What passes for traffic here in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina would be considered a great traffic day back in DC (or in NYC, LA, Chicago, etc.). Yet we do have traffic reporters and since they usually have one accident a morning to talk about they have to fill the time somehow. WXII’s traffic reporter, Jenny, has had some memorable moments. Here’s her most famous, the Traffic Rap:
Well I’d rather have a traffic reporter with time on her hands than to have actual traffic. I think.
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Hiring her was a strange move.
Yes it was. To be honest I don’t know why they need a dedicated traffic reporter. There just isn’t that much to cover and the regular anchors could do the 30 seconds before kicking it over to weather. If there’s an accident they can treat it like a breaking story. But what do I know? Maybe their numbers are up and they’re laughing all the way to the bank.