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Showing posts with label Channel 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Channel 7. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
415 Media: ABC7/KGO-TV Reporter Nick Smith Abruptly Resigns; GA Correspondent Wanted Full-Time Status
KGO-TV veteran General Assignment reporter and all-around good guy, Nick Smith resigned late last week, suddenly.
I'm told by an ABC7 source that Smith was turned down by management after requesting full-time status at the SF O and O. Smith has been a part-time contributor even though he'd been reporting at the station since 2006.
Smith is also an aspiring actor and appeared on a few notable ABC shows but his news reporting was generally first-rate and I'd be very surprised if Smith didn't turn up soon at a local or out-of-town station.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Where was KGO-TV When The SFO Crash Happened?
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FROM TV SPY and an Insider at KGO-TV
Big unanswered question: why didn't news director Tracy Watkowski order the news folks who were working to go on the air immediately? Or was she too absorbed in the riveting Channel 2 coverage to react. Hard times at what used to be a great news operation?
In a press release trumpeting KTVU‘s coverage of the Asiana Airlines crash, the San Francisco Fox affiliate is calling out ABC owned KGO for being slow to the story.
In the release, KTVU noted they were first on the air and first with a reporter from the scene. The station also noted that KTVU’s aerial coverage was used by ABC News in its national report, since KGO’s chopper was not yet in the air by the time David Muir‘s special report began:
KTVU’s coverage was even picked up by the ABC National News – instead of their own affiliate (KGO). The ABC National News repeatedly used aerial footage from KTVU NewsChopper 2 during their 30 minute Special Report. KGO didn’t hit the air with local coverage until 1:11pm – 58 minutes later than KTVU.
ABC News, CBS News and Fox are members of Network News Service, a partnership that allows all three networks to pool coverage from their local affiliates. KTVU’s live pictures were fed to ABC News through NNS.
Related, TVNewser: ABC News and SF Fox Affiliate In Flap Over Plane Crash Coverage
In contrast to the local coverage, ABC’s national coverage was the most extensive of the broadcast networks. Muir anchored an 45-minute special report that preempted the network’s coverage of Wimbledon, while NBC and CBS offered only brief updates.
KGO news director Tracey Watkowski did not immediately respond to TVSpy’s request for comment.
And here's a reply from an insider at Ch. 7
We couldn't go on the air because we didn't have a director. We have cut back so much we couldn't function when we needed to most. And then once we did...we didn't know when to say "when"!
It's unfortunate. We have great people who were here ready to go.
Unless the Guild contract has changed it has always been:
“if in an emergency and there is NO Director available, anyone can direct”
I am laughing my ass off to see the stupidity of Management that doesn’t know or has read the contract, let alone wait for a Director to show up on a Breaking Story over the weekend!
Sorry, we can’t bring this Breaking Story to you. It’s the Weekend and our Director’s aren’t here or available”
Please use your remote to see the Story on all the other stations!
FROM TV SPY and an Insider at KGO-TV
Big unanswered question: why didn't news director Tracy Watkowski order the news folks who were working to go on the air immediately? Or was she too absorbed in the riveting Channel 2 coverage to react. Hard times at what used to be a great news operation?
In a press release trumpeting KTVU‘s coverage of the Asiana Airlines crash, the San Francisco Fox affiliate is calling out ABC owned KGO for being slow to the story.
In the release, KTVU noted they were first on the air and first with a reporter from the scene. The station also noted that KTVU’s aerial coverage was used by ABC News in its national report, since KGO’s chopper was not yet in the air by the time David Muir‘s special report began:
KTVU’s coverage was even picked up by the ABC National News – instead of their own affiliate (KGO). The ABC National News repeatedly used aerial footage from KTVU NewsChopper 2 during their 30 minute Special Report. KGO didn’t hit the air with local coverage until 1:11pm – 58 minutes later than KTVU.
ABC News, CBS News and Fox are members of Network News Service, a partnership that allows all three networks to pool coverage from their local affiliates. KTVU’s live pictures were fed to ABC News through NNS.
Related, TVNewser: ABC News and SF Fox Affiliate In Flap Over Plane Crash Coverage
In contrast to the local coverage, ABC’s national coverage was the most extensive of the broadcast networks. Muir anchored an 45-minute special report that preempted the network’s coverage of Wimbledon, while NBC and CBS offered only brief updates.
KGO news director Tracey Watkowski did not immediately respond to TVSpy’s request for comment.
And here's a reply from an insider at Ch. 7
We couldn't go on the air because we didn't have a director. We have cut back so much we couldn't function when we needed to most. And then once we did...we didn't know when to say "when"!
It's unfortunate. We have great people who were here ready to go.
Unless the Guild contract has changed it has always been:
“if in an emergency and there is NO Director available, anyone can direct”
I am laughing my ass off to see the stupidity of Management that doesn’t know or has read the contract, let alone wait for a Director to show up on a Breaking Story over the weekend!
Sorry, we can’t bring this Breaking Story to you. It’s the Weekend and our Director’s aren’t here or available”
Please use your remote to see the Story on all the other stations!
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