MediaMaven

 . ... Has entered the transfer portal in town. Betting someone moving on from KING.   Stay tuned. 

The great, indomitable, major and SENIOR meteorologist Rich Marriott of KING 5.  Wow 77 candles would be a PNW wildfire.   That's perfect! 

While KUOW continued its strong first place run despite a half share point drop (10.6-10.1), and KIRO Seattle Sports AM added a .4 to remain second (6.4-6.8), two FM music stations were red hot, KJEB classic hits to third place with a full point jump 5.3-6.3 and KZOK classic rock with a 1.3 share jump to fourth (4.3-5-6). KIRO 97.3 was flat, and KNWN was down a half share a point.   The numbers are here: https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb039

Doing a little background research on KOMO's new morning man, Patrick Hussion, and noticed he has twice worked for Herring Networks, AKA, One American Network, considered a conservative, even a far-right wing news organization supportive of President Trump.  He doesn't even list One America on his linkedin.com resume, instead using the Herring moniker only.  And KOMO's own web story about him joining the team neither mentions that experience or that he was coming from its Sinclair sister station, only that he covered the White House and national politics.    Hmmm.     And did his previous stints there make him attractive for also-conservative Sinclair to hire him first in Asheville and then transfer/promote him to replace Mary Nam at KOMO?    Just wondering, not judging him - yet. https://komonews.com/news/local/

Nia Wong, who had a cup a coffee stint as a weekend co-anchor reporter at Fox 13 in Seattle, has joined the KIRO 7 reporting staff with a Monday debut, hitting the Seattle TV Exacta.   She once worked at KXLY in Spokane, so a semi-trifecta in WA TV.

By rule, The KOMO School of TV News Production loves to keep its anchors on camera when video is rolling, even dramatic video of violent/rowdy fan behavior in NYC.  Plus, they add (every five seconds) area temps and forecasts screen right, a rolling headline ticker and a two-line lower third font.     Phew.  That rivals Fox13's Live Desk malaise.  I know, we must be multitaskers, but this seems excessive early in the morning!