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  Sources tell me that KING 5 is close to announcing a 12-15 game package of Mariners games on free TV.  Stay tuned for final confirmation near Opening Day.  Book it. You heard it here first.r Meanwhile, Apple TV has two Mariners national games in first half of season, first vs Houston in late March, and later vs Buccos.

This is a curious move brought to my attention by some colleagues:  The Tegna news director in St. Louis (KSDK), who was just hired about 6 months ago, has been transferred to the Tegna station in Houston (KHOU).  Interestingly,, Nexstar own KTVI in St. Louis, but owns nothing in Houston.   So does that mean only the Nexstar ND would be running two newsrooms there, post-FCC approval and consolidation, with TEGNA now rescuing the St. Louis guy?   Same could happen in Portland with KOIN and KGW.  This move may portend the future is very near. By the way, RIch Kurz is the current ND at KOIN in PDX but used to be a manager at KGW, producing its Straight Talk program for years.  Who says you can never go home again?

Stephanie Domurat is leaving her anchor post at KGW in Portland, another escape from Tegna.  She previously worked at KPTV there.  No word on exactly what's next. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephaniedomurat_its-time-to-announce-some-bittersweet-news-share-7433555133298425856-1akV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAFWTKaUBTwc4NGLVz4TARZHYT8qQaNhaM2E

Tegna has a producer-in-residence program where it recruits talented college students to be mentored inside its stations.   One such person is Kimberly Blum, who is a graduate of the program at KING and will be returning there after leaving the U of Florida/WUFT. That's a huge jump for sure, but I know the program, invented and run by former KREM News Director Noah Cooper, is a success and keeps the difficult producer developmental and hiring pipeline open.     Post and pic: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kimberly-blum_plot-twist-im-sticking-around-im-incredibly-share-7436772008698310656-mw3L?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAFWTKaUBTwc4NGLVz4TARZHYT8qQaNhaM2E

  It was just a week ago we posted that KOMO weather anchor Stella Sun got tangled up in a car collision.  It's happened again, this time to Gee Scott Sr. of KIRO radio 97.3.   Be careful out there.    Here's a post with pics on X.    https://x.com/i/status/2031096667047670074

The web writer put the death of a dog above the deaths of two humans?  It's been fixed, apparently since the original post, but WHAT?  Even stupidity defies the 'Sinclair Effect.' Check the link. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2026/3/8/dog-gone-it