In Tucson, Station Turns over News Shows to Competitor
Maynard Institute, November 16, 2011
By Richard Prince
Viewers of KMSB-TV in Tucson, Ariz., heard a stunning announcement from anchor Lou Raguse: The parent company of the Fox affiliate, Channel 11, had entered into a "shared services agreement" with Raycom, the owner of rival KOLD, Channel 13. If viewers were stunned, you can imagine the reaction when the staff received the news. "It's shocking," multimedia journalist Kevin Adjure said. Adjure is an African American at a station where fully one-third of the news staff is black or Latino. Ruben Fuentes, a photographer, said, "I was expecting layoffs, a couple of people here and there, but not the whole staff."
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