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We know Elise Woodward has been named the new play-by-play voice of UW football, replacing Tony  Castricone, whose job also included being Director of Broadcasting for the university as well as handling basketball duty.   That job will NOT go to Woodward, and it was posted today on linkedin.com.    Are you listening, Kevin Calabro?   Here's the post: " Learfield is seeking a talented and engaging Director of Broadcasting to serve as the primary radio voice for University of Washington men’s basketball and support Huskies athletics across multiple sports and media platforms. This highly visible role is responsible for delivering men’s basketball play-by-play coverage, producing compelling audio and digital content, and enhancing the overall fan experience through storytelling and multimedia engagement. The Director of Broadcasting serves as a key representative of both LEARFIELD and the University of Washington, working closely with athletics personnel,...

  Just want to direct your attention to our friends at ftvlive.com for two posts about the Spokane wildfires.  One from an anchor/reporter who wants prayers and another blasting the coverage by KXLY.   Fwiw https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2026/8/3/let-us-pray https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2026/8/3/where-is-your-coverage

  Jessie Kane Lyle, who recently left the News Director job at KREM in Spokane, says she is staying with Tegna as a sales account manager.   She's had a great 6.5 year run there, and, prior to that at KING, but said on social media today: "I'm appreciative of the opportunity to grow within Tegna.  I'm looking forward to learning a different side of the business as an Account Manager.  Here's more proof that life is about consistently learning and developing." Jessie met her husband at KING back in the day.

I watched the show and felt it was an underwhelming production-wise.  Mediocre camera work, music blaring, a mic drop-out and no directing for pace.   Just slow to me by comparison.  I realize a production company is doing the work.  But I thought it was far better when KING aired it. Any thoughts?  Their first Seafair year of three. 

KIRO reporter Jake Chapman broke into national CBS PGA golf coverage at 2:10 to carry a Governor's press conference about the terrible and tragic Spokane wildfire crisis.   Bold move from a new ND, but this could have been recorded and played back at 3 pm instead of interuppting a sports event heading for a conclusion.  However, KIRO airs a paid program at 3, so pre-empting that would cost money.  I wonder if that was considered.    On the other hand, pre-empting golf in Seattle for a Spokane story will likely cause the station phones to light up.   That always happens fwiw.    BTW, KOMO aired paid programming at 2:30, Fox 13 in Seafair Live, KING in WNBA.   KIRO broke away from the newser after a half-hour and brought weatherman Van Winkle in for a fire forecast.  By the time golf returned, it was already decided at 2:45.     I am a big believer in doing coverage like this on TV when the story demands ...

This post from KXLY ND Melissa Luck on X. "The more pictures I see and more people I hear from, the more shocking it is. Hearing from friends now who have lost homes/have friends who have lost homes. From everything I've seen, this is likely the worst disaster in our city's history." KREM met Michelle Bos posted this pic of all of the smoke rising:

s Fox 13 used high personality Weather Wizards to co-anchor Seafair afternoon coverage, Brian MacMillan and Claire Anderson. So much better than the Wixey/Mayofsky team on Torchlight and Rose/Radford on the July 4 Fireworks show.  They're learning!!  Bonus:  They added former KGW anchor Steph Striklin, who is an aviation reporter and aspiring pilot, per social media.