It sounds like their corporate parent, Tegna, is really swinging the budget axe, because there has been a similar exodus at their sister station KVUE in Austin. The general manager, news director, and long-time chief meteorologist all took the buyout offer. One evening anchor chose not to renew his contract, ostensibly because his boyfriend's recent promotion to a Dallas-based network correspondent has made it a lot harder for them to be in the same city at the same time, and they've lost a few other high-profile or long-term employees over the last few months.
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > "Voluntary retirement package" taken by several veteran on-air talent and > staffers, including anchorwoman Jean Enerson (at the station since '68) and > weatherman Jeff "small craft advisory in the Sound" Renner (at the station > since '77). They take their final curtain calls a week from today. > > > http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/jean-enerson-jeff-renner-among-king-5-staffers-taking-retirement-offers/ > > I believe this puts the median age of KING 5 employees around 11 or 12. > > Actually, the sad truth is several at KING 5 graduated from my alma mater > the same time I did... 20-years-ago next week. > > I'm feeling old. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
