A3N 996 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 FWIW, Rich Leiberman is reporting that KGO will not be renewing the contracts of Cheryl Jennings and Spencer Christian. Both will leave come December. It's not surprising, given the recent staff changes at KGO, with Leigh Glasser and Carolyn Johnson leaving or about to the leave the station. It does add fuel to the rumor that maybe the station is prepping to be sold in the near future. Link to the article: http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2014/05/thursday-blast-cheryl-jennings-and.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 252 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Not surprising at all. Cheryl has always been a bit of a redundancy in the anchor department, and it seems like they only kept her around because she's a local staple. The days of keeping talent around because they're a "local staple" are gone. It does mean that if Ama Daetz takes over the 4pm, 6pm and 11pm spots from Carolyn Johnson, they'll need to add another anchor for the 5pm spot or reshuffle the anchor distribution (more likely). I've always thought Spencer's days were numbered since he cut back his weather duties to host View from the Bay, a show for which cancellation was inevitable. Since then he's been sharing weeknight weather with Sandhya Patel, who probably makes significantly less than Spencer. Shedding Spencer's contract and just going with Sandhya would mean significant payroll savings for ABC. Changing times over there indeed—I rode by the KGO building at 900 Front the other day and construction for the KRON move-in looks to be progressing rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 169 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 According to a KGO spokesperson there's no truth to this story and they are not leaving the station. Tvspy has the details. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/kgo-responds-to-reports-two-veteran-anchors-getting-kicked-to-curb_b120300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 727 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yeah seems kind of odd that KGO would be letting go of key talent to trim the station and prepare it for sale. It's been claimed that WPVI, WLS, and KABC are hiring new talent to make them more attractive for sale. It doesn't make sense one station is being drained while the other is being beefed up, while both are for sale. My take on this: I don't believe ABC is getting rid of any of their stations, but if they do, WTVD and KFSN (regardless of its role) will be the first two to go. Back to KGO, I think they'd be smart to promote from within: 5,9,&11: Dan Ashley & Kristen Sze 4&6: Larry Beil & Cheryl Jennings Mornings & 11am: Eric Thomas & Ama Daetz Weekend Evenings: Alan Wang & Carolyn Tyler Weekend Mornings: John Alston & Katie Marzullo Promote Mike to weekday sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 996 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 I don't doubt that Cheryl and Spencer will leave, however it will be labeled as "retirement" as a save face for the station. The ABC O&O's are not necessarily eliminating positions, they are shedding high priced talent and hiring young cheap one's. Addition by subtraction so to speak. I will say that the ABC O&O's have done a pretty good job in having a nice mix of young and veteran talent. This way, the younger talent will gradually replace the veterans as they move on (either by their choice or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1293 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Wonder if Spencer would consider a return to GMA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1488 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 From the TV Spy article: “This is the latest in a long string of inaccurate and venomous ramblings by a local individual on his personal website” KGO said in a statement sent to TVSpy. “His latest post regarding two beloved KGO employees is not true and further demonstrates that he and his so-called ‘sources’ have no actual knowledge of any of our business dealings.” Well said! Though he did get the Carolyn Johnson story right, so I suppose he's not completely inaccurate all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Lieberman wasted no time responding back to KGO's statement http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-now-have-kgo-tv-responding-to-my.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 484 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Also the ABC 7 logo is not on the news desk and has been removed. Maybe they will hand it down to KRON? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Maybe Mr. Lieberman wouldn't have so many detractors if he only had reliability issues. He also has obvious credibility issues... http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2014/05/its-hot-ouside-but-thankfully-krons.html#comment-form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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