Springergate costs Ch. 5 with viewers

No other channel came in for as severe a lambasting from readers asChannel 5, which sparked outrage last spring by having trash talkshow host Jerry Springer do commentaries, leading to the departuresof anchors Carol Marin and Ron Magers.

"Alienate the best news anchor team in town . . . nice work,Channel 5," wrote a reader.

Ron Magers was the leading write-in candidate for male anchor,despite not having been on the air since May. His 138 votes rankedhim ahead of on-air talent such as Joel Daly and Jay Levine.Carol Marin, who has moved to Channel 2 but not in an anchorrole, led write-ins for female anchor, with 141 votes.Springer received no write-in votes."After Channel 5's treatment of Carol and Ron, we no longerwatch their news, which we had for more than 30 years," a viewerwrote.Yet, as proof that for every opinion there is an oppositeopinion, one reader wrote, "Good riddance to Ron and Carol," andanother said simply that Marin is "a snot."