Oregon Media Insiders

Place your bets, folks. Will this position go to someone in-house or someone from outside?

There is more. Early A.M. producer is leaving and no plans to replace her. Also, not going to replace Nancy Francis. Also, not going to hire a replacement backup pilot to replace the one from Seattle that was coming down to give their current pilot a break who by the way is working about 15 hours a day. KGW having money issues???

If she ls leaving why not stay till November. All this coming and going just doesn't add up.

No. There's nothing wierd about the coming and going. It's just so she can be around for sweeps and other important stuff and have the summer off with her kids. And there is no heir apparent.

Put all conspiracy theories aside. If you could take the summer off to hang out with your kids wouldn't you?
Then, she comes back in the fall to finish some projects she's been working on, elections, Pioneer Courthouse Square studio, etc... Then she rides off into the sunset. What part of this is complicated or confusing?

She's a mom. She's taking the summer off to spend with her kids. The ND talked her into coming back in the fall to help during sweeps and with a couple of other big projects in the works. Then she leaves for good.

I will miss Sally. I will miss that late afternoon -breaking news- battle cry. She lived for the breaking news and most often than not was spot on when it came to reacting and allocating resources. She was fun and brought a great energy every day. She added a welcome diversity to a rather white newsroom, and her bi-lingual skills will be sorely missed. With the slow economic times and the semi-hiring freeze at KGW, I hope Rod can replace her with a full time EP, from outside the Portland market.

Does anyone know when the Pioneer Courthouse Square studio will be finished? Is it still on track to debut this summer?

Rod will fill this job with someone from outside the station and market, IMHO.
He relies on the current EP for so much.. It will have to be someone who can really multi-task.

So there isn't ANYONE inside who could replace her? What about a Special Projects EP or a veteran producer? Will they try to hire someone to be in place when she comes back in the fall, so she can have a role in training the person and ensuring a smooth transition?

Seems that Belo is so broke they can no longer supply Culligan Fresh water for the KING,KGW or NWCN newsrooms. This e-mail came out today:

I am sorry to inform you that because of the need to closely monitor expenses right now, I must discontinue our supplies of bottled water in both the Seattle and Portland newsrooms. As much as I would like to keep the service going, it is a very significant annual expense.

Wayne Lynch

WoW! Maybe they could take some of the 1000's of gallons of Jet Fuel that they waste every month in that gas guzz SKY 8 and drink that. That stuff only runs anywhere between 6-8 bucks a gallon.

50 Gals per hour x 75 hours a month = 3750 gals per month x 6.00 per gal = $22500.00 per month.
x 7.00 per gal = $26250.00 per month.

Whats next? Toilet Paper?

Come on................

What happened to Doppler 8000? KGW used to use their own radar in Camas but I noticed that since they switched to HD, they've been using the Weather Service's Doppler radar out of Scappoose.

When Nancy Francis and Jennifer Iveson left about the same time, Mike Benner and Erica Heartquist both started. They might not be replacing her anchor duties on the weekend, but the headcount is still the same.

They seem to usually only have one evening reporter working anyway, so it had seemed odd to me that they needed two anchors when their 11pm news typically starts off with a live report from their one reporter followed by a taped report by the same reporter.