Citing a longstanding battle with upper management over journalistic practices at their Bangor TV stations, news co-anchors Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio announced their resignations at the end of last night’s 6 p.m. newscast.
Michaels and Consiglio have worked the past six years at WVII and sister station WFVX. Their joint resignations shocked staff members and viewers, according to the Bangor Daily News.
The stations compete with Gannett's NBC affiliate WLBZ.
Owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting of New York, WVII is an ABC affiliate, and WFVX is with Fox.
Michaels and Consiglio have worked the past six years at WVII and sister station WFVX. Their joint resignations shocked staff members and viewers, according to the Bangor Daily News.
The stations compete with Gannett's NBC affiliate WLBZ.
Owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting of New York, WVII is an ABC affiliate, and WFVX is with Fox.
That was beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAlso like the typical state-of-denial espoused by management.
12:54, those diesel fumes can be harmful over a period of time. Try to breathe some clean air once in a while.
ReplyDeleteGood for them, but they needed to make a slightly more definitive statement as to why they are leaving. Something like "we have been put in an untenable position by our management and have no choice but to resign."
ReplyDeleteBlaze of glory I say!
12:54 here. Thanks for your thoughtful concern, 1:51. I had no idea you cared. Oh, wait. Your type, the denigrating snarky type, doesn't.
ReplyDeleteI trust these folks will start their own TV station and set the company line they need to toe.
ReplyDeleteAnd today they are unemployed and no one will hire them. Kind of like the knuckleheads in the Hosteds bakers union. They "showed" the company and now they are what? Unplowed with no hope of a new job. Respect and Dignity!
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ReplyDeleteJim, got a lot of dummies here, who have no idea what TV is like. As in, every workday, getting jabbed 1000 times about every little thing -- weight, diction, posture, timing. Oh, and don't frown. Anyone would be driven insane, which may have happened.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with what they did. But I understand why. And the younger female may still have chances. The older male -- he's done.
Yet one more dirty little secret, revealed here, at GB.
7:29 Those are good points. But don't men have longer shelf lives -- age-wise -- than women, just as in Hollywood?
ReplyDeleteJim, from what I've seen in the TV news business, for males, over age 47, there's not much left. Too many younger males -- like 90+ applicants for one job. Kind of like "The Hunger Games." Kind of insane, actually.
ReplyDeleteTake this job and SHOVE-IT! And the woman is 46, the man is 28. They will both find work and be happier than they were. I know that's tough for you corporate putz-types to understand, but "that's the way it is".
ReplyDelete11:45 what Broadcast company would desire to hire anyone who pulled this nonsense on their previous employer? By the way in case you didn't read the HED, this wasn't the Gannett station.
Delete11:45, correct, even though the pictures tell a different story. Or, one photo is very old, like on Match.com and the faculty directory.
ReplyDeleteThe update:
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/21/news/bangor/wvii-gm-says-consiglio-was-on-way-out-michaels-couldnt-continue-working-without-him/?ref=mostReadBoxNews
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ReplyDeleteTotally agree. Respect and dignity are so overrated in today's world. Better to have sat there and taken it up the ass! In your world, at least.
9:40 my point is they demonstrated disrespect for their company. They could have handled it in private. No company willingly hires a trouble maker. They are now relegated to desperate smaller markets. Not smart.
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