Friday, January 6, 2012

Flash: Huge Shake-Up at NBC Bay Area; Update/Correction; Central Coast station slashes dozen staffers

There's been a huge shake-up at moribund KNTV, (NBC Bay Area)--I'm hearing that multitude amounts of flesh were pink-slipped at the San Jose NBC O and O on Friday morning.

UPDATE 2: Right story, wrong station: (I screwed up)

Here's a brief summary:


In a corporate move to reorganize its Central Coast television stations, Cowles California Media Company on Wednesday laid off approximately a dozen employees from its two Santa Maria stations.
The action will take effect Jan. 13, and move the anchor desk of local evening news at both KCOY and KKFX to the company's KION headquarters in Salinas.
From: SantaMariaTimes.com

My apologies to KNTV.






**Developing Story...

**UPDATE: Station execs at KNTV have told me they haven't dismissed anyone. There have been reports that some Monterey TV outlets let a number of people go on Friday.

**We're still checking.









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14 comments:

  1. Ok...who got axed? The news director? Jessica Aguirre? Janelle Wang? Raj Matthai?

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  2. Please let it be Raj Matthai. Whoever promoted him to anchor was smoking crack.

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  3. Jessica Aguirre I hope is still on, what a hottie she is.

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  4. maybe Jessica will get time to inject more crap in those lips. Wait, who else is going to be the "official pen holder"??

    But really, I hate to see anyone get the pslip. I even have friends working @ NBC. Hang in there!

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  5. Low rating will do that but I hope my favorites survive the axe.

    Jessica Aguirre? Yes, she should not have messed with the lips but she is still the real deal. Looks. Smarts. And a good anchor. Ratings or not, she's a keeper. A BIG Aguirre fan here.

    I also like Laura Garcia Cannon. Scotty McGrew, Raj, Janelle, and even Miss Button Nipples, Christina Loren. Like them all and hope they are still there.

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  6. Jessica Aguirre looks like the Joker... Poster child for not having plastic surgery

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  7. The NBC Bay Area morning show is ok. The traffic guy however is terrible! So I choose to go elsewhere for my morning news

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  8. Perhaps this is part of what you heard. Cowles California Media owns a few stations from Salinas south to Santa Maria. They will be consolidating their news broadcasts so they're all done in Salinas. Let's just say the quality of the newscasts in this area leaves a lot to be desired.

    http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/01/05/1896092/santa-maria-tv-station-layoffs.html

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  9. Open mouth, insert foot.

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  10. Jessica Aguirre's going to hunt you down and kick your butt, Rich.

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  11. We all make mistakes. The transparency is good.

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  12. There was a rumor of this move coming down about a month ago. Sucks to be a viewer in Santa Maria - they've just been hung out to dry.

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  13. Who cares about KNTV?? Let them rot! They barely know where Concord is let alone spell it!

    Radar

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  14. That's okay. Half of Concord doesn't know how to spell so they're even.

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