ABC Scales Back D.C. Operation

“Three longtime floor managers have been released” in ABC’s D.C. bureau as the network “prepares to fold the Nightline tent at the end of the month,” DCRTV scoops.

Broadcasting & Cable adds details: “According to a source, the two men and a woman had 20-plus years apiece at ABC News. Their last day will be Nov. 27,”

The new Nightline won’t need floor managers in D.C.: “When he is not traveling, Washington anchor Terry Moran will broadcast from a small, third-floor studio, with ABC employing a kind of camera (a “flash cam”) that does not require a stage manager, lighting director, or even a camera operator, since it is in a locked-down position.”

An insider tells B&C that the three stage manager positions will be re-hired in New York so there will be no net loss of jobs…