Reporter Dave done at this Seattle TV

Our friends at ftvlive.com say Dave Detling has been escorted out of Fox 13 Seattle. Detling doesn't seem to last very long no matter where he works. Here's the post:

Sources in Seattle tell FTVLive that Reporter Dave Detling has been exited from the Fox station after less than two years.

Detling was at KCPQ for just over a year and a half. Before that he was at KTVU (Oakland) for 5 months.

He lasted about two years at WMAR in Baltimore, where he had some issues.

Before that he had another 2 year stint at the Nexstar station in Memphis.

Sources in Seattle said that he came in to work Friday, went to the editorial meeting and then was gone from the station. His bio is gone from the station’s website.

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