We hear that an official announcement is coming this week that Fox13 will now be the brand new partner of SEAFAIR, the city's major, traditional and famous summer event.
More details to come probably Thursday on the morning news, but it's been 'pirated' away from KIRO, which airs the annual Torchlight Parade. Also hearing Fox 13 will televise the Lake Union fireworks on July 4, taking it from King. No info on the Hydros telecast which has been on King/Kong.
Aggressive move!
PS.. KOMO would never bid for this. Sinclair's agenda is to tear down cities, not promote them. Cut and dried. KING crippled by Nexstar litigation when this was likely up for grabs.
This is an aggressive move by Fox 13 and my first impression of this is that this is perhaps the most noticeable casualty yet for KIRO resulting from their overall cutbacks over the past few years. As to the hydros Wayne, KING has to my knowledge been working with a network over in Spokane, SWX, on that coverage. Fox 13 IMO I believe has the resources and manpower to produce a hydro broadcast themselves and perhaps bring back what KIRO had previously with all-day coverage of the races. So that will be something worth paying some attention to
ReplyDeleteA bold move by Fox 13! This not only further solidifies their status as the top station for sports in town, but it also sets them on a path to becoming the top community events station in town.
ReplyDeleteHydro coverage with SWX (KHQ/KNDO/KNDU) has now parternered with FOX 13 on news coverage so they could then partner with them the coverage.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that update.
ReplyDeleteWaaaay back in the 1960s-70s all three Seattle network stations covered the Seafair races live. What a circus! Three sets of cameras, anchor positions, mobile control rooms (KIRO’s was a huge white thing called Moby Bus) — and none paid for exclusive rights. Working the races and parade was grueling but fun and built a lot of in-house production skills and camaraderie.
ReplyDeleteGood nostalgia there!!! Chaos!
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