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1. One station (KOMO) dominated.  KIRO brought in major anchors and finished strong.  KING was streaming but weak on TV, and Fox 13 worse.   David Rose of Fox 13, the lead anchor who has made a living helping the cops, was MIA, claiming he offered to come in to help, but was declined and worked phones from home.  Really?  No, he should have just gone directly to the scene.  KING hung.a newbie anchor out to dry with an old time King County Sheriff as a co-anchor and a weak reporter on site. Expected much more. Castro, Taylor or Copeland should have been called in.  Fumbled badly.  And the bright red breaking news background is horrendous. 2. Seattle PD and Mayor not ready for prime time on any form or fashion.   Barnes was in Dallas for a conference?  So, Zoom in to be part of the presser.  What's his priority?  He was two hours ahead and abjectly failed to recognize the gravity of the situation. 3. Barnes is apparentl...

Eddie Olzyck had announced that he is leaving the Seattle Kraken Hockey Network broadcasts for personal and family reasons.   He's been one of the top hockey analysts for many years and NBC has also used him frequently for his horse race handicapping expertise on the Triple Crown broadcasts.    He has battled cancer in the past.   This is certainly another blow to the KHN after some non-playoff seasons and a change in top management.   I wonder how long PBP man John Forslund will want to be with a losing team with little upside right now.    He could do a lot better. https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/kraken-color-analyst-olczyk-thank-you

David Rose, Fox 13 lead male anchor and longtime crime reporter and Spotlight hos there, tells me he was home working the phones during the shooting incident Sunday evening at Seattle Center.   Said he was helping to get suspect info.  All well and good, however Fox reported nothing on TV that I saw till 10.  Hmm.  I appreciate him responding to my inquiry, but IMHO, he should have been on site going live by 7 pm as the face of the station's news franchise.  Period.  ND dropped the ball, too.   Can't depend only on web and streaming on a big story like this.  Has to be on good old TV.    Can't imagine being in that newsroom watching the competition crush them.    How about switching to the vaunted LIVE DESK?  Nah, that's hype to counter their news reruns.     From a reader: Q13 embarrassed themselves on Sunday.

Longtime Seattle sportscaster Elise Woodward has been named the new voice of UW football.  The university announced the promotion: "University of Washington Athletics and Learfield's Huskies Sports Properties announce the hiring of Elise Woodward as the new radio play-by-play voice of Husky Football. Woodward moves up to the booth after more than two decades of reporting on Husky Football from the sidelines.' From Elise:  "This is such an honor and a dream come true. I love Husky football to my core. Every game for the last 23 seasons as the sideline reporter, I am filled with gratitude for the chance to cover these great athletes at my alma mater. New role, same passion. LFG DAWGS!! 💜💜💜" Woodward is also the play-by-play announcer for the Portland Fire of the WNBA, but will reportedly not be tapped for the UW roundball job.  We shall see.    She replaces Tony Castricone, who left for an NFL play-by-play job with Tampa Bay.    Congrats to Elise.

Jake Garcia, who was a sports reporter at KING 5 before moving within Tegna to KPNX in Phoenix, has now left that station to become part of the teaching faculty at the Arizona State University Cronkite J-School.

Felicia Michelle is the a new streaming anchor at FOX 13, presumably indicating addition LIVE DESK times beyond Matthew Smith's work.  She last worked in Indy and previously in Shreveport and Monroe, LA, and South Bend.   And Sam Campbell, who has worked as a reporter at KIRO radio, jumps to TV.