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Another KIRO 7 Change

DMK said:
John Knicely has left KIRO 7 as of yesterday. Posted a farewell message on his Twitter and Facebook accounts yesterday.

https://twitter.com/KnicelyKIRO7
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Extremely talented anchor with a great presence on air and easy rapport with his colleagues.

His father is a long time anchor in St. Louis, I think.

This is a big loss for KIRO ... as we've seen at KING, its harder than it looks to find a new anchor that really has "it" and can slide into an established team.
 
KMan said:
Extremely talented anchor with a great presence on air and easy rapport with his colleagues.

His father is a long time anchor in St. Louis, I think.

This is a big loss for KIRO ... as we've seen at KING, its harder than it looks to find a new anchor that really has "it" and can slide into an established team.
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I honestly never really thought Knicely had the "it" factor, although I'm sure he was a nice guiy.

KIRO can certainly find another am anchor to fill his shoes. Some of the people (like Rob Piercy as mentioned above) who have left tv in the past few years might want to get back in.
 
For the past few weeks Michelle Millman has been going solo and more than holding her own. If KIRO does want to pair her up with somebody, there are several internal candidates including, Patranya Bhoolsuwan and Siemny Kim.
 
DMK said:
For the past few weeks Michelle Millman has been going solo and more than holding her own. If KIRO does want to pair her up with somebody, there are several internal candidates including, Patranya Bhoolsuwan and Siemny Kim.
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Also, there are Linzi Shelton, Deborah Horne, and Essex Porter...among others. For external, I wonder if Todd Johnson would want a permanent position or if David Espinoza-Hall is still in the Seattle area (he didn't fit at KING but the KIRO am show might work).
 
Essex Porter is getting up there in age...isn't he into the 60s now? I remember he used to fill in anchor and do some occasional weekends several years ago. (Albeit weekends were usually controlled by Monique Ming-Laven or Penny LeGate).
Todd Johnson doing news just seems....not right. His specialty is weather and we saw that at KOMO when he did mornings for many years.
Glad Deborah Horne is still around in the TV biz. She's a professional reporter.
 
formeraa said:
Also, there are Linzi Shelton, Deborah Horne, and Essex Porter...among others. For external, I wonder if Todd Johnson would want a permanent position or if David Espinoza-Hall is still in the Seattle area (he didn't fit at KING but the KIRO am show might work).
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I don't agree. David E-H was too serious at KING, and most morning shows tend to be "light". Perhaps he has another side of him.
 
formeraa said:
I honestly never really thought Knicely had the "it" factor, although I'm sure he was a nice guiy.

KIRO can certainly find another am anchor to fill his shoes. Some of the people (like Rob Piercy as mentioned above) who have left tv in the past few years might want to get back in.
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Knicely looked like he could be your next door neighbor, had an easy, relaxed style at the anchor desk, and it always looked so natural on air.

Compare him to Jordan Steele, for instance, who look as if every thing he says, every way he looks at the camera, and the way he combs his hair came out of a consultants playbook on how to "be a news personality" and pick who you want.

I'd take the guy who just naturally fits at the anchor desk, not the actor who plays a weatherman on the 5 o'clock news.
 
KMan said:
Knicely looked like he could be your next door neighbor, had an easy, relaxed style at the anchor desk, and it always looked so natural on air.

Compare him to Jordan Steele, for instance, who look as if every thing he says, every way he looks at the camera, and the way he combs his hair came out of a consultants playbook on how to "be a news personality" and pick who you want.

I'd take the guy who just naturally fits at the anchor desk, not the actor who plays a weatherman on the 5 o'clock news.
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I agree with you on Jordan Steele. OTOH, Knicely just never did "it" for me. Apparently, I don't necessary want my next door neighbor as the new anchor ;)

Knicely is a competent news anchor. I just don't see it as a "huge" loss. Knicely can easily be replaced by someone similar. Now, if you want to talk really good in the mornings, I really liked Gulstan Dart.
 
What about Michelle Millman? Is she going to noon only? Tracey and Matthew AMs?
 
https://tvnewscheck.com/article/more-news/240295/tracey-leong-joins-kiro-morning-news-team/

Another Change at KIRO

Cox-owned CBS affiliate KIRO Seattle (DMA 13) has added Tracey Leong to the KIRO 7 Morning News team. Her first day on the air will be Monday, Oct. 28, working alongside veteran Morning News anchor Michelle Millman, meteorologist Nick Allard, and traffic reporter Tracy Taylor.

Leong began her journalism career as a multimedia reporter, producer, weather forecaster and anchor at KIEM Eureka, Calif. She stayed in Northern California for her next stop in Redding as a multimedia reporter and evening anchor at KRCR.
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