Justine Waldman, a former freelance reporter at 7 News, is headed to San Francisco to anchor morning news on KRON. Waldman, who had been freelancing at 7 for a brief stint, will go head-to-head with former-Fox 25er Frank Mallicoat, who jumped to mornings on crosstown rival KPIX.
KRON 4 News, an NBC affiliate-turned-MyNetworkTV outlet, has been the bottom-feeder in the market for little under a decade. Prior to an ownership change in 2000, the station was the highest-rated station in the market. However, due to a breakdown in negotiations with NBC, the network purchased their own station, leaving KRON as an independent. As a result, in 2009, the station’s owner filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is still ongoing. Most notably, KRON has been a revolving door of talent since a change to one-man-band reporting, a system where the reporter shoots and produces their own stories.
Waldman will switch between anchoring and reporting for the duration of the station’s seven hour (4-11 a.m.) newscast. Incidentally, KRON 4 primary anchor Pam Moore was the noon anchor at WBZ for a brief period in the late 1980s until early 1991.
Waldman is terrible. She stumbles over her words and pronounces nuclear nuculear. She tries so hard to be professional and comes off as strident and irritating. Go back to wherever you came from and learn to pronounce the word nuclear.
This woman is a terrible anchor. It seems that she has a difficult time speaking. It’s hard for me to watch her.
She seems to have a speech impediment. Definitely third rate.