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I overheard the Ops Manager discuss the plan. We’re keeping the 12/13 garages we have on the property and moving all the tech equipment there. Apparently this all to sell the business as we’re bleeding money.

The word is that all the shows will be directed from Cadillac, this is because the majority of us live in Cadillac. The talent will report to Traverse City, where the news will operate.

EVERYONE misses Mario. His son has destroyed everything.

The word in our lunch room is that we can’t afford the maintenance of the building, so they want to sell it and move everything to TC. Many people are planning on leaving because they don’t want to drive to TC.

We had a station-wide meeting last week where it was announced that the station is moving to Traverse City. Everyone was in complete shock and blindsided. Those who live in Cadillac including me will now need to drive an hour to work.

As for the building, it going up for sale soon.

NewsNet ceased operations at 10:00am today. This affected everyone in Cadillac and Farmington Hills.

We’ve asked for weeks where Christina and Ruby have been. Someone this morning noticed their bios are off the website. We’re all trying to figure out why?

Is Dan Boers leaving too? What happened to him?

It’s a retirement. Tom told management months ago his intentions of leaving. This gave them time to get resumes and interviews set up.

We can afford the new sign on 131. We're bleeding money at this point. The WBKB deal was essentially done until we pulled out due to financial issues. Our staff is now feeling the financial concerns everyday.

They mentioned the lack of new advertisers as the major reason for the layoffs, the expiring affiliate agreements with Fox and CBS, and the retrans negotiations with Dish and Direct TV. The email also said " These negotiations are critical to our future and how we continue to inform, educate, and ...

Mostly behind the scenes, but still valuable members of our team. In the last six months, we’ve laid off fourteen people.

Got the dreaded email today telling everyone that management laid off six more people today. Everyone is wondering what or who is next.

No problem with Andrea or any farmers. The problem is the choices our managers are making. Letting go of six people that can help you make more money to keep a station farmer that’s passing out bins of veggies/eggs is not a good choice and it kills moral. Sounds like the chickens come before the p ...

That pretty much sums it up. With my family needing insurance and a steady small check, it’s what I need.

As for Braulis leaving, not much a loss when it comes to production. All she did was MTM. So that leaves us with 1 reporter for the week. Maybe we can get the farmer to be a reporter.