TEGNA’s Jim Rose, president & GM in Seattle announces via Twitter the hiring of a new News Director to oversee KING-5 & KONG-16 news teams. Northern California native Peter Saiers begins on June 24. Peter comes to the Northwest from San Fransisco’s KGO-TV & also has tenure in that market’s KPIX-TV & KBCW-TV & at Sacramento’s KOVR-TV
Mike Cherry
retired broadcaster: on-air, MD, PD, asst PD, Prod Mgr, IT, station technician/engineer, pioneer Internet webcaster, station installation/maintenance; 12 years in commercial radio, 17 years volunteer in campus/community radio in B.C., Alberta & Wash. Amateur radio operator & "DXer" specializing in AM night-time DX, short-wave DX/listening & remote SDR DXing/listening