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Married TV couple leaves this Seattle station.

 


KING5 reporters Drew Andre and Maddie White are leaving the station and apparently heading for the same San Francisco newsroom.  Both came to Seattle by way of Las Vegas TV.     More defections in the midst of the Tegna/Nexstar quagmire.   These moves follow the departure of reporter Connor Board.   Three major staffing shortages at the big K5.    Not good with ratings sweeps starting Thursday and World Cup looming with Iran coming to Lumen.  Protests galore in the offing.


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  1. IDC9April 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM

    I'm sorry to hear that Drew and Maddie are leaving KING. Drew has proven to be a veristile reporter on the morning news, and Maddie has always been a solid reporter on the late news. I wish them all the best in San Francisco. Our loss is their gain.

    As for KING, they've got some serious vacancies to fill, and very little time to do it. I hope they can get some help from their sister stations if they don't have the vacancies filled by June. As important as the May sweeps are, the World Cup is going to require extensive extra coverage for more than a month, especially with the Iran factor. Even with these vacancies, KING is better positioned to handle such coverage compared to the other stations with its larger pool of reporters. But its still going to be tough.

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