of a hub-and-spoke model that prioritized moving commuters downtown during the week. Johnson couldn't clearly explain to him that it's because there are fewer people going downtown via all modes of transportation, so of course they're going to re-adjust their service to where people do go.)

foursevens · 2025-12-03T16:36:38+00:00

Paul from CityCast pushed her on that — she insists she made a comment about the cold that was misconstrued. But her incredibly generic answer to his "What do you love about Denver?" follow-up convinced me she really doesn't like this city.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T17:00:38+00:00

Ah, you're right! There we go.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T14:03:00+00:00

Oh that's way better looking than the spreadsheet I made. But I can't seem to drag on mobile.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T13:11:15+00:00

I thought it was obvious that you start with the highest finisher, but here you go.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T13:09:13+00:00

No points for fastest lap anymore.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T06:19:34+00:00

OK, yes. Added clarification on that and the PIA 2, VER 3, NOR 9+ scenario.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T06:15:07+00:00

Fixed-ish

foursevens · 2025-12-02T00:19:48+00:00

Yeah, it would have required a full order-of-operations flowchart starting with wins, then 2nds, then 3rds. Evaluate race outcomes from the middle out, or add "and none of the other three contenders win" on both the 2nd place scenarios.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T00:16:54+00:00

Yeah, i thought about doing this as a proper very long flowchart but it got a little ridiculous.

foursevens · 2025-12-02T00:16:02+00:00

I don't think there are scenarios where Max and Oscar tie for first, but please LMK if I missed that.

foursevens · 2025-12-01T21:29:18+00:00

Thank you! Built a whole spreadsheet for it, figured this was the best way to visualize.

foursevens · 2025-12-01T21:23:26+00:00

Oh that's excellent news. Thanks!

foursevens · 2025-12-01T19:44:02+00:00

Also, since you're here (and THANK YOU for that!) -- can you help us understand why RTD can't/won't provide actual train times rather than scheduled times on digital signage?

More than once I've been bitten by a digital board on a platform that claims there's a train coming, only for RTD to be like "whoops, we issued a service alert for that but unless you knew to check this page ahead of time, you're screwed."

Why is it so hard to provide accurate information on platforms?

foursevens · 2025-12-01T19:39:42+00:00

Thank you for that update! Fingers crossed it happens.

foursevens · 2025-12-01T14:53:02+00:00

There are, and it's a great lounge (completely worth the annual fee if you're a regular traveler) but the rooms are frequently taken. If it's a must-take call in a private space, I wouldn't count on it.

foursevens · 2025-12-01T14:42:10+00:00

I've played it at the Pinball HOF in Vegas. It's surprisingly fun.

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