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Last time we caught up with Liz Dueweke, former anchor for KOMO and Fox 13, she had taken a job in Sept 2024 as a senior communication specialist at the Allen Brain Institute in Seattle's South Lake Union, working for ex-KING reporter Rob Piercy.   Well, the neurons apparently didn't fire too well and Liz has now taken her brain to an anchor slot at WFLD, the Fox station in Chicago, per her posts on Instagram.  Her accompanying quote on the post was "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in," recalling the Pacino line from Godfather 3, which has become a cliche.   Anyway, WGN owns mornings in Chi-town so good luck at what has been an also-ran much of the time there.    She was once married to Adam Mertz, who worked for a time at KING.  And before joining Allen, she worked for Sinclair out in the 'West Texas town of El Paso'.  Wow, she sure can pick her TV companies, can't she?  I never got her act, sorry.   

Hearing that The Ultimate Sports Show on KONG was the top streaming program on Monday in Seattle before the big World Cup match with USA-Belgium.  My sources are not 'waffling,' BTW.   But not sure of full accuracy.   But fun to at least throw it out there. The show will be halfway thru its 6 month trial on July 20. Now Seahawks Training Camp soon to open so both this show and Fox 13's Washington Sports Wrap will be goini's at it, while poor Niko at KOMO must fly solo and nobody at KIRO apparently will care.

KOMO World Cup mish-mash of pics and texts. Even speed readers and multitaskers are bewildered.  These boxes kept repeatedly changing for 18 seconds. I then had to watch the movie Vertigo.  From Tuesday 6 a.m.  Not awake yet.  After the World Cup, no less? KOMO overkill with this technology on linear. Bad television, folks.  But then it's KOMO trying too hard to be high end.  At least do a video pull out for a couple of the pics and read some tweets that are highlighted. 

Hey Seattle media talent groupies, KING Sports anchor/reporter Arielle Orsuto, KOMO's Sports Director Niko Tamurian, KIRO's newest reporter, Tyrah Majors, and Kraken radio man Everett Fitzhugh will step up to the plate July 11 at Tacoma's Cheyney Stadium for a Celebrity Softball and HR Derby Event.  Some Seahawks there, too.  King is the media sponsor.  I know its not the World Cup but it could be a real kick!   And helps non profits, too. Photo courtesy "Jay Create" 

Props to weekend Met Robert Van Winkle for coming here from a Florida TV and getting into Seattle World Cup coverage on KIRO.   Impressed!! He's a pro!   Here's a link to a KIRO doc he did about his time on the aircraft carrier Nimitz back in the day. https://youtu.be/umjqGx5dXOo?is=GfzHZ-bqKXRcKmb6

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 KIR...

July 5th, 2016 333 Dexter felt the wrath of the demolition crews on that day 10 years ago.   Massive buyouts had taken place just months earlier when broadcast giants like Dennis Bounds, Jeff Renner and Linda Byron, among others, chose to leave rather than stay with troubled Tegna, eventually replaced by a gaggle of short timers and a parade of news bosses  Now, KING rents space across the street from TMobile in SODO. Legacy lost.   Apple has built in that space    I happily worked in the building for 11 years at NWCN and, in my opinion, without rancor, KING has never been the same since the former GM engineered the move.   Ratings, credibility, sources, skills and institutional memory have been lost to some degree along the way.