Happy Friday to all those celebrating. In this week’s edition of stories we haven’t published for one reason or another, we see the usual churn of local reporters, leaving me wondering if it’s me or is everyone is retiring these days and a union is picketing a Michigan station.
Let’s get started:
Revolving door:
Journalist-presenter Tajma Hall says she is leaving WDJT after two years at the Milwaukee CBS affiliate “to pursue new opportunities.” Here is the story.
Discussion in store:
The FCC fined Washington’s KHQ $29,000. As part of an order and consent decree, the FCC renewed the licenses of three Washington state television stations owned by KHQ. Click here to find out more.
From Gray TV men’s professional baseball league news: The Atlanta Braves (Nasdaq: BATRA, BATRK) and Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) have agreed to a multi-year partnership beginning in 2025 for Gray to broadcast simultaneously 15 regular season games alongside FanDuel Sports. Network, rights-holding partner of the Braves. Here is the press release.
Our friend at FTVLive posted this: Here’s the end of year email from Scripps CEO Adam Symson to the staff. There is so much in this email that I would like to comment on, but I’ll just let you read it and give your opinion. (A quick look at the Google machine showed Symson’s salary was $1.275 million last year) Click here to read it.
The retirement train leaves:
Anchor Jeff Alexander retires after 30 years with WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Here is a video.
At WESH in Florida, longtime journalist Dave McDaniel announced his retirement. Back to his work. Here is his video.
Labor news:
Last month, members of NABET-CWA Local 54048 held two informational pickets to inform the Saginaw, Michigan community about the ongoing labor dispute with WNEM-TV, owned by Gray Television. Click here for this story.
