I note all the major anchors are on duty on Seattle TV even on a Friday holiday because the ratings sweeps period started June 25 and this year July 4 WAS included in the survey.  Thus, the big players were playing.  I know they are so happy!!!                                 See ya Monday.   Enjoy the long weekend.    

  KBTC swims nicely upstream to spawn this award.  It has netted a big one from the Society of Professional Journalists for Hard News Feature for its 'Saving the Source' special.   More below and congrats to the team  https://www.facebook.com/share/1CaTx39y11/

Mariah Lane leaving Fox 13 Seattle from her job as segment producer.  It's on her terms, happy to report and she has a new comms job out of the biz.    But isn't everybody trying to leave?   I had one insider wondering if the News Director would leave with the GM who is moving to also run the LA Fox besides Seattle.  They have been linked since KTVU in Oakland.  BREAKING NEWS: Today was my last day working at FOX 13 Seattle! My time with the station has been filled with so many memories and experiences I will hold on to forever. I am leaving with so much love and gratitude in my heart.

No surprise, but hearing that the new Tegna Regional News Executive, Julie Wolfe, ND at KING, will be hiring her own replacement at the station.  Also hearing the Tegna's expanded streaming plan may actually eliminate linear newscasts on KING at some point on nights with major sports programming, movin to KING 5+ app.   It's coming, people, especially with NBA returning to NBC next year.  We shall see.    Julie was a reporter at WXIA in Atlanta back in the day.   She chamnged course and made a huge move to management, to a medium and then major market ND to now a regional executive.   Most NDs come from producer or assignment desk positions.   From personal exxperience, that ain't easy.

It's a strange time at KING 5 these days.  I mean we see News Director Julie Wolfe just assigned regional/corporate responsibilities; Chief Met Mike Everett leaves and, immediately as reported here, Parella Lewis, ex-Seattle, is hired as his replacement; Chris Cashman joins Evening to replace Jim Dever (or Kim Holcomb take your pick); an Evening producer of 25 years tenure is leaving right after Joe Suttner is promoted to EP of Evening as well as New Day; the station has just become part of a major streaming expansion plan from corporate's new news honcho who was dumped at CBS brass, and they don't even have their own KONG fireworks show mentioned in a web story or listed on the cable grid.  Is this just timing thing?  A typice TV turnover thing?  Or have some folks have had just about enough at the dwindling salaries?   You be the judge.  The old gray lady ain't what she used to be, no matter how many congrats the young GM hands out on social.  ...

Per the Seattle Times, the Lake Union/Gas Works show Friday night WILL be televised on KONG starting at 9 p.m. and the boomers are set to go off at 10:15, allowing us to listen to inane filler banter for a full 75, count 'em, 75 minutes.  Just sign on at 10, that's all we need.   I do remember Steve Raible and Monique co-anchoring this for KIRO, but that ship sailed long ago.   Can't do the live Pride parade and live fireworks twice in one week, right?  Interestingly, the fireworks is not even listed on the Comcast grid for KONG.   News is still listed and it also says KING is carrying the Macy's fireworks at 10, opposite the local show.   Nor is imthe KONG show mentioned in KING web story that is about  'Where you can watch fireworks."  Hmmmm. https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/fourth-of-july-fireworks-seattle-2025-western-washington/281-aeb2453c-5c5c-4b23-839c-b0e2d4514f22