Did not take long for KOMO senior news reporter to inject himself into Sports anchor Niko Tamurian's territory on the Friday news live from T-Mobile. I don't care if they have a podcast together. Or if Daniels had a separate story. Let the sports guy do the honors. Daniels wants to work for a team, I swear. Niko always stresses the team effort, but if KOMO wants to build him in a key sports moment for the market and its audience, they are missing an real opportunity. IMHO.
Which team might Daniels want to work for? My mind goes to a basketball team, assuming Seattle gets one again, considering how much he has covered the long saga of bringing the NBA back to town.
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ReplyDeleteDon’t understand your issue with Chris. Why does everything need to go into silos?
ReplyDeleteHere's my issue: Chris is the SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and does national stuff for SInclair. SO why is he always posting obvious sports information and horning in on sports stories online and on the air. Why is Niko not getting showcased by his own station as their #1sports guy? He is constantly upstaged by Daniels and other news anchors on Storm pre-games. Woudn't you want to build him at KOMO as THE guy. I can't imagine KING's Jim Forman, who was senior reporter, co-anchoring with Paul Silvi on a big sports story. It is non sensical. If I were Tamurian, I would ask for independence. At Sinclair, that could be a death, so he goes along to get along, using the TEAM line to justify it.
ReplyDeleteThis post is full of misinformation which just passes as your opinion. I'm not a KOMO loyalist or anything like that but I happened to be watching this on this night last week. Chris had a report on tax revenue for the Seattle for the upcoming playoff games, nothing at all about the team nor really sports for that matter..The venue just kind of made sense based on it being a Mariners impact. Nikko handled the x's and o's of the team and their playoff outlook---the sports side.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a cool and different way of doing team coverage. I notice you post about Chris in sports a lot, and if anyone is doing Nikko T (as super talented as he is) a disservice it's you harping on an issue made up in your own head. I feel like Nikko's been on top of it with all the teams and especially the Ms in the champagne celebrations and so on with no Daniels around and all you're focused on is worrying about where Chris is. I think Nikko T is one of the most talented in the market and that will serve him well the longer he's here. I've talked to the sports guys at KING before and they love him (they just wished he had a little more help.) KOMO is lucky to have him, he appears to have an incredibly bright future in Seattle, why wouldn't KOMO showcase him with their top news reporter?
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I would disagree about 'misinformation.' It was my OPINION only. I like Niko a lot and my post is clearly points out that he can effectively LEAD the sports coverage without a partner, not just tag teaming with Chris or co-host with news anchors on Storm pre-games. I want to see him boosted as the clear #1, but KOMO doesn't seem to want to do that. He should have been on solo close up to start that particular segment, then bring Chris in to intro his story. Then they could be together with Niko driving the bus. In other words, you don't showcase a talent by not giving them the full stamp. I am probably speaking more as a former TV news director here who has hired and worked with sports anchors, whom I know wanted their full space to lead big stories. Again, I do appreciate the chance to explain my position to you. Keep reading and contributing. I will try to hold down the 'harping.'
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