Date: 21st February 2001

Weatherman Puts CNN's Reach In Perspective


Hired by Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA after he was ousted as a CNN weatherman after 20 years, Flip Spiceland gave this perspective of the scope of cable television: "I'll have more viewers in Atlanta than I ever had on CNN, except for high-visibility hurricanes and things like that." Spiceland, who has now been assigned to provide Atlanta weather reports during the local newsbreaks on the Today show, also told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Far more viewers watch Today in Atlanta than CNN nationally in the morning."

Source: Studio Briefing