From traffic and ARC to breaking news

Well, the very first face we saw on KIRO morning news at 6 was ex-KOMO Tyrah Majors working the aftermath of three overnight shootings in Seattle with her live on scene.

She broke the first rule of doing live shots, with these two lines off the top:

"As you can see behind me" and "You can see a Metro Bus there." Yes, we can see!

Overall, though, she did a capable, pretty poised job on her first day in a much different role. Multiple live shots is an early test, a tough assignment for someone who was mostly studio bound for a couple of years. Interesting that maybe she took the job partly to prove she can mix it up street-wise going forward.

She also posted on X her 5 a.m. live shot to spread the word.

On the big world cup day here, I was surprised they didn't give that live assignment to her instead of Brooke Griffin. Maybe they wanted to put her with hard news. And they put that story first, ahead of the big game. It's a KIRO thing.

But Majors was moved to the stadium for the 11 a.m. newscast

Comments

Rebecca Stevenson has left KOMO

"I am no longer at Komo 4." Thanks. Longtime Weather Anchor Rebecca Stevenson confirms that she left the station just before Christmas. Her last Facebook posts are 12/17. She has the Seattle station Quintafecta, having worked at the old NWCN, KING, KIRO, KCPQ and KOMO. Looks like her decision. Wants a new chapter. She was doing mainly weekend evenings for KOMO. Perhaps Stella Sun will move there. She has been sharing weekend mornings with Theron Zahn.

Where is Frankie?

Many have missed KIRO 7's weekend PM weather anchor, Frankie Katafias, so I reached out to some of my sources to find an answer. She is apparently taking a few months of leave, but not known specifically what the reason may be. Although there is uncertainty, it could be a personal or family matter. I am told she is expected back at some point in the new year. She is a great asset to what has become a troubled station. Meanwhile former KOIN Portland chief met holds down the fort.

Seeing some alerts on Parella Lewis' behavior in SC

She's on her way to KING in August, but Patreons on ftvlive.com show several colleagues complaining about bullying tactcs and not wanting to work with her. It may explain why she moved from station to station in Seattle back in the day and wound up in a podunk market for years. Here's the post, you be the judge: FTVLive has heard from a number of staffers who described Lewis as a straight up "Bully." Now, normally, when someone reaches out to FTVLive and describes a co-worker is "mean" or a "bully", we don't pay it much attention. Not everyone likes each other and in a business full of big egos, there will be friction. But, the word "bully" kept popping up, when talking to people inside the WYFF newsroom. One insider shared a story in which WYFF Anchor Destiny Chance was to read a story while standing in front of the chroma key. One WYFF staffer described it this way, "Destiny had a shot at the chroma key after weather. The pr...

MediaMaven

Search This Blog