Adam Gehrke promoted @ FOX 13; MSNBC in freefall?

KCPQ 13 (FOX 13) traffic reporter, Adam Gehrke was promoted to anchor/reporter at FOX 13 Seattle. This move is similar to the deck chair shuffle going on at KIRO. Adam’s LinkedIn bio says he will continue traffic reporting as well as reporting on infrastructure within Washington State and cybersecurity reporting….Who is this kid? KING 5’s Sebastian Robertson looks like a young Wally Cleaver. Experienced in tv news: KXLY/Spokane (apprentice duties), KTVL/Medford (General Assignment reporter), General Assignment reporter for local cable news in Austin, and finally hitting the big-time at WFAA/Dallas before coming to KING 5 in 2019…

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…Celebrating a four-decade career, 25 years at KTAR/Phoenix, Jim Cross hangs it up. “I can’t even begin to explain how difficult it is to leave this. It’s got a bite I’ve never quite felt before. The people at the mighty 92 KTAR mean the world to me. And they always will.”

MSNBC disputed a report of a riff between network hosts, claiming that Rachel Maddow hasn’t said anything on air or off air about Morning Joe’s Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski meeting with Trump. While an unnamed source at MSNBC revealed that chaos erupted yesterday morning when an enraged Rachel Maddow stormed after Mika Brzezinski backstage, igniting a fiery confrontation that left onlookers stunned. Witnesses say Maddow, visibly seething and red-faced, cornered Brzezinski in a hallway and unleashed a tirade, branding her a “sanctimonious fraud” and an “authoritarian enabler” over her meeting with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The two women had not spoken for over a week. According to a witness, the altercation left Brzezinski visibly shaken and in tears. A producer stepped in to separate the pair, physically guiding Maddow away from the scene. — Any other company would have fired Maddow for such a confrontation.

The Daily Mail has reported: MSNBC descends into civil war as Rachel Maddow turns on Morning Joe hosts for ‘bending knee’ to Trump.
Mediaite reported: Morning Joe (Joe & Mika Brzezinski) hasn’t dropped as much as other MSNBC shows. Between the third quarter (pre-election and Trump meeting) and November, Morning Joe lost 14% of its audience. In comparison, the network’s prime-time 9 pm hour hosted by Alex Wagner (and Rachel Maddow on Mondays) was down 32%.

Ratings might improve if MSNBC would change up the midday schedule and add MSWWE. On this program, MSNBC talkers would battle it out in the ring. Joe Rogan ringside.