Dreary Gloom at KTVU; GM Kelley and HR Boss Nohr Rule by Initimidation and Fear; Privacy Concerns from Staff; 50 Cameras In and Around KTVU Building

AT THE JACK LONDON SQUARE Studios of KTVU, exists a wall between management and labor; not just the "little people" behind the scenes but even "star" on-air talent most of whom dread going to work at arguably the Bay Area's most successful TV News station.

THOSE who run the show at KTVU do so with a staff under siege and paranoia permeating the massive building, studios, and various offices

Gregg Kelley is GM and is quite the mysterious soul; why? Because Kelley has built up a reservoir of mistrust and fear from the rank and file. He is quite the mysterious boss too because he's notorious about habitually leaving the office everyday at 3 PM. And when Kelley is in the office, the windows are always shut.

Kelley, from my spy at 2, delegates a lot of power to HR boss, Chris Nohr; she's been at KTVU since 1989 and apparently, inflicts fear among staff, whether intentionally or not.

My KTVU Spy:

"She monitors EVERY employee coming and going; reports any issue to Kelley --supposedly, even the most arcane situation...and when she's not doing that, she sits back and looks at the 50 (FIFTY!) security cameras FOX installed when they took over, it's crazy."

I've heard about a few cameras in and around TV and radio stations, quite SOP,  but 50? That's a lot of insecurity.

Speaking of which...not only are the cameras prevalent but possess secret audio devices too. Privacy at KTVU? Uh, maybe in theory but not in practice. In fact, a KTVU staffer was called into the office and reprimanded for some mild insubordination; (supposedly slamming a door innocuously); when that person questioned the act, they were played the audio proof) so, clearly, that paranoia is alive and kicking inside the newsroom.


Kelley and company have also presided over the #1 mystery at KTVU: since their governing, two full floors of sets torn and ripped apart lay vacant. Maybe Fox has something in mind but they've been laying untouched for months now and the boss has done zip, nada.

Moreover, Kelley's ego maintains that he and ONLY he occupy the only name-on-parking-spot outside the offices and that anyone dare using it get quite the punishment. (Maybe have to watch Gasia Mikaelian put her hair spray on every week for a month?)

KTVU remains a very vibrant station with ratings, although in diminished numbers and viewers, #1 and still the king of Bay Area TV News (in most time slots) but there's a reason why many of their anchors and reporters look as if they weren't invited to the party: there's a very big time dread taking place at KTVU and it isn't going away anytime soon.