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KING5 will stream not one, but TWO high school football games simultaneously on Friday night this week.   And, a little like NFL Red Zone, announcer Chris Egan will work both games.   Get those streaming numbers up!  But will he get double time pay?  Nah.     

Trevor Demers, play-by-play guy for Portland Trailblazers radio, will also do some TV games, apparently on a game by game, trial basis, according to the Oregonian.  Game by game??    Desperation is a lonely hunter.   He replaces the star-crossed Braiden Bell who replaced the real star, Kevin Calabro.   How's that Tegna investigation going of KGW revealing those teenage tweets?  

Per her social media, former KOMO anchor Lee Stoll, who ended up in real estate after leaving the station, got her first buy for clients on a house listed and sold by long ago former KOMO Sports Director, Mike Ferrari.  Now that's some West Seattle synergy!  

World News Tonight from ABC went to black and color bars on KOMO lasting for several minutes on Tuesday night.   Came back after a few minutes to a major pixelated screen, then went to black again.  No word on what happened.   Possible master control mishap??  Feed issue?   Xfinity issue?   Maybe only on my set?  Other technical difficulties?  Anyone else see this??? 

OK, I can't upload the promo pushing Patrick Hussion at KOMO, the anchor who once worked at the  One America Network back in 2016.   But I have transcribed it.   Compare these time worn cliches written by the promotion department to what Hussion said while anchoring for OAN and covering the White House in 2016.   Nice try, creative services and news boss, but did this guy actually change his stripes after 10 years?   I doubt it.  Here's the copy voiced by him over multiple cliched shots around town:  "KOMO morning news is important because I believe everyone and every community deserves to have someone looking out for them, someone who's going to be asking questions, helping to understand more and I feel like everyone that live in a community should have an advocate like that and I feel that journalists are that for them.  To me, journalism is about balance and accuracy, having somebody you can rely on to speak up for you and a...

Dan Rasmussen, who became a morning EP at KING and went in to be an Assistant ND at KABC in LA, has been named News Director at KGO, the ABC O&O in San Fran.  Good guy, success story. 

The former News Director of powerhouse KTVB in Boise, who went on to be a GM for Tegna Phoenix, has been named regional GM for the Pacific Northwest stations owned by the company.   Kate Morris will supervise GMs at KING, Seattle, KGW in Portland, KREM in Spokane, and KTVB.  The regional ND there was fired not too long ago, so not sure how long this job will hold if Nexstar eventually gets Tegna after all the litigation.  My forecast:  Mostly Cloudy, save for a rainy day.