MediaMaven

We are all waiting with bated breath on the new look newscasts in the new downtown Seattle building  for Fox 13!   We are?  Well, sure, hearing that it's all supposed to debut this coming weekend, but not sure yet what newscasts.  My guess would be Sunday at 10 pm.  They might test it on the weekend morning on KZJO, who knows?  Always good to do a test run.    I expect a full video tour, too.   Set your DVR.  I'll have a review ASAP.

KING weekend evening news anchor Maddie Carter and backup sports anchor Dusty Baker were on set together Saturday. Hubby, wife and co-anchors.  

Kevin Jackson is the new Digital Executive Producer at KOMO.   In his KOMO bio blurb, the station calls him:  ' digital visionary, sports media trend-setter.'    His background includes Head of Editorial Product for four months at PressBox in Sammamish, WA, Chief  Content Officer for two years at Cllct (a collectibles company) and Executive Director - Digital Editorial Content at FOX Sports L.A. for almost four years.  He also had quite a long run with ESPN dating back to 1996.  We await his vision! He is an alum of WWU.     

Found an interesting survey running from last Sunday, Oct. 25 through tomorrow, ranking the top 100 local stations with the most YouTube views.  Fox 13 is the highest in the PNW with KGW and KING following.  Might be surprised about KOMO and KIRO.    L.A. stations vie for the lead, but there are some surprise markets doing well in the top 10. Take a peek.  There will be a quiz. https://pizettanewstracker.com/weekly-top-100

KING 5 reporter/fill-in weather anchor Savannah Welch posts on social that she is the new weekend morning meteorologist there.  We'll have to see how this affects the role of Leah Pezzetti, who's been doing a.m. traffic lately for Sumpter and weather on wkds.  It's maybe positioning Leah on mornings to replace Marriott come 27?  

First Place Gold went to a contestant from Canada, Beverly Saraza! King5 producer Alex Gray has reached the finals of the World Karaoke Championship, one of 20 contestants left!   It's underway now in Vegas!