jbooma Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 WTEM reported today that Brett Haber who used to be the fox 5 sportscaster before leaving for ny and now is the morning DJ for 104.1 is in line to take the Channel 9 job being vacated by Frank Herzog this winter. He was also on ESPN for 3 years, basically a poor imitation of Craig Kilborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chachie Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Is Frank leaving or is it messier than that? I love that guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Eh, not a bad choice......not a great choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 Originally posted by Chachie Is Frank leaving or is it messier than that? I love that guy! His contract is not being renewed so take it any way you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Haber was pretty good on Fox - Maybe Herzog is retiring all together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I think he being retired by every media outlet in DC. Wonder who's wife he slept with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliondollarslim Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Haber sucks. he's got that very tired , overdone, shopworn sarcastic style that so many sportcaster/anchors have adopted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 this was in the newspaper yesterday. Its pretty much happening. Haber finishes WUSA face-liftBy Chris Baker THE WASHINGTON TIMES Brett Haber soon will join WUSA-TV (Channel 9) as chief sportscaster, completing the CBS affiliate's overhaul of its main anchor team, people familiar with the situation said yesterday. Mr. Haber - formerly of ESPN and WTTG-TV (Channel 5), the local Fox station - will replace Frank Herzog on WUSA's weekday 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, the sources said. Mr. Haber's deal could be finalized as early as today. He will be WUSA's sixth sports chief since Glenn Brenner died in 1992. Mr. Haber could be seen on WUSA as soon as September, when the station plans to introduce Tracey Neale and Todd McDermott as new anchors. Other sources said Mr. Haber might not debut until November, when Mr. Herzog's contract ends. Mr. Haber, his agent and Darryll J. Green, WUSA's general manager, either declined comment or did not return calls. The station is holding off announcing the addition of Mr. Haber and Mr. McDermott until it has resolved contract talks with longtime star anchor Gordon Peterson. The sources said the station wants to pair J.C. Hayward and Mr. McDermott at 5 p.m., Ms. Neale and Mr. Peterson at 6 p.m. and Ms. Neale and Mr. McDermott at 11 p.m. Chief meteorologist Topper Shutt will give the weather forecasts, and Mr. Haber will deliver the sports reports during all three newscasts, the sources said. This lineup is tentative, however, because Mr. Peterson - a 35-year Channel 9 veteran who has anchored the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts since 1971 - hasn't reached a new deal with WUSA and corporate parent Gannett Co. Inc. Mr. Peterson's contract expires at the end of the year. He has declined comment on his future, but people close to him said he wants to continue his current anchor assignments at WUSA, which has slumped in the afternoon and early evening news ratings since it canceled its 4 p.m. newscast in 2000. Gannett and WUSA have worked all summer to build a new news team around the popular Ms. Neale, who was lured away from WTTG in the spring. Station staffers said David Roberts, ousted this month as WUSA's news director, played a lead role in wooing Ms. Neale, Mr. McDermott and Mr. Haber. DCRTV.com, an industry gossip site, reported last month that Mr. Haber was spotted at WUSA's Broadcast House studios. Mr. Haber was part of the mid-1990s ESPN class that produced Keith Olbermann, now an MSNBC anchor, and Craig Kilborn, a late-night host at CBS. In 1997, Mr. Haber joined WTTG, where he earned good reviews for breaking stories and delivering a smart sportscast. CBS called Mr. Haber up to its New York station in 2000 to replace iconic sportscaster Warner Wolf, a Channel 9 alum. But Mr. Haber didn't click in New York, and the station eventually cut him loose. Last year, Mr. Haber returned to the Washington area to host the morning show at adult pop-music station WWZZ-FM (104.1). Mr. Haber told WWZZ staffers last Friday that he will leave soon to take the WUSA job. Sources said WWZZ managers consider the split amicable. The radio station has told some advertisers that Mr. Haber is leaving. Mr. Haber's WWZZ contract allows him to leave the station if a TV gig comes along, according to people familiar with the deal. On Friday, he will sign off at WWZZ to begin a vacation, but some staffers think it could be his radio swan song. The move to WUSA will reunite Mr. Haber with Ms. Neale, with whom he worked at WTTG, and Mr. McDermott, a colleague from his CBS days in New York. Local TV lives WUSA is giving John Auville, Eric Bickel, Jason Bishop and John-Paul Flaim - the hosts of the "Junkies in the Morning" on rock-music station WHFS-FM (99.1) - a weekly show. "Junks TV" will air Saturdays at 2 a.m., beginning Sept. 4. Scoff at the time slot, but remember: The Junkies got their start by parlaying a local cable-TV-access show in the mid-1990s into the radio fame that they enjoy today. Meanwhile, WJLA-TV (Channel 7) is expected to revive "Capital Sunday" Sept. 5. The ABC affiliate will air the locally produced newsmagazine on Sundays at 10 a.m., after the new weekend version of "Good Morning America" and "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," which moves to 9 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I enjoy Brett Haber. I think he'll be fine. Good choice IMO. However, I don't like the fact that Herzog doesn't seem to have the choice to stay. Just think, if they were going to force him out of TV he could have thrown his whole focus into play-by-play on the radio... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gridironmike Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 ...being forced to vacate booma. Poor Frank must be gettin' up on the wrong side of the bed or something. I don't get WUSA any longer on the dish, so I won't miss him as much there. But I had planned on adding Sirius for the Sunday Drive before I found out I'd have to endure Larry Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatFischer37 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 where's Warner Wolf when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCb37 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I liked Haber when he was on Elliot in the Morning a couple years back...before he went to NY. Now he is kind of crappy on his morning show bc its so non-offensive, trite, easy listning morning zoo crap...but he was always good at sports. Wonder why he didnt click in NY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 WUSA's a mess. They keep trying to get new talent in, but they keep screwing up and hiring nobodies with pleasant voices like Levan Reid and the hopeless Gurvir Dhindsa. On top of everything else, they have the worst weather lineup in DC. If they dump Gordon Peterson, there won't be any reason to watch channel 9 at all. Jbooma's right, Haber's a poor man's Craig Kilborn. He's got that smarmy, insincere, too-cool-for-the-room act that I can't stand in either of them. He'd be more at home in L.A.; I don't think he'll last any longer at WUSA than he did at channel 5. I can't remember when DC sportscasting has been in such sorry shape. George Michael's teetering on senility, Tim Brant is stinking it up on WJLA and now Frank gets the boot for Haber. Dave Feldman has become the best local sports anchor by far, so I expect him to be gone soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhd24 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Where's Rene Knott when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrmag Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Damn, the Junkies are really moving up in the world. A T.V. show at 2 a.m.? That is so HUR-TING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidFan Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 at least his agent has a cool name Darryll Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All In Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Haber by default will be the number three guy in DC. George Michael first (because he still draws the best guests), Feldmen next (who doesn't do a bad job, pretty good I think). What happened to Rene Knott? He is way better than the guy they have now. Haber still has that 90s sports center attitude. It's an old act. He wont' last long, and I won't be watching. I wish they could get somebody good. Bring back Redskins Sidelines (or whatever it was called). Andy Polly would be better. Who would you place at channel nine? How would you fix their mess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigSkins Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Most anyone will be better than Leven Reid. God he sux. I can't stand to listen to him. He sounds like he belongs in a small town TV station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergist Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Cool Junks on T.V., Wonder if they will have strippers on there like they do on the Radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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