Seattle News Guy Does Weather, too! Who knew?

When Brandon Thompson joined KIRO7 Seattle just last July from KOIN6 in PDX, we warned he was joining the 'Incredible Shrinking Staff" at the Cox station. To wit: He anchored.weather Friday 10-18 on the late news (didn't see early), and I wonder if he volutnteered or was trained into service. When you look at his experience, I might choose the latter. Don't think weather was on his bingo card when he came on board. He is what he wrote then, touting his news expertise. (see below). KIRO has the smallest weather team in Seattle at the moment and the a.m. weather guy also does traffic.

"I'm Brandon Thompson, I've been reporting for more than eight years, covering political scandals, elections big and small, and some of the nation's largest natural disasters. I have a passion for political and investigative reporting which you can catch on KIRO 7 News at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. during the week."

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Rebecca Stevenson has left KOMO

"I am no longer at Komo 4." Thanks. Longtime Weather Anchor Rebecca Stevenson confirms that she left the station just before Christmas. Her last Facebook posts are 12/17. She has the Seattle station Quintafecta, having worked at the old NWCN, KING, KIRO, KCPQ and KOMO. Looks like her decision. Wants a new chapter. She was doing mainly weekend evenings for KOMO. Perhaps Stella Sun will move there. She has been sharing weekend mornings with Theron Zahn.

Seattle TV Weekender Ends Her Run

So long to KOMO's longtime weekend morning anchor Lee Stoll who did her final show Saturday. She previously worked at KIRO7 and KREM2 in Spokane and did a little fill-in for me at the old NWCN. She's a Northwestern U grad. Weekend weather sidekick Theron Zahn will likely step right into anchor slot. Newcomer Stella Sun may also be in the mix. Zahn bid Lee a final goodbye this morning. She is not revealing what is next, saying "That's for later." Also, next month Komo News Operations boss Dennis Hanson and longtime Production Tech Rena Mullen are retiring. There's a big Studio C station bash for them and retiring ND Phil Bruce on December 5th.

Where is Frankie?

Many have missed KIRO 7's weekend PM weather anchor, Frankie Katafias, so I reached out to some of my sources to find an answer. She is apparently taking a few months of leave, but not known specifically what the reason may be. Although there is uncertainty, it could be a personal or family matter. I am told she is expected back at some point in the new year. She is a great asset to what has become a troubled station. Meanwhile former KOIN Portland chief met holds down the fort.

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