Waco Fox Affiliate Trims Newscast To Six Minutes
Has the Twitvolution started? In order to cut costs, KWKT-TV has replaced its 30-minute weeknight newscast with a six-minute show and 30-second “news blasts” interspersed throughout the day.
Five employees of the station, all reporters or assignment editors, were laid off as a result of the change.
“We thought we were being called into a conference call with corporate, then we saw five envelopes on the desk,” laid-off reporter Laura Neal, 24, told the Waco Tribune-Herald.
KWKT General Manager Ron Crowder explained that the show’s ratings were good, but that KWKT’s corporate parent was putting pressure on the channel to cut costs.
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