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On 8/26/2025 at 8:08 PM, newsdude said:

ABC News reporter Phil Lipof is leaving to become 4 & 5pm anchor at KUSA in Denver, which seems like an interesting move considering it’ll likely end up part of some unholy Nexstar KDVR/KWGN consolidation within a year. 

 

 

2 hours ago, mountainave said:

No other great place for this but Phil Lipof left ABC and took a job at the NBC affiliate in Denver. 

See above. Already posted in OUT & ABOUT where comings and goings are typically posted. 

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Why why leave the network a good paying job for local news why? For me im taking it for the money.

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On 9/27/2025 at 2:58 AM, GraphicsMan said:

Why why leave the network a good paying job for local news why? For me im taking it for the money.

A network correspondent based in New York City has a high cost of living and can make just as much, or sometimes more, being a weekday anchor in a market like Denver with a lower cost of living. 
 

From his post, it also seems like a very personal decision. Children are much older and in college or on their own, and the location is a place they’ve longed to live in. 

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9 hours ago, wabceyewitness said:

A network correspondent based in New York City has a high cost of living and can make just as much, or sometimes more, being a weekday anchor in a market like Denver with a lower cost of living. 
 

From his post, it also seems like a very personal decision. Children are much older and in college or on their own, and the location is a place they’ve longed to live in. 

Oddly enough he’s also not the first ABC News correspondent to make this kind of move: Jeremy Hubbard did the same thing. He didn’t want to raise his kids in New York (though he is also from Colorado and worked there before, which I don’t think is the case for Lipoff.)

 

Aside from the big time network anchor jobs (of which there are very few), network jobs pay pretty modestly, and the quality of life is terrible, especially for correspondents. Being a M-F dayside anchor and off at 5:30 is a pretty good gig.

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15 hours ago, C Block said:

Oddly enough he’s also not the first ABC News correspondent to make this kind of move: Jeremy Hubbard did the same thing. He didn’t want to raise his kids in New York (though he is also from Colorado and worked there before, which I don’t think is the case for Lipoff.)

 

Aside from the big time network anchor jobs (of which there are very few), network jobs pay pretty modestly, and the quality of life is terrible, especially for correspondents. Being a M-F dayside anchor and off at 5:30 is a pretty good gig.

I just feel like it’s the gold standard of journalism being a network correspondent, but honestly I myself couldn’t see me traveling all the time, that has to be exhausting. 

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1 hour ago, GraphicsMan said:

I just feel like it’s the gold standard of journalism being a network correspondent, but honestly I myself couldn’t see me traveling all the time, that has to be exhausting. 

Whether or not it’s some artificial “gold standard,” there is so much more to life.

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35 minutes ago, HanSolo said:

Whether or not it’s some artificial “gold standard,” there is so much more to life.

True. Gotta have a life. Your family is priceless one time I asked Michelle Charlesworth of WABC and she apprently was offered a network role but she turned it down because she wanted to be with family.

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Interesting dynamics for ABC this afternoon after the shooting in Minneapolis and the NBA’s postponement of the Warriors-Timberwolves game. They’ve been in an ABC News Special Presentation anchored by Whit Johnson since 6:30pm ET and seems to be running until Inside the NBA begins at 8pm ET. 

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