WATN

WATN/WLMT is a very positive newsroom.

I have been working for this station for a few months and I LOVE the creative control I have over my work.

Since this station has rolled out its rebrand, there have been several changes in both the on-air and digital products.

This station has a ton of potential ahead to stand out from the competition and I’m thrilled to be part of it.

An Overall Toxic Work Environment

This woman has failed up through the system being here for years. She is unapproachable and sits in her glass office with the door shut and her back against you. She plays favorites and congregates with them. She is aloof and cannot say hello or make eye contact with you. Sitting in a morning or afternoon meeting listening to her talk is like listening to "Tony Montana." She can't string more than five words together without using the F-word that sounds like slutty porn vocabulary or conversational English at a cocktail bar. Then again, she is a Yankee chic from New York and those people are terse that does not go well with the "Good Ol' Boys" culture of the South. The station lacks direction and branding and cannot make a difference in a market that skews to a ghetto target audience and that points to her leadership and the clueless G.M.who has never been happy leaving Green Bay. And since the station is the bottom feeder of the market that no one watches, even when they hired Richard Ransome who was let go at Channel 3, he has not made an impact because, the station does not believe in Nielsen ratings. Storytelling is boring telling. With the cheap G.M. and Nexstar ownership, they won't hire talented reporters. People come to Memphis hate the city and leave the because, they cover too much crime and lack franchising stories or it is terrible place to live. The I-team is nonsense and needs an over haul or just get rid of haggard reporter. WATN won't allocate resources covering an important story and will send people home if they do the next day because, they won't pay for overtime. News never sleeps and if you cannot pay overtime, sell the station and get out of the business. That is why the other stations are competitive and win everyday while WATN will always be the third place loser in the market. Once a number 4 always a number 4.

You don't want to work a station that has always been the dog in the market that is own by Nexstar unless you are from Memphis and don't care.