Tenga Removes Traffic announcer/Police officer from WFAA

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/1/23/tegna-station-fires-cop

Tegna owned WFAA in Dallas is firing a local police officer that gave the station's traffic reports.

Ed Bark reports that WFAA is putting the brakes on Sgt. Nick's career as a traffic anchor.

The cop been informed of the decision, but not of the date when he’ll go back to being a DeSoto police officer without a weekday early morning TV presence. It’s possible that will happen before the start of the February “sweeps” ratings period on Thursday, Jan. 26th.

Sgt. Nick (full name, Nick Bristow) was a corporal when his surprise hiring by WFAA News Director Carolyn Mungo in August 2014.

He had no previous TV experience before becoming D-FW’s first uniformed traffic anchor. Bristow has not returned an email asking for comment.

Bristow had a steep learning curve and got better as he went along. But after nearly two-and-a-half years with Daybreak, he still wasn’t put in the same shot as the on-screen traffic maps. It gave his updates a somewhat disembodied look and feel compared to the stations competitors.

Not on par with the competition.

 

[CTListener]

Tegna. G before N. Tegna.

 

[Will_H_69_9]

and now that he's out at WFAA, i'm sure that he's gonna be a big get for Fox 4, NBC 5, or CBS 11/1080 KRLD or 820 WBAP/570 KLIF or the traffic department at IHeartRadio Dallas.

and back to channel 8 themselves, i'm sure Sgt. Nick wasn't the only one let go, because i see this as he was let go due to company nationwide layoffs at TEGNA. and i'm sure someone else from Channel 8 will be leaving too. i don't work for TEGNA, but i'm sure think this was a budget cutter related firing.