Sources confirm KING5 weekend evening anchor Madison Wade is leaving after a four-yearr un. She's getting married soon and relocating with the groom. She joined the station in June 2022 and has specialized in a series a stories on unsolved crimes in the PNW. This adds to the reporter shortage at K5 with Maddie White and hubby Drew Andre to SFO, as reported here previously. Farah Jadran could move up from weekend mornings, but I also wonder if Christine Pae would give up KONG weekday mornings and KING noons on weekdays to get a solo weekend, higher viewed, evening newscast. Another reporter, Savannah Welch, could also move to the desk, which would remove her from the field for two more days. Getting tight over there! World Cup coming, Seahawks training camp, too. Silvi a nd Egan tied up in a new morning live/streaming experiment show, lots of big news stories looming in what has a...
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