Station's Ratings
News Directors
Brianna Cook
It's incredibly obvious this is her first time in a leadership role. Listens to her friends/inner circle before her employees. Has a masters in gas lighting. But, she does treat everyone like a human. If you need time off for sickness of emergencies, no questions asked.
Read MoreAn Overall Toxic Work Environment
In the span of 5 months they lost 10 employees. Two of which were 10 year veterans of the station. That should be all the information you need to know that people aren't happy working there. They are more or less trapped and counting the days until their contracts are up. The GM Rhonda is also a nightmare to work with. She has a doctorite in micromanaging.
This is the definition of a starter market. But not just for reporters or producers. It's a start station for management and it suffers because of that. Veterans should avoid this station at all costs. Newbies, should look into the other two stations in town before landing here.
Read MoreDavid Springer
David was great to work for until new General Manager Rhonda Lavelle came. She tries to run the newsroom even though David is more qualified than her. She tries to micromanage it all. She is obnoxious and treats people terribly.
Read MoreAn Overall Toxic Work Environment
New General Manager tries to micromanage the newsroom. I get it, she came from news but don't try to micromanage a news director who has more experience and more success than she does.
Don't work here until they get a new GM. The ND probably won't; be here long because of the GM.
Read MoreAn Overall Toxic Work Environment
Management claims to have an open door policy, but when you bring forth an issue they dismiss it and you as a "complainer." With new management, this place could improve drastically.
The station is in a state of disarray and has been for as long as I've worked here. The News Director was shown the door in December (which was hardly a loss), but months later no replacement has even been interviewed. We're missing an assignment editor, sports director, reporter and digital marketing/web person. When people do come in, they're usually the ones the other stations have passed up and it shows. Management (especially the former ND) constantly berated the people doing the most work and busting their butts for the station while rewarding those who copied/pasted the rundowns for their newscasts or never came to the table with story pitches. The station is owned by Hubbard, but despite their deep pockets everything is run on the cheap. We had to bring our own food to our company holiday party!
Overall, a good place to learn if you are lazy and incompetent, but if you have any drive or intuition, you're better served staying far, far away.
Anchor Job details
Yearly salary
Contract7 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rankbetween 2-3
David Springer
He was nice. Didn’t put in any effort. Was there to get a paycheck, not to make it the best it could be.
Read MoreSexual Discrimination
I was treated differently for being gay. The stationed favored a very religious anchor. The GM was very religious.
GM is way too old school. Not open to anything new or “with the times.” He put one anchor on a pedestal because they shared religious beliefs. She was allowed to have those influence the shows she worked on. The News director is a great guy, but in the wrong position. Everyone in a leadership position shouldn’t be. People in lower level positions work very hard, but get little reward. They are the ones who push to be number one, but it will never happen because of poor management.
Read MoreMMJ (OMB) Job details
Yearly salary
Contract4 years
Paired with a photogN/A
Station market rank2
David Springer
Great teacher and mentor
Read MoreGreat starter market. Station moved to new building with new technology. News director coaches new reporters and photogs to quickly grow. Most people get good market jumps when their contracts are up. Anchors are fun. The GM is hard to read, but knows his stuff. Loved working in Rochester, Minnesota... Home to the Mayo Clinic. But be prepared for winter!
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