Nice to see this guy nominated for a top honor for his work behind the mic for many years in Seattle. From the Mariners: Congratulations to our very own Dave Sims on being named a finalist for the baseball halll  of fame and  2025 Ford C. Frick Award!

They claim in promos that they have the biggest investugative team, but they included two early monring anchors on the team, Linzi Shelton and DeeDee Sun, who don't have the hours to investigate stories.  They don't hold a candle to KING, which has the biggrst and best team.  Nice try KIRO.  Oh, an no Jesse Jones.  No wonder he is leaving.   KIO

Reports circulating that former SFO news boss and Las Vegas ND (from Sinclair there) is a possible candidate to replace Phil Bruce at Sinclair's KOMO in Seattle.  Mark Neerman worked for Sinclair at KSNV inVegas, then bailed to go to the CBS owned station in SFO, KPIX. That didn't end well, so he went entrrprenurial to start a consulting group with the Cox stations that quickly went belly up.  So he is looking for a new gig and Sinclair might be a source.  His rep is being a 'show doctor' at other stations in Louisville and Richmond.  But it is not about 'shows' anymore.   It's about streaming and heavy digital.  And Sinclair is soon going to Vision Pro to make the newscasts more exciting (that may be up his alley) and, at the same time, destructing its newsrooms in various markets.  The current KOMO ND is here until the end of the year.  We shall see if this was just an interview, or something more significant.

Comments made by Mariners owner John Stanton leave the folks at Root Sports (Angie Mentink, Brad Adam and Jen Mueller, among others) wondering if there will be games to telecast next season.   The team owns most of Root, but Stanton says the team could just partner with Major League Baseball to provide games as it has done with other clubs during the mess with regional sport networks.   Here's a quote from Seattle sports talk radio host Ian Furness: " It is also criminal how they are treating the ROOT staff. These are good people, talented, who deserve to know their future." More about Root in a full story about Mariners owner John Stanton from mlb.com: https://www.mlb.com/news/john-stanton-addresses-mariners-2024-season

The Seattle sports market is usually more than kind to it smajor league teams, mainly because they have partnerships with them.  But Fox 13 has no ties to the Mariners, so sports boss Aaron Levine has gone to great lengths this week highly criticizing ownership and managment of the baseball team.  Strong opinions.   He should get appluse for taking a stand.  It's refreshing.    Take a look below at these three X posts that tell the tale.  He is spot on. https://x.com/AaronLevine_/status/1841921220373320092 https://x.com/AaronLevine_/status/1842229259311653165 https://x.com/AaronLevine_/status/1842226197587181700

A report from AD Week says Sinclair stations (KOMO Seattle and KATU Portland) are evenutally going to get a new digital look.  No word on when and which of its stations will be involved first.  Here's part of the post: Sinclair’s NewsON and Mindgrub have announced a collaboration to launch an Apple Vision Pro app for NewsON. This is Sinclair’s first foray into spatial computing specifically for local news delivery, blending digital content with physical surroundings.

  Suzie Wiley, one of the lead producers at KING5's New Day Northwest lifestyle program, is hosting in the aftermath of Amity Addrisi's departure for PR and fill-in host Kelly Hanson on assignment.   Is she a possible contender to get the main anchor role?   She has been with the show for years and very versatile.  Kelly vs. Suzie??

The summer has come and gone so let's check in with the Seattle radio PPM ratings for September.  Who's #1?  Did NPR's KUOW hang on from is August first place?  Or did music radio make a move back to the top spot?  With the Seahawks, Huskys and Cougs back and the Mariners malaise, how did the sports stations do? (hint: It got tighter). Answers and four monthly trends at the link below:   https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb039

Audacy, which owns KISW-FM, KSWD-FM, KKWF-FM, KNDD-FM and KHTP-FM in Seattle, is coming out of bankruptcy and looks to go private.  Here's some info from RadioOnline.com. Audacy Inc. announced Monday the successful completion of its financial restructuring, reducing its funded debt by approximately $1.6 billion. The restructuring has lowered the company's debt from around $1.9 billion to $350 million, an 80% reduction, leaving Audacy with total net leverage of about 2.7 times. The company highlighted its strong position in delivering premium content as it moves forward. https://news.radio-online.com/articles/b17950/Audacy-Completes-Financial-Restructuring-Reduces-Debt