Weather is cold in Montreal,Toronto & Fred Her Rick Ton.  ???

Is that close to Fred Her Ricks Burg? 

Do these damn news anchors learn anything about pronouncing words properly? 

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In my experience these people often dream up their own pronunciations & expect everyone else to follow their example.

The BBC has a pronunciation department. All newsreaders are supposed to check unfamiliar names regularly to make sure they're using the "correct" pronunciation. They can get their tongues round the most unpronounceable foreign names which suggests to me that they spend a lot of their time practicing them in front of a mirror. Whether their interpretation is accurate or not is anybody's guess.

The BBC pronunciation department has a nasty habit of changing the pronunciation of familiar words that have been in use for centuries. I always suspected that this their little hobby when they have nothing better to spend their time on.  You suddenly realise that all the announcers & newsreaders start using them. After a few weeks or months of listener's/viewer's complaints they suddenly change them back again & change another one. Little things please little minds & all that. LOL

PS. I'm beginning to suspect that this is done to confuse & annoy old fogies like me & Fozzer. 8)

Hey, I can't speak.  For the first month we lived in Modesto back in 92, we pronounced Toulomne as Too-loom-ne.  The correct pronunciation is Too-all-oh-me...