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Seattle TV Fill-in Frenzy on Monday





With vacations, maternity and staff departures galore, KING had weekend morning anchor Farah Jadran taking on the daunting assignment of traffic anchor Monday morning and weekday morning anchor Jake Whittenberg was in for vacationing Paul Silvi as the Ultimate Sports Substitute.  And the May sweeps dont  end until Wednesday.    

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  1. This sweeps period has felt rather muted compared to previous ones. It doesn't seem as though the stations did anything special, such as a special investigative piece, to mark the period, as they would normally do.

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    1. There was nothin' shakin' except a sports show on KONG in the morning and streaming whenever. Not impressed. Sign of the times, I fear.

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