Q: What is going on with meteorologist Karen Minton on Channel 2? All these years she has been on Monday through Friday doing the weather. Now, 3-4 months ago she stopped doing Fridays. What’s her schedule?
—Melvyn Jamerson, Cumming
A: Minton, who will celebrate her 30th year with WSB-TV on Sept. 30, works Monday-Friday.
She arrives daily at 1:50 a.m. to prepare for the newscast that begins at 4:28 a.m. and ends at 7 a.m., she told Q&A on the News in an email.
Minton also does live cut-ins during “Good Morning America” from 7-9 a.m.
She recently stopped doing the weather on “Channel 2 Action News at Noon” on Fridays, and occasionally doesn’t work the noon broadcast on Mondays and Wednesdays to help cut her work schedule from 12 hours a day.
“I’m still working five days a week, (but) just getting a break from extremely long days now and then,” she wrote.
Q: What was the cost to build and take down the football field at Bristol Motor Speedway for the game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech? How many people attended?
—Bob Markert, Roswell
A: Bristol Motor Speedway general manager Jerry Caldwell didn't confirm the cost to transform the speedway into a football field, the Associated Press reported Sept. 6.
Tennessee defeated Virginia Tech 45-24 on Sept. 10 as 156,990 fans set the NCAA attendance record.
Both teams were guaranteed at least $4 million each for playing there.
Bristol Motor Speedway also was the site for East Tennessee State’s 34-31 victory over Western Carolina on Sept. 17.
Andy Johnston with Fast Copy News Service wrote this column. Do you have a question? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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