Ouch. The racket rolls on. Will be interesting to see if KING's Evening co-host Chris Cashman will emcee.
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Geez. Hope the food is good.
ReplyDeleteIt better be at those prices. Very expensive!
DeleteNot worth it to hear the KING cult members fawn over each other.
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DeleteNWCN for 11 years, KING IS cult-like. If you weren't KING you were not as valuable or respected as either a sister station or competitor. Those of us at cable rose above it and persevered because of pride in our mission, which we carried out. We stunned KING in 2014 by winning a NATIONAL Walter Cronkite award for political coverage that WE originated, NOT as an aggregator of their material. It was a moment of triumph.
So KGW, KREM, and KTVB weren't viewed as highly as KING even though, at the time, they were all leaders in their respective markets producing quality journalism every day? I'm glad to hear that NWCN didn't share that line of thinking!
DeleteNWCN depended on all four stations to provide us material day after day. We respected what they all did. There was frustration because they were required to help us. We struggled most with KGW for a variety of reasons. The first meeting I had with the managers there in 2004, they wanted me to fire my bureau reporter. That set the tone for some tugs-of-war.
DeleteWhen NWCN started in 95 it had its own full news, weather, sports reporting and camera staff with an additional bureau besides PDX in Spokane (Greg Copeland worked in that bureau). By the time I arrived in 2004, there was only one microwave truck left, one feed coordinator left in Spokane, and only one reporter and left in Seattle. I took the job despite knowing this, partially because my son lived here but also because I had a vision to keep it going.
DeleteWe became content aggregators. We moved our first newscast to 4am (affiliates followed eventually to 430) and set the main newscast to 7-8 pm by Jan. 2005. They were successful as broadcast alternatives in unique time slots.
Despite 14 layoffs in 2008 and four more later, we somehow survived, training many young journalists and producers along the way The ProJo company founded it, Belo bought it and reduced it, Gannett and Tegna killed it. And so it goes.
The KING cult is like the Dallas Cowboys. They think they are Seattle’s station (The Home Team/Americas’s Team) but they are stuck in the 90s, the last time they were relevant. The reality is they haven’t been first in most day parts in probably a decade. I don’t think they see the eye rolling or hear the laughter everytime the ydump money into buying awards. They are trying make themselves feel validated because the viewers aren’t doing that. The Nexstar budget cuts that will surely come will be real eye-opening for them…
ReplyDeleteAll tied to the buyouts and the move in 2016. Award entries have always been a priority to lift the legacy, no matter what, but seems more excessive now despite some of the good work being done.
DeleteKING never “dumps money into buying awards.” Most people spend their own money entering. The station pays for some, yes. But 80% are from people spending their hard earned money. Which says something because we’re the worst station paid in town.
DeleteIf that is the case, it differs from how it was done back when I was in the building. Like everything else the money strings are shortened, including as you mention, the pay!
DeleteThere were some very good people in the KING newsroom. There were also people who thought they were good simply because they were there. The latter were the most arrogant.
ReplyDeleteCable used to say "We were 'KINGED' when workarounds were needed to get content on the air. It all worked out and we understood that KING was the 800-pound gorilla, but it was ofter a chore to do our jobs as the proverbial red-headed step child. But we had fun doing them after all.
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