Her goodbye post below! After an almost five-year stint, FOX 13 meteorologist and part-time news anchor Abby Acone ends her run there with a final show on this Sunday morning. Married earlier this month, she left no word on what's next. Not sure if it is fully her decision, but I'm told she had 'favored nation' status with news management. Before joining 13 in December of 2021, she worked three years at KOMO and also did a stint in Tri-Cities. Fittingly, this last shot on IG is studio appropriate. I've been frequently critical of her on this site for using the station's studio to post questionable videos (IMO), but for now, good luck. Here's Abby's goodbye post: My heart is so full as I reflect on my final week at FOX 13 ❤️ 🥹 I’m incredibly grateful for my time here and for the remarkable people who made this place feel like home. I’ve had the joy of working alongside some of the most talented, hardworking, and genuinely wonderful people in th...
With Fox's heavy weekend sports schedule, those may have been the best timeslots to air it on Saturday and Sunday. That being said, they could have scheduled an additional airing or two on Monday as there were no sporting events on the main channel, and all of the local newscasts were scheduled to air as normal even though demand for them would have been lower than usual. They could have pre-empted an hour or two of the local newscasts to air the special on Monday. While the timeslots might not have been any more prominent, they could have at least given viewers more oppertunities to watch it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they didn't want to publicize it at all. Memorial Day weekend was not the time or place, which tells me that's why Fox wanted it basically buried.
ReplyDeleteI can agree that Memorial Day weekend really wasn't the time or place to air a special of this nature given that the Memorial Day holiday is supposed to be about honoring fallen military members. That being said, the holiday weekend did coincide with the five year anniversery of Floyd's death, so I can see the timeliness value of airing it over the holiday weekend. If Fox didn't want it to be buried, perhaps they should have picked a timeslot either just before or just after the holiday weekend to air it. Failing that, it could have been aired exclusivley on the Fox Local streaming service, which Fox 13 often promotes.
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