Nothing personal here, just the product tossed out to viewers.
"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.
Is this the first time Adam has anchored the news sections of the newscast? He has certainly been an important part of it for a long time, doing traffic and some other features. But I don't recall him anchoring the news sections before.
ReplyDeleteHe's great on traffic info. Don't know if this his first stint in a Seattle news anchor chair.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not mistaken, he is now the longest tenured traffic reporter in the region. He certainly knows that beat well! And in all honesty, he probably does have more market knowledge than most anyone else that Fox 13 could have chosen to fill in because of how long he has been there. There must be some sliver of credibility in that.
DeleteI can't argue his market knowledge but call me a purist. I want someone who has covered a multiplicity of stories from crime to government to health and more to give me the news. It's why object to Erin Mayofsky on the morning news, for example. If you Google her name, her subtitle is ACTOR. Not good. Abby Acone may have a smidgen of small market news reporting experience but not in this market. She's too busy using her TV studio workplace to post odd sexual items and get away with it. She did weather at KOMO, too. Not a news anchor in any way shape or form. I blame the station for its shortsightedness. They don't want Matt Smith to pick up extra hours, or Franque or Taylor?? Money and/or comp day saving decisions obviously. I rest my case, lol.
DeleteI respect your position, and I do agree that it is better for someone who has expierence reporting on an variety of beats and topics to be in the anchor chair, especially in a top 20 market like Seattle where a legacy of professionalism and expierence behind the anchor desk has existed for decades. This isn't to say that Adam is not a professional or expierenced broadcaster. He most certainly achieves those benchmarks. Perhaps this is a way for Fox 13 to give him some expierence with hard news that isn't traffic related. Or could he have been brought in because of today's grand opening of the light rail extension from Angle Lake to Federal Way, which is undoubetly a big transportation story.
DeleteAnd I, your thoughts. Thank you for sure.
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