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Another Seattle weather guesser turned news anchor!



Gotta hand it to Fox 13 Seattle for another money saving move.  Just like it turned weekday morning weather guesser Erin Mayovsky into a news anchor, it's now done the same with Abby Acone on weekend mornings with Taylor Winkel. This after the talented and experiened Jade Elliott left the station during the summer. It's certainly not a strong or credible combination and just another example of doing more with less. But it's weekend mornings only seen on the Fox duopoly. Weather performers are not news anchors. They are just teleprompter readers and badly miscast. But at this station, it doesn't really matter.

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  1. JasonSeptember 8, 2024 at 10:48 AM

    KIRO 7 did the same with "Dialing For Dollars" hostess/weather chick Sandy Hill in the 1960s. Sandy went on to co-host ABC's Good Morning America.

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  2. JasonSeptember 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM

    You think Abby is not ready for the anchor desk? Check this out: https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/9/8/this-isnt-the-flex-you-think-it-is

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  3. Wayne LSeptember 9, 2024 at 3:36 PM

    Yeah. lol, I was shaking my head over that hire. On the other hand, Seattle is still a major market and I do think there is an expectation of news experience. Abby has done some reporting in a past small market, but I don't think Mayovsky or Abby should be reading crime or political stories when they are hired to smile and dance at the weather wall.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM

      Well today it looks like Abby got the boot from the anchor desk Erin and Taylor anchoring with Abby doing weather. They didnt say anything about it either...

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM

    Well today it looks like Abby got the boot from the anchor desk Erin and Taylor anchoring with Abby doing weather. They didnt say anything about it either...

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