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WMAR - TV 6400 York Road Baltimore. MD 21212 Dear Madam/Sir: On July 20 Channel 2 carried Saturday Night Live which included a sketch entitled "Mr. No Depth Perception." I am not a regular viewer but I have a taste for satire (eveb biting) so I happened to be watching that night. This sketch deeply offended me and I believe it should also have been deeply resented by a lot of other people who do not share my particular physical disability. like the main object of ridicule in the sketch I have trouble lighting another person's cigarette or pouring wine into a glass because I am essentially blind in one eye. There is nothing I can do about it and I deeply resent being ridiculed for my physical disability. Not even the Nazi herrenvolk indulged in such obvious cruelty. At the least ~",~ SNL owes an on-air apology tO~hO~ suffer from a lack of depth perception. Cruelty is no fun except for sado-masochists. Is that who writes for SNL?
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}I.r. Arnold.J.lleiner, General Yanager MWlR-TV 6400 York Rd. Baltimore, Md. 21212
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It's dismaying to vatch Oriole IS problems on TV game after game, what exacerbates the pain is the quality of game telecasting.
I'~ been campaigning for higher quality baseball telecasting for some time, finally in the June 17 issue of The Sporting News appeared my criticism of telecasting which apparently got through to some in television. There have somme wproftnents, but ftr~ little.
PRseball telecasts follow a predictable routine; cloaeup-closeup-clo8lup- action closeup-elol!leup-closeup-actlon-eloseup, etc. It you 'Were to time t .. rout1De, as I have. you would find that the closeups of playere(portraits) cODsilt ot lIIOments which when added up,amount -1 1/2 hours of wry monotonous rlev1.Dl tu.. That tact alone ought to concern television mana@e1"l8nt as a primary .u.s. in telecasting.
The opportunlte8 tor award winning g.. telecasts are enormous. Pw alNad)" sent ideas to Brooks Robin8on but I presUme he either has no say or is j ••t too busy to get in'YOlftd.
I'd like to help rai. the IIIDrale of Oriole tans and improft the WMA..~ telecasts to becOM the best in the business. I'd be glad to set down it you'd care to meet for a fev minutes and discuss higher quality baseball telecasting.
Telecasts should be guided by a "book" ot principles, theory and techniques, which I vould prorlde. Si.Dce~l7'Rcl.J, tJ,{U~ 4 ~;w.~ .;_.~ _. __ .,
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Mrs. Jane L. Sauter 7529 Clays Lane Baltimore, Maryland 21207-2002 Dear Mrs. Sauter: Thank you for your letter of August 1st. We always appreciate hearing from our viewers, even those who have a complaint from time to time. We do our best to offer our viewers a wide selection of programming; however, if you find some programs not to your liking, you should exercise the strongest form of protest: turn off your television, or turn the channel. By doing this, you send a direct message to broadcasters. Again, thank you for sharing your views with us. We appreciate your interest in WMAR-TV. Sincerely,
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Thank you for you time. Sincerely, ~~ 807 E. Broadway Bel Air, Maryland 21015 8H0010339 36 :Datu. !By !B. 9'tQ.J'1k 1042 MINNETONKA ROAD B. Frank SEVERN, MARYLAND 21144 (301) 96~A" ~~ SHOOI0341 ~--~~ 38 SHOO10342 --, ") 39 SHOOI0343 40 f~ / {~.2 t /991 · , ••• SHOOI0347 41 •J 24 McCormick Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21206 August 29, 1991 Ms. Emily Barr Broadcast Operations Director WMAR-TV 6400 York Road Towson, Maryland 21204 Dear Ms. Barr: 1 think what you are doing by taking Santa Barbara off the air and putting the Montel Williams show on in its place is disgusting. The afternoons should be for the soaps and the morn ings for the talk shows (except for Oprah - she is refreshing). WMAR-TV is always preempting shows to put on its own programs. I don't understand how you can keep doing this all the time. Take an hour off your local news cast - put this guy on from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and have your local news on from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. You repeat the same "news" during each half hour anyway. This appears to be a shady/shafty deal on the part of WMAR-TV. When do you intend to let the viewing audience know what you are going - at the time you change broadcasting? What a chicken you are. I .. against your puttillCJ on the -Montel Willi... show and takinq off Santa Barbara. Cordially, ~t-.)f~ Ms. Kimberly L. Heil P.s. - Channel 2 has lost a viewer - for !1! shows. $95. S80010351 " 42 24 McCormick Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21206 August 29, 1991 Ms. Emily Barr Broadcast operations Director WMAR-TV 6400 York Road Towson, Maryland 21204 Dear Ms. Barr: I am writing to voice my displeasure at your decision (or station's decision) to take Santa Barbara off the air so that you can broadcast the "Montel Williams" show. The Mayor welcomes him to Baltimore and right away you must think he's a hot item. How much did he pay WMAR-TV to have you broadcast his show? He acts like he thinks he's Oprah Winfrey - this will never happen. You must think so since you are putting him on before Oprah (she has a good show). Since you need a time slot for Mr. Williams, why don't you put him on from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. instead of the news. We certainly don't need an hour and a half of news; just have the news broadcast from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Just preempt your own schedule for a change. Why do you have to broadcast news for an hour and a half (5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.) anyway? Look at your own ratings in this time slot. During these news casts the same news of some most told over and over again. WMAR-TV is always preempting shows to put on its own programs - Oriole baseball is an example. I don't understand how you can keep getting away with this. 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