As predicted here, KIRO 7 is sending main male weeknight anchor Gary Horcher along with weekend evening anchor and sometimes sports reporter Eric Thomas to Santa Clara starting Monday to handle Super Bowl coverage. I still think 'Play for the Bay' is an absurd, meaningless slogan. But, despite that, Snoqualmie Casino is sponsoring!
The biggest surprise; First, Fox 13 has sports boss Aaron Levine, Alyssa Charston-Smith and Ethan McReynolds at the game with reports beginning on the Sunday night sports show. But, secondly, the station promises 7 straight hours of live coverage on Super Sunday, refusing to concede any sports territory to KING, despite having the game and the Olympics as well. Good fight going.
Meanwhile, KING sending at least 5 on-air folks, according to one of our readers, including Silvi and Joyce Taylor.
No word from KOMO that I have seen, beyond Niko Tamurian heading to the game with reports starting Monday. They may want to keep Chris in Seattle with all the ICE issues that may increase. He is the best source for CIty Hall and the cops. Update: Daniels there now as well.
Of all the people KIRO could have sent, Gary and Eric are the best choices. They have the Seahawks knowledge (Gary) and sports reporting expierence (Eric especially, but really both of them at this point) needed to do the job well.
ReplyDeleteThat's a strong team for KING 5 with Paul and Joyce. Two familiar faces and news professionals.
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