Kyle Clark heading to Denver

[SpinNY]

According to NewsBlues, Channel 13 Reporter Kyle Clark, who's from the area, is heading to Gannett's KUSA 9, the NBC station in Denver. I'm sure it's a great opportunity for him to leave 13; he'll be missed in Rochester. Like all the Reporters at 13, he is a great story-teller... something Reporters at the other stations in town severely lack.

 

[rochachawatch]

Why did he leave? Was he asked to leave?

 

[Mark Giardina]

Why did he leave? Was he asked to leave?

For many young people in broadcasting Rochester has become a stopping off point, or an addition to their resume. Perhaps Clark decided it was time to make an upward move to a larger market. Anyways good luck to him.

 

[dustintv]

Why did he leave? Was he asked to leave?

For many young people in broadcasting Rochester has become a stopping off point, or an addition to their resume. Perhaps Clark decided it was time to make an upward move to a larger market. Anyways good luck to him.

True true. Not mention that they are just among of the many of New Yorkers leaving for the west and the south, which is why places like Utica and Binghamton are so empty now.

 

[SirRoxalot]

Rank Decision

C'mon, guys. Rochester, market #78. Denver, market #18. With a commensurate salary increase to go with the gig. I'm sure it took him microseconds to make that decision.

 

[Rochwatcher]

There are two types of reporters in Rochester. The first is the group that has to be there due to obligations--maybe they are a native of the area, have a family there, spouse has a job there, etc. The second group is people who are trying to get out of there and move on to larger markets. You may not like to hear it if you live here, but that is the truth. Few people look at working in Rochester as a dream job.

 

[Kohoutek]

According to NewsBlues, Channel 13 Reporter Kyle Clark, who's from the area, is heading to Gannett's KUSA 9, the NBC station in Denver. I'm sure it's a great opportunity for him to leave 13; he'll be missed in Rochester. Like all the Reporters at 13, he is a great story-teller... something Reporters at the other stations in town severely lack.

You mean like those "great" story tellers Chalonda Roberts and ...Tricia Cruz ??? THOSE great story tellers??

 

[roc-my-world]

Interesting how you picked out the two minorities at 13.

 

[BobRoss]

There are two types of reporters in Rochester.

I think the same could be said for ANY upstate NY market. Buffalo's the only one in the top 50, and currently ranked at 49, it's barely in there. If you're in the business looking to get as high up the ladder as you can, why stop at Buffalo when there are another 48 bigger and better markets to shoot for?

Also consider that in today's world, it's nearly impossible for one spouse to work while the other stays home... especially if you have kids to raise. If a married broadcaster wants to move to a bigger market, then his or her spouse also has to quit their job, and then find a new one in the new city. In many cases, it's risky because the spouse may wind up unemployed for months. In other cases, the spouse is actually making more than the broadcaster, so making a move doesn't even make sense.

 

[jiminCT]

Most people that arent from Rochester are always scratching their heads as to why the locals seem to love it so much. I see it as a dying rust belt city that has grey skies half the year. Oh...and a supermarket that the locals seem to speak the world of. Rochester is no more than a stepping stone in the TV world to most. Here in Hartford ...same thing, its a market to get to NYC, Chicago, Boston, Philly, etc..

 

[dustintv]

Wegmans hater?

Most people that arent from Rochester are always scratching their heads as to why the locals seem to love it so much. I see it as a dying rust belt city that has grey skies half the year. Oh...and a supermarket that the locals seem to speak the world of. Rochester is no more than a stepping stone in the TV world to most. Here in Hartford ...same thing, its a market to get to NYC, Chicago, Boston, Philly, etc..

LOL jiminCT I think this might be the third or fourth post I've seen you take a shot at Wegmans...big grudge? Actually not everyone favors Wegmans. When we first moved over here from Buffalo back in 2004 I got a job in a small supermarket that only got any business because it was kind of in a convenient location for the nearby subdivision. That was what people would say they liked most about us. But during holiday rushes customers were grateful that we didn't have the lines Wegmans had. Then one day I was helping upfront because we were shorthanded and one woman said she liked that we had better sackers than Wegmans :

And Rochester isn't dying yet, well the city itself is but I heard the metro area grew by 2%, no where as near as bad as Buffalo or Binghamton or Utica or countless other burgs upstate. And they did get that national high quality living award a few weeks ago. Still, I'm saving up to leave the state next year to go live out west somewhere. I LOVE the state, and thanks to my dad's job I've lived in four different cities across the state (Ithaca, Albany, Buffalo, and now in Brockport) but I'd like to live in the world outside of the northeast.

 

[jiminCT]

lol...you caught me on the "other" site. People from Rochester are a funny bunch. Painfully parochial yet fiercely loyal to their city.

Rochester is just a blah town..I've been there numerous time and tried to think about the news guy who went (sentenced) to Rochester. After college in upstate NY and 4 looong grey skied winters (and I'm from new england too), I just dont get Rochester...

Buffalo at least has some real personality. Syracuse does too. Rochester..blech!