Best of the Northland

WDIO

What is it about Channel 10/WDIO that puts them at the head of the pack? All the stations in town report on the same stories, so we’re venturing it has to do with the chemistry between newsroom personalities and the chemistry they have with Joe/Josephine Northlander sitting in front of the TV set. Maybe it’s how you just have to chuckle whenever Darren Danielson and Justin Liles go off-script, or maybe it’s how viewers occasionally get to hear a cute little story about Renee Passal’s son. Or maybe it’s something crazy, like when the camera panned to the hairy (and also manly) legs of someone on set who was wearing shorts during a November weather segment. We’re all human and can relate to those kinds of things, eh? But then there’s the quality of the broadcast itself, too. Without it, all the good chemistry would fall flat. Yup, the WDIO team has found a good balance between taking their job seriously and showing us their human side. That’s why it works.