Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 10:27pm.
Since Shauna and Kim are not leaving anytime soon that may be the case that there isn't too far a female anchor can go at KPTV. The staple base of anchors at KPTV makes decent money, but everyone that has been hired within the past couple of years makes peanuts. Most are part time, none make more than $50k, some make half of that. There is a reason Hilary left, now Jaime. There is no other station in the market that hires part-time anchors. At KPTV I know Jaime, Chad, Julie, Stephanie, Sophie, Jessica, all the sports anchors were all hired as part timers. I am guessing that has changed for some of them, but not all of them. I know some of them still don't even have benefits.
Since Shauna and Kim are not leaving anytime soon that may be the case that there isn't too far a female anchor can go at KPTV. The staple base of anchors at KPTV makes decent money, but everyone that has been hired within the past couple of years makes peanuts. Most are part time, none make more than $50k, some make half of that. There is a reason Hilary left, now Jaime. There is no other station in the market that hires part-time anchors. At KPTV I know Jaime, Chad, Julie, Stephanie, Sophie, Jessica, all the sports anchors were all hired as part timers. I am guessing that has changed for some of them, but not all of them. I know some of them still don't even have benefits.