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Checked in with KING on Saturday evening where reporter Sebastian Robertson was filling in on the anchor desk.  Please, somebody at KING coach this guy. He is too soft spoken to anchor. No energy, volume, no urgency, tone, drive.   He led in to an exclusive Investigators piece like he was ready for a nap.   Sell the stories.   He has one job.  Don't mail it in.  Boring presentation at a time where he could shine.

KING Sports Director Paul Silvi has posted a social media pitch for his side hustle, Biff's Blue Ribbon BBQ Sauce, which he owns!   It must be "The Ultimate Side Hustle."  I think it been out there for about a year, but this seems new.  I should charge him for this ad.   https://www.facebook.com/share/1Fiec84AtW/

I often think long goodbyes from TV people are overdone.  Layers of pollyanna hyperbole.  They talk about the privilege and trust and gratitude of being welcomed into viewers' homes.  On weekend newscasts?   The right words?   Vague next career steps and new chapters??  After being in Seattle for a proverbial cup a coffee?   Unfortunately, social media makes these goodbyes possible.   They seemed linked to the generation, but the comments aimed at strangers have become far more than we need to know.    Is it done to get clicks present and future?  To maintain your friends and followers? How bout mentioning the crisis facing the business, the pressures of working under the dark cloud of a Nexstar takeover or being asked to do too much work for the money?    Her unsolved murder series dates back to the 70s in TV when I did the same stuff in Baltimore.  They've  once again become the flavor of th...

Sources say Studio 13 Live on Fox 13 will end its run in early fall.    It was a year ago this month that co-host Carly Henderson was laid off.   No word on how this might affect remaining host Mireya Garcia, but  she's very versatile on-air.   The program debuted in Jan. 2023 as an hour at 10 a.m., but now is just 30 minutes at 11.   Meanwhile, the Studio 13 time slot will be taken over as of Thursday for a FIFA World Cup Live Preview Show from the network, putting the lifestyle show on hiatus.  It will also replace some hours of Good Day Seattle, according to the station program grid. 

Fox 13 Seattle has numerous June changes underway, especially in the sports department.   They've promoted sports freelancer Lauren Helmbrecht to fulltime anchor/reporter and she'll be part of the host rotation on the evening sports wrap show.    Ethan McReynolds moves to fulltime sports MMJ (multi-media journalist).  And for you Alyssa Charlston-Smith fans, she's transitioning from her former job as #2 sportscaster there to a freelance role while her new main gig continues as analyst on the Seattle Storm basketball broadcast team.   It's all just in time for a major sports summer and fall here and continues putting pressure on the KING bunch.   It's getting to be a real duel. In other news, Fox is adding a new member to its streaming roster, Felicia Michelle, who moves here from WISH-TV in Indy, where she was a lifestyle host and reporter..  She starts later this month. Good Day Seattle is getting a bump, too, in the person of Sadie Bug...

Apologize if I am late on this but here goes.  KOMO morning weather wizard George Waldenberger has a franchise explaining the WHY's of weather!  Promo graphic FYI. 

Former KCPQ weather wizard Walter Kelley recently announced he was moving to WPTV in West Palm Beach, FL for a morning weather gig. Our friends at ftvlive.com posted this pic of the station's introductory interview with the new kid in town.