Re: Sloppy Airwork on WBZ

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 06:21:22 -0400 "Mark Watson" <markwats@attbi.com>
writes:
> 
>  Roger Kirk wrote:
> 
> 
> > Last weekend, Walt Perkins did afternoon sports reports on WBZ.  
> He
> sounded completely lost and/or out of touch.  He hestitated and 
> stumbled
> throughout the entire report.  Two reports, actually.  Is he a 
> rookie? Or a
> close personal friend of Larry Kruger?
> 
> Walt Perkins was doing some weekend sports anchoring and some 
> weeknight
> sports reporting on WCVB (Channel 5) until recently, while weekend 
> sports
> anchor/ reporter Kristen Mastroianni was on maternity leave. He also
> appeared on Channel 5 occasionally prior to that time. I'm guessing 
> on a
> freelance basis, as I've never seen him on the WCVB website.
> 
> Mark Watson
> 
Walt has been in and out of the Boston TV market for years doing sports
on a fill-in and freelance basis.
df