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Abby Acone and Taylor Winkel must have a lot of time on their hands while anchoring the weekend morning news on Fox 13 Seattle.  Incidentally, Acone is a prolific Instagram poster using her station's studio to emphasize certain ideas, behavior which seems to be continually ignored by her bosses.    Posts on a personal handle is one thing, but again, here, the anchors are using their studio to dance.   Credibility killer.    Thoughts? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQUoeMEEsuM/?igsh=c2F1M2J2a3oya3Bv

Fox 13's Alyssa Charlston-Smith posts that she's back on TV this week after maternity leave, just in time for Seahawks NFC championship game!   Mama and baby have good timing indeed.   Cute pix at the link: https://x.com/i/status/2013036817550110811

Fox 13, as expected, had the most coverage, with most of the first block devoted to the game, which Fox is televising.  They brought in Chief Met Brian McMillan and morning anchor Mireya Garcia to muscle up the anchor team with Taylor Winkel, and with Abby Acone saved for pre-game show (I learned later).  No stadium reporter live.  Nikki Torres live instead from an overnight shooting spree.  The show featured a bunch of social media fan posts about the game, reported the costs of attending the game, and, of course, promoted main channel pre- and post-game shows.   KOMO had the least coverage spinning thru the 8 am show with the biggest homage being the anchor wearing Seahawks colors.  No live reports from Lumen.  No taped presence from Sports Director Niko Tamurian, which was a bit of a showcasing surprise, even on a Saturday morning.   I also wonder if they will have sports sidekick Chris Daniels covering the story tonight. KING with it...

Former Mariners and now Yankees play-by-play man Dave Sims and his wife celebrate his journey back from prostate cancer surgery.   Worth a listen and a bunch of congrats.   Kudos and thanks for sharing, Mr. Sims. https://x.com/i/status/2012283405413556256

Seahawks Fever is 'crystal clear' as the first playoff game approaches when morning anchors Jake Whittenberg and Mimi Jung are called to the GM's office on an often-foreboding Friday for a football gift. Enjoy: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17sQJahF67/

Don O'Neill, part of the long running 'Ron and Don Show' on 97.3 KIRO, posted some fiery comments about the station letting award -winning reporter/anchor Heather Bosch go with just a cardboard box and hardly a goodbye.   Here's the link to the post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FUKivTiyB/ Bosch quoted as saying:  " After decades as a successful broadcast journalist, the local radio station I worked for declined to renew my contract. They did provide a lovely cardboard box for me to put my most recent awards in, and my news director was kind enough to fetch my coat. "Realocating resources" I was told. They will not be "back filling" my position. I will continue to do fill-in work for CBS” Heather B. O'Neill and his partner were also unceremoniously cut seven years ago.