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Kim Quintero Departs

On November 14, Kim Quintero announced via Facebook that she has accepted a position as the Director of Communications for the Arizona Senate Majority Caucus. Her last weekend as meteorologist with 3TV will be Nov. 20 & 21. Kim's last morning as reporter will be Friday, Nov. 26. This means she should get a nice sendoff.

A big loss for Arizona's Family. Kim was truly a quadruple threat: weather, anchor, traffic, reporter.

Good luck Kim!
 
On November 14, Kim Quintero announced via Facebook that she has accepted a position as the Director of Communications for the Arizona Senate Majority Caucus. Her last weekend as meteorologist with 3TV will be Nov. 20 & 21. Kim's last morning as reporter will be Friday, Nov. 26. This means she should get a nice sendoff.

A big loss for Arizona's Family. Kim was truly a quadruple threat: weather, anchor, traffic, reporter.

Good luck Kim!
 
The subtext of Gray (a company with a vaccine mandate) acquiring KPHO-KTVK here is in the back of my mind... I mean, a lot of people are deserting this business, but that can't be ignored.
 
No big loss. Ever since the summer of 2019 (or around that time) a story she covered was about some old fart selling Trump banners out of his house. At that point I placed her on my don't like list😳.
 
...a story she covered was about some old fart selling Trump banners out of his house.
So seniors are "old farts". Hmm, I guess that means that you don't plan to live past retirement age....

About 21% of the US population is over 55. It's no longer amusing to call them by that term.
 
So seniors are "old farts". Hmm, I guess that means that you don't plan to live past retirement age....

About 21% of the US population is over 55. It's no longer amusing to call them by that term.
On this board, the proper term is "outside the Sacred Sales Demos."
:LOL:
 
On this board, the proper term is "outside the Sacred Sales Demos."
:LOL:
Or, still smiling as much as your emoticon, "Over 55". Or in TV, "Over 49". Or in Newspapers, "Still Alive".

:LOL: right back at you!!!!
 
You are all missing the point. With that story she revealed her stance. Now she will be working for the woman who hired the Cyber Ninjas!!! She won't be missed!! In fact AZ family will be better without her IMHO.
 
You are all missing the point. With that story she revealed her stance. Now she will be working for the woman who hired the Cyber Ninjas!!! She won't be missed!! In fact AZ family will be better without her IMHO.
To your comment b12, former 3TV anchor Heather Moore now works for Arizona AG Mark Brnovich.

You can also add former ABC 15 reporter Katie Connor to Brnovich's payroll as his communications director. One look at her Tweets, and you can see her shilling for her boss. 😐
 
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To your comment b12, former 3TV anchor Heather Moore now works for Arizona AG Mark Brnovich.

You can also add former ABC 15 reporter Katie Connor to Brnovich's payroll as his communications director. One look at her Tweets, and you can see her shilling for her boss. 😐
I hate to put words in her mouth, but she's bringing this on herself, despite remaining professional on-air up to this time.

One of several things could have happened:
1. She's not vaccinated for COVID, is against it, and she quit before getting fired.
2. A new broom sweeps clean. Gray is the new broom. She and Brandon Lee won't be the last to depart KTVK/KPHO. That operation is seriously bloated.
3. She wants to enter the political field, and can't do so while employed at a TV news operation (that didn't stop Kari Lake from spewing her venom on-air).
4. She just wants to stay in Arizona, despite the fact that's she's good enough right now to work in a much larger market.
4a. She tried to move to a larger market, but her now-apparent right-wing political views make her unemployable in the news business in any market larger than Phoenix.

I wish no ill on her, but she's jumping from the frying pan into the fire, especially if the Republicans lose their legislative majority next November. She never came across as being dishonest, but if they do lose next year, she's going to have to lie through her teeth to keep her bosses happy.
 
You are all missing the point. With that story she revealed her stance. Now she will be working for the woman who hired the Cyber Ninjas!!! She won't be missed!! In fact AZ family will be better without her IMHO.
Karen Fann is retiring next year. So what happens if Republicans lose the Senate? Is Kim now the Director of Communications for the Arizona Senate Minority Caucus? ;)
 
So seniors are "old farts". Hmm, I guess that means that you don't plan to live past retirement age....

About 21% of the US population is over 55. It's no longer amusing to call them by that term.

No big loss. Ever since the summer of 2019 (or around that time) a story she covered was about some old fart selling Trump banners out of his house. At that point I placed her on my don't like list😳.
Reading above, but not sure of Kim's politics, but just because she reports on a story doesn't mean she believes in the cause. However, I would turn down talking with guy selling Trump banners.
 
4a. She tried to move to a larger market, but her now-apparent right-wing political views make her unemployable in the news business in any market larger than Phoenix.
Phoenix is now the 11th largest TV market, and will, at current growth rates, be 9th in about two years, passing Boston and DC.

Of the 8 markets that will still be larger, there is not one that I find more attractive to live in, work in the media in and to have a safe and attractive environment.
 
You are all missing the point. With that story she revealed her stance. Now she will be working for the woman who hired the Cyber Ninjas!!! She won't be missed!! In fact AZ family will be better without her IMHO.
TV anchors and reporters do not pick their stories. And if they suggest a story, there is a hierarchy that has to approve them.
Reading above, but not sure of Kim's politics, but just because she reports on a story doesn't mean she believes in the cause. However, I would turn down talking with guy selling Trump banners.
Again, there is an assignment person or a news director who tells the staff what to do.
 
TV anchors and reporters do not pick their stories. And if they suggest a story, there is a hierarchy that has to approve them.

Again, there is an assignment person or a news director who tells the staff what to do.
That is true, but back then you could tell she enjoyed this remote and they went back to it several times. It was the most disgusting thing ever done by AZ family and Kim has done nothing to disprove to me that she is not biased towards people of that persuasion. I know this is all my take on it but IMHO she will not be missed.
 
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