Let’s play amateur station executive. Your longtime 5 pm coanchor is departing. You’re still the top dog in town. What do you do to fill the slot?
Outside folks certainly do land directly on the anchor desk more often than used to be the case, so that’s an option. But for fun, say it’s not. What do you do within the parameters of your current lineup?
My plan would be to have Sarah Bloomquist take over as coanchor at 5. She already works with Rick Williams at noon, so it’s semi seamless. Replace her Sunday nights with Alicia Viterelli, and use another backup anchor Fridays at 4 in place of Alicia. Minimal disruption, keeps teams largely intact.
Outside folks certainly do land directly on the anchor desk more often than used to be the case, so that’s an option. But for fun, say it’s not. What do you do within the parameters of your current lineup?
My plan would be to have Sarah Bloomquist take over as coanchor at 5. She already works with Rick Williams at noon, so it’s semi seamless. Replace her Sunday nights with Alicia Viterelli, and use another backup anchor Fridays at 4 in place of Alicia. Minimal disruption, keeps teams largely intact.