Gray Media - General Thread

[TheRolyPoly 2525]

KCTV's weather team is reeling. They're now down to three at the moment as Greg Bennett has left KCTV for Spectrum News 13 Orlando last month, and now this week, it was Savannah Tennyson who has decided to leave the business altogether.

 

This just leaves the Chief Luke Dorris plus Melissa Meeder and Warren Sears.

 

Before I even post an edit, I forgot that Mike Nicco joined them after getting cut by KSHB. So technically, they're at four, but still... all this talent leaving at rapid succession (with Carolyn Long's upcoming retirement as well) makes you think and question what is going on at KCTV?

 

Here's Greg's sign off last month:

https://www.kctv5.com/video/2025/04/26/meteorologist-greg-bennett-says-goodbye-kansas-city/

[tyrannical bastard 3998]

On 4/23/2025 at 6:19 PM, TheRolyPoly said:

It looks like WTVY has taken up the last 10 or so minutes of their weeknight 10pm news in favor of... First Alert Weather Extra.

 

No, this is not a separate half-hour program like WBRC or a weekly program like KWTX, its included into the weeknight 10pm news and for a small market like this, it works considering they find enough content to fill the time.

 

 

I still can't wrap my head around how Gray has decimated this uber-dominant station.  Have they really fallen that far to where the once non-existent WDHN is actually making a dent in viewership?

Then again, I realize that it's probably a true dollars and cents move since ratings and revenue don't matter.  Gray just thinks the station costs too much money for the retransmission revenue it brings in and the viewers of Dothan be damned....