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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-37973 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:24:37 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-37973 saw valonda this am on wxii channel 12. i’d seen her from time to time when visiting the triangle area. i hope it’s not just a quick stop for her here.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-37181 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-37181 I looked all over for Valonda and throught maybe she’d gone to the afternoon news. I saw her do a live report one day and wondered why she’d made that change. Then poof! She was gone. I loved watching her in the morning. She was a class act adn her smile was infectious. I remeber when she had her baby, I couldn’t wait for her to return from maternity leave! Removing her from the morning news was a big let down. I used to turn on my tv at 6 and watch the local news followed by the early show when I got up. Now I turn my tv on sometime around 6:50 people when I do, I usually see Bill & Lynda doing their MIX 101-5 bit and then the early show comes on. On the days I do watch more of it, it’s not the same. Losing Mark Roberts, Lynda Loveland and Valonda Calloway was a HUGE loss for WRAL. It was a very big mistake.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-26945 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:57:40 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-26945 Hay I just got so upset when I didn’t see Volanda Calloway of the wral new.When I srated looking on the enternet I found out that she had left the news. I miss here alot, I enjoy her so much. Volanda take care and know that I miss you.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-24415 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:58:18 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-24415 Volanda Callaway was great. I miss her. She was as pretty to view and just as good an anchor as Lynda Loveland. Lynda too was great. I think it is a shame to have dismissed Volando; especially with a new little one added to the household. Hope to see her return.
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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:35:23 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-23631
Where is Valonda Calloway? I hope she has a position somewhere on a TV station because she definitely has talent and personality which draw viewers. The cutbacks everywhere are over-reations, I believe. I am a retired educator, and am thankful that I didn’t need to fear being dismissed!
Just my thoughts, and feeling disappointed for Volana,
Anne
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-22984 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-22984 I too stopped watching WRAL news. Valonda Calloway is a very good reporter.
It seems that everytime Lynda Loveland makes a change it affects another reporter. Interesting! Who will bite the dust if she decides to leave Mix 101.5
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-19897 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:55:27 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-19897 I’ve liked Bob Holliday since he was on WCHL radio in the 70s. Doesn’t he have a son who is also a broadcaster? I think I saw him on TV recently.
They need to get Woody Durham’s son together with Bob’s (if my observation above is true). The new Tarheel broadcasting team.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-19896 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:49:23 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-19896 When Lynda Loveland left, Valonda Calloway should have been allowed to stay as co-anchor in the morning. I stopped watching after that even though the traffic report is better than the other two morning news shows.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-19892 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:50 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-19892 I think NBC17’s sports department is down to 2 people. On some weekend broadcasts they don’t even have a sports person doing sports. I’ve seen both the news anchor and Peter, the weekend weather guy, reading the sports. I like Penn Holderness because he understands that sports are entertainment, but still prefer WRAL’s coverage.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-19830 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:09:29 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-19830 No nerve hit at all. However whenever a local team that regularly packs in thousands is on the verge of winning a championship, it seems appropriate for that story to lead.
I’d like to see them involve Trip or John in their playoff analysis, though.
Jeff is definitely a baseball and local lover, but he’s a good guy. Their position is probably that ESPN basically owns the national stories, so they will gain viewership by focusing on locals. I do get tired of hearing the same voices for sports news, and don’t miss Tom Suiter.
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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/comment-page-1/#comment-19829 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:03:12 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/07/01/holliday-and-calloway-exit-wral/#comment-19829 I like Yolanda a lot. I like Holliday but to be honest, Wral needs to revamp their sports team as they really were having a hard time relating to other sports outside of college basketball. The trianlge has to many new people to lead every story off with UNC basketball. (Sorry Dana, I may have hit a nerve there) This is an area where NBC17 has taken hold and driving viewership. I watch NBC17 a lot more now.
Still Knb-nutz #1 is the lead sports guy now on WRAL now that Jamburger left and I sometimes wonder if he knows what a Power Play is. OK, this is only my humble opinion.
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