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| Julie Watts leaving KPIX for KOVR |
WATTS LEAVING 'PIX
Julie Watts, the wholesome, sometimes consumer, sometimes weather anchor, is leaving KPIX and headed for Sacramento CBS O and O (Owned and Operated) KOVR.
KPIX brass let their staff know this (Wednesday) evening, according to a source close to the station. That same source told me the news and a little more too:
"She wasn't happy here and wanted to do more consumer and investigative stories, said the person who is in a position to know.
Watts has been at KPIX since 2010. Her reporting garnered seven Emmys and numerous industry awards. Presumably, in hungry Sacramento, she'll be able to do more and get extra air time; it's unusual for a smaller market to snatch a Top 10 personality like Watts but that's what Sactown CBS did.
Good for Watts and good for CBS and its state capital eyeball.
