>Be thankful you are not limited to watching the news in Greensboro, NC. The channel 12 newscast is ridiculous, and I do not allow my daughter to watch it. However, the newscasters in Raleigh, NC are fairly well-spoken. It amazes me that only 2 hours away by car the language deteriorates to such an extent. (The local news can be rather funny though!)
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Many many moons ago Buffalo had a sportscaster named Ernie Warlick (ex Buffalo Bill). He was great. He did a weather report (in studio) during a terrible thunder and lightning storm in which he told people that if they didn't have a really important reason to leave the house, stay safe and stay home. This was immediately followed (also live) by a beer commercial in which he advised people, "Why don't you go out and pick yourself up some."

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>>>It seems to be a requirement for TV sportscasters to mangle tense. "If he doesn't make that catch, the Astros win" is a typical postgame show comment.
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>>Speaking of sportcasters, one of the Phillies broadcasters is fond of saying that a played "deked" another, that is, decoyed him. I'm not even sure I accept "decoy" as a verb and the abbreviation sets my teeth on edge.
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>>While we on ...casters, a local one that gets me is references to "the University of Penn"; it's either "the University of Pennsylvania" or just "Penn." The annoying usage has no doubt been encouraged by written references to UPenn, but if it's anybody's university, it's the University of Franklin, who created it.
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>>Also, I frequently shout back at weathercasters to remind them that there are two r's in "temperature."
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>>Tamar