Understand WSMV and Bob Sellers parted ways. Unfair to judge as we don't know the full story, but very unlike them to make the decision about a year into his time here. It takes several years to make an impact on a TV audience. It takes even longer when the job being filled is replacing Dan Miller. Hope he finds a place that embraces his strengths and makes him feel really at home.
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I bet Jeff McAtee knows how Bob Sellers feels.
And Steve Irwin.courier37027 said:
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Bob was.. indeed.. FIRED!
A lot of heads have rolled there in the past few years. Glad I got out of there when I did.
Below is an article that Bob wrote on the Huffington post site just a few days ago:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-sellers/i-lost-my-job-last-friday_b_793552.html
Link added as a courtesy by Radio-Info.com
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I lost my job last Friday. I am one of the white collar casualties of a struggling economy and changing industry (television) -- and let's be frank -- managers looking for a scapegoat to save their own jobs.
"Why?" I asked.
"Ah, it's just the business," he said. "That's just the way television is."
I sat across the desk from a boss who told me that management had decided to go another direction. This was the same boss that a few months before had given me a glowing personnel review for the work I had done as the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. anchor at the NBC affiliate in Nashville. The same boss who told me a piece I wrote for the Huffington Post on local flood coverage was "extraordinarily well-written" and reflected well on the station. The one who told me three months ago not to leave to take a job in Washington, D.C. because they were very happy with my work and wanted me here. (That job has since been filled.) The same boss that submitted video that resulted in my being nominated for two Emmy's for coverage of breaking news. (The awards haven't been handed out yet.)[EDIT*]
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A lot of heads have rolled there in the past few years. Glad I got out of there when I did.
Below is an article that Bob wrote on the Huffington post site just a few days ago:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-sellers/i-lost-my-job-last-friday_b_793552.html
Link added as a courtesy by Radio-Info.com
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I lost my job last Friday. I am one of the white collar casualties of a struggling economy and changing industry (television) -- and let's be frank -- managers looking for a scapegoat to save their own jobs.
"Why?" I asked.
"Ah, it's just the business," he said. "That's just the way television is."
I sat across the desk from a boss who told me that management had decided to go another direction. This was the same boss that a few months before had given me a glowing personnel review for the work I had done as the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. anchor at the NBC affiliate in Nashville. The same boss who told me a piece I wrote for the Huffington Post on local flood coverage was "extraordinarily well-written" and reflected well on the station. The one who told me three months ago not to leave to take a job in Washington, D.C. because they were very happy with my work and wanted me here. (That job has since been filled.) The same boss that submitted video that resulted in my being nominated for two Emmy's for coverage of breaking news. (The awards haven't been handed out yet.)[EDIT*]
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Maybe James Lewis will come back and entertain us all with his intellect
Couldn't help but notice that channel 4 was still running promos that have him in them, even since this thread was started. He wasn't featured or anything, only shown as part of the "foursome," along with Demetria, Jennifer, and Tom.
Wish him well!
Wish him well!
Sellers wasn't fired because he missed some prompter cues, he was a scapegoat. Ad agency told me WSMV had a dismal rating period, loosing to channel 5 #1 status in every newscast and that WSMV actually had better numbers at 9pm when LENO was on.
So, blame Bob.
Truth is, Dan Miller left a huge footprint and Sellers didn't have a chance.
Now, take that story and transfer to the big 98. You think Gerry House's replacement will get a fair shake?
Every listener and every sales person and every client and every one in CC management will be overthinking the monthly PPM's and end up being very jumpy, and perhaps unfair to the person who takes on that job.
So, blame Bob.
Truth is, Dan Miller left a huge footprint and Sellers didn't have a chance.
Now, take that story and transfer to the big 98. You think Gerry House's replacement will get a fair shake?
Every listener and every sales person and every client and every one in CC management will be overthinking the monthly PPM's and end up being very jumpy, and perhaps unfair to the person who takes on that job.
Maybe his name is Steve Irvin. At any rate, I am referring to the newsman who was on channel 5 during the early 2000s and was considered the heir apparent to Chris Clark, but Chris Clark didn't retire at that time, and so Irvin moved on.firepoint525 said:
At any rate, I was not referring to the Crocodile Hunter! :
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