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Sinclair makes nationwide layoffs

RadioPatrol said:
http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/1/20/sinclair-putting-bounty-on-job-hires

and some job hires are now being mentioned at the same time at Sinclair.
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Not really a shocker there. Some years back Iheart Media in my hometown had announced a bunch of layoffs. Unfortunately those people were laid off but a few weeks later they were all back at Iheart. What gives ?? Well they all agreed to come back but only on a part-time basis meaning NO benefits, NO contract, paid by the hour and so forth.
 
Smart move for WTOL to pick up Kristi Leigh. I think she's established herself well in that market and a lot of viewers like her.
 
All these layoffs yet Sinclair is one of the top 20 companies in the US hiring?? WTF??? They have several engineering positions open as well as others in many markets....

Weird
 
Not to mention you would need a massive Stalinesque bureaucracy compiling dossiers on the political
activities of every one of your employees.

Not cost effective, or practical. Even if it were legal.
 
https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/3/22/mass-exodus-at-sinclair-station

now WICS another Sinclair station is facing talent leaving the station.


It appears that people are leaving or looking to leave the Sinclair station in Springfield, Illinois in droves.

The latest to walk?

Statehouse Reporter Jordan Abudayyeh's last day is next Tuesday; Reporter and Weekend anchor Lindsey Hess works through April 12; and Reporter Brendan Cullerton's time at the station ends April 13.

So why is everyone leaving? The station's GM gives this excuse:

"This is the type of market that's thought of as a feeder market," said Rick Lipps, general manager of the station. "People work here and typically, unless they have other reasons for sticking around, they're career-minded. They will move on."

But, insiders tell FTVLive that it is cheap Sinclair that is causing them to leave. "WICS has been without an Assistant News Director for about 5 months and the News Director (Kent Harrell) is on his way out the door. The staff listed in the article is just the tip of the iceberg. Many other staffers are looking elsewhere for employment or to transfer out from this station," said an insider to FTVLive.

The insider tells FTVLive that one former staffer was offered just a $500 raise to sign on for two more years. She left.

As the the ND, he's gone as well. "I talked to management and gave them ... 90 days' notice because I wanted to check some job opportunities in other parts of the country," Harrell said. "This has been a good opportunity, and I'm proud of the work from this Springfield news team."
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OK then
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Not to mention you would need a massive Stalinesque bureaucracy compiling dossiers on the political
activities of every one of your employees.

Not cost effective, or practical. Even if it were legal.
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No you don't. Play office politics and just start a well placed rumor then let your fellow employees and their managers do the dirty work. This is more pervasive than you can possibly imagine except outside the TV/radio biz it is kept very quiet.
 
So did I. The Pro Wrestling show that originated in Sam's Town in Las Vegas and was syndicated appears to have disappeared this year, but there's some Championship Wrestling show out of Miami that is being syndicated to independent stations. It comes to WADL in Detroit on April 1st.
 
landtuna said:
No you don't. Play office politics and just start a well placed rumor then let your fellow employees and their managers do the dirty work. This is more pervasive than you can possibly imagine except outside the TV/radio biz it is kept very quiet.
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That is pervasive in MANY businesses. Not just TV and radio.
But it is generally the work of one or two disgruntled people, not a
vast political conspiracy.
 
http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/jummy-olabanji-joins-wnbc-as-weekend-anchor/187725

Jummy Olabanji Leaves Sinclair Owned WJLA on April 21st to join Comcast Owned WNBC News in New York on April 26th


Jummy Olabanji is leaving ABC’s D.C. affiliate WJLA to join NBC New York flagship WNBC next month, TVSpy has learned.

Olabanji, who joined WJLA and NewsChannel 8 in 2011, currently co-anchors the morning and noon news.

For WNBC, she’ll anchor the weekend newscasts taking over for Jen Maxfield who has been filling in.

Before WJLA, Olabanji was a reporter and anchor at WTKR-TV in Norfolk and WCAV-TV in Charlottesville. She started her career as a news assistant at CNN’s Washington D.C. bureau.
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