Things people have noticed

Here are some things observant people have noticed over the last week or so.

The recent national bloodbath at SkyDance Media>Paramount>CBS>KDKA-TV appears, at least locally, to have targeted women. Without study of who has been let go nationally, locally it seems that on-air women have been the target of the layoffs. Including Kym Gable (who was a freelance anchor) and Lindsay Ward who were both let go in August, the recent layoffs of Katie O’Malley, Kelly Dzanaj, and Lisa Smith certainly make it seem to be pointed toward women. But not knowing who was let go behind the scenes locally, and again who was released nationally, it’s hard to make an accurate accusation. PBRTV suggests since KDKA-TV just recently promoted a woman into the news director role, it’s not about gender as much as it is unfortunate coincidence. Again, if we had access to a national list of those let go from the company, one might be better able to “point fingers.”

Yesterday, Cub Reporter Ted checked in asking the whereabouts of Darryl Grandy at WJAS (1320; W256DE – 99.1 FM). Darryl was the “D” in the station’s recent GD Morning Show which he had been hosting with Greg Maxwell. Research shows the last time the two hour morning program aired was on October 17. Grandy has been the station’s operations manager for a number of years, but it appears all contact info for him (and other staffers) has been removed from the website. Instead “Your Morning Show” with Michael DelGiorno airs from 6:00 – 9:00 a.m. It’s described as, “With a motto of ‘so much information, so little understanding,’ DelGiorno helps the audience start their day with fun, witty and interesting conversation that’s also informative.” That seems akin to what Grandy and Maxwell were doing, more likely on a more local level