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!! đđđ" 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.