Martin Ortiz is leaving KGO-TV as an EP and headed south to Fresno to the ABC aff to become its News Director.
That's the same station, current KGO ND and ball breaker, Tracey Watkowsko used to run. Ah, birds of a feather...
Meanwhile, Watkowski is so perfect she's managed to alienate the entire KGO/Embarcadero newsroom and its staff away from the Circle7 home studios at 900 Front...including a current hot weekend anchor named Lim who might be headed for a network gig if she decides to split the Bay Area.
The money is tempting but I'm betting Dion Lim stays but that's old news now...
Ortiz leaving SF and heading to Fresno is once again, the continuing power of Trixie, who manges to keep her gig despite her overbearing and frankly, abominable behavior; behavior that wouldn't be tolerated in any other newsroom, let alone Disney-owned KGO/ABC. She's a TYRANT!
Tyrants think they are kings and queens. They rule mostly out of FEAR. KGO's newsroom is a sea of FEAR and PARANOIA. Combine that with a figure head GM, Tom Cibrowski and his pedantic ND and you have the making of a possible insurrection and boy is that on the horizon at ABC7, just when and how are the only questions ...
If you get a chance to move up from Executive Producer to News Director, you take the promotion.
ReplyDeleteI thought Trixie was planning to leave. What money hold up is keeping it from happening? Salary? Contract length? Next place now doesn't want her?
ReplyDeleteAmazing nobody has been able to get rid of the trifecta, Ashen, Ditz and Boils. The most despised trio in SF Bay Area broadcasting.
ReplyDeleteHe left KGO because they suck. If he went to KMJ it is a better job. KGO should get their notebook out and learn from KFI and KMJ. Reading this LEE? Online listener. I tried listening to Nikki this am. Mistake. I rather listen to wake up call with Jennifer Jones Lee (KGO Alum) an hour earlier with no bias, just news.
ReplyDeleteRich what happened with Trixie going to Raleigh for ND? I thought you said it was a guarantee
ReplyDeleteRich, thoughts?
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