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Tom Zenner Suspended???

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On tvspy.com, there is a post stating that Tom Zenner was suspended for being paid for doing commercials during his afternoon radio show. Has anyone seen any details about this?

I was wondering why Zenner and Coop were gone during the same week. Mark Curtis did sports several nights this past week and the Flagstaff guy has been on since Friday night.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by formeraa on 08/22/05 01:45 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> On tvspy.com, there is a post stating that Tom Zenner was
> suspended for being paid for doing commercials during his
> afternoon radio show. Has anyone seen any details about
> this?
>
> I was wondering why Zenner and Coop were gone during the
> same week. Mark Curtis did sports several nights this past
> week and the Flagstaff guy has been on since Friday night.
>

By "Flagstaff guy" you mean Jake Knapp? Didn't know he was from Flag. Ch. 12 had a new guy on tonight that I never heard of: Joe Pequeno. Bio says he was just hired. He has the looks, jokes and delivery of Bob Saget.
 
> > On tvspy.com, there is a post stating that Tom Zenner was
> > suspended for being paid for doing commercials during his
> > afternoon radio show. Has anyone seen any details about
> > this?
> >
> > I was wondering why Zenner and Coop were gone during the
> > same week. Mark Curtis did sports several nights this
> past
> > week and the Flagstaff guy has been on since Friday night.
>
> >
>
> By "Flagstaff guy" you mean Jake Knapp? Didn't know he was
> from Flag. Ch. 12 had a new guy on tonight that I never
> heard of: Joe Pequeno. Bio says he was just hired. He has
> the looks, jokes and delivery of Bob Saget.
>
Yes, my understanding is that Jake Knapp is from Flagstaff.
 
> On tvspy.com, there is a post stating that Tom Zenner was
> suspended for being paid for doing commercials during his
> afternoon radio show. Has anyone seen any details about
> this?

Why would his KDUS activities have anything to do with his Channel 12 contract?
 
To answer Keith's question..

I will start by saying this...it depends on "who you are" because there are certainly exceptions to contract structure rules in some cases...

OK...this is possibly a "what came first, the chicken or the egg" situation. If the talent was a radio personality first and then landed a TV gig then there most likely would not be a problem...however if the TV talent gets a side radio gig second then there is a potential problem so to speak.

In general, most TV talent contracts prohibit talent from doing paid radio gigs, TV gigs, newspaper, magazine, web columns etc. Under most contracts...TV talent must get permission from the management and ownership to do paid outside projects such as radio and so on.

In TV, the station "owns" your name, face, likeness, voice, blah, blah, blah and the talent cannot shop their "services" because it is (in the stations view)unique and in almost every case, exclusive to the TV station.

Also, there are usually several contract clauses dealing with what is essentially payola...for instance TV talent cannot accept "a gift" from someone that has a value of more than 25 dollars. Of course this does not apply to the talent's family. Again, for instance, talent cannot go to Houstons and have a 100 dollar tab comp'ed...that would be a violation of the contract because there could be an expectation on Houstons part that the talent will mention on the air that "hey...I had a great dinner at Houstons the other night..." in exchange for the free meal.

SO, what it boils down to is...if TV talent is given permission by the TV station to do a side radio show...the TV talent cannot personally voice any commercial or endorse any product in exchange for money or services...doing so violates the original TV contract and violates journalistic and station ethics set forth in the TV contract.

TVGuru
 
Re: To answer Keith's question..

> I will start by saying this...it depends on "who you are"
> because there are certainly exceptions to contract structure
> rules in some cases...
>
> OK...this is possibly a "what came first, the chicken or the
> egg" situation. If the talent was a radio personality first
> and then landed a TV gig then there most likely would not be
> a problem...however if the TV talent gets a side radio gig
> second then there is a potential problem so to speak.
>
> In general, most TV talent contracts prohibit talent from
> doing paid radio gigs, TV gigs, newspaper, magazine, web
> columns etc. Under most contracts...TV talent must get
> permission from the management and ownership to do paid
> outside projects such as radio and so on.
>
> In TV, the station "owns" your name, face, likeness, voice,
> blah, blah, blah and the talent cannot shop their "services"
> because it is (in the stations view)unique and in almost
> every case, exclusive to the TV station.
>
> Also, there are usually several contract clauses dealing
> with what is essentially payola...for instance TV talent
> cannot accept "a gift" from someone that has a value of more
> than 25 dollars. Of course this does not apply to the
> talent's family. Again, for instance, talent cannot go to
> Houstons and have a 100 dollar tab comp'ed...that would be a
> violation of the contract because there could be an
> expectation on Houstons part that the talent will mention on
> the air that "hey...I had a great dinner at Houstons the
> other night..." in exchange for the free meal.
>
> SO, what it boils down to is...if TV talent is given
> permission by the TV station to do a side radio show...the
> TV talent cannot personally voice any commercial or endorse
> any product in exchange for money or services...doing so
> violates the original TV contract and violates journalistic
> and station ethics set forth in the TV contract.
>
> TVGuru
>
Thanks for the insight!
 
It's a little more than suspended...

> On tvspy.com, there is a post stating that Tom Zenner was
> suspended for being paid for doing commercials during his
> afternoon radio show. Has anyone seen any details about
> this?
>
> I was wondering why Zenner and Coop were gone during the
> same week. Mark Curtis did sports several nights this past
> week and the Flagstaff guy has been on since Friday night.

The Republic reports Zenner has parted ways with 12 "to pursue a writing career".
>
 
Re: It's a little more than suspended...

> > On tvspy.com, there is a post stating that Tom Zenner was
> > suspended for being paid for doing commercials during his
> > afternoon radio show. Has anyone seen any details about
> > this?
> >
> > I was wondering why Zenner and Coop were gone during the
> > same week. Mark Curtis did sports several nights this
> past
> > week and the Flagstaff guy has been on since Friday night.
>
>
> The Republic reports Zenner has parted ways with 12 "to
> pursue a writing career".
> >
>
Zenner's no longer on 12 News' website!
 
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