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KING becoming a Corporate Hubber


We've got confrimation that KING 5 in Seattle will be one of the new marketing hub centers for Tegna, which has announced that marketing departments at its many stations will unfortunately be shut down in mid-January.

My friends at ftvlive.com posted the corporate memo, the first big swing taken by the new boss who replaced the long-running corporate czar Dave Lougee (former KING GM and ND) in August.   One would think they will hub for KGW in Portland, KREM in Spokane and KTVB in Boise.  Makes sense as the station with the most resources.

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/11/19/the-internal-memo

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  1. Drew GundersonNovember 21, 2024 at 1:40 PM

    Marketing hubbing going on would they cancel New Day Northwest like Tegna is doing to Cleveland's Good Company since it falls into the marketing department? Or expand it to the rest of the NW and plug more then Seattle in the show?

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  2. Wayne LNovember 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM

    Unlikely since King just hired a new New Day host. Plus Evening co-host position still open and the Marketing boss is also Program Director and hires that job

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