Many of the cuts were in Los Angeles, where CBS Entertainment is located, and the corporate headquarters in New York.Ībout a dozen people were cut from CBS’ TV station in Chicago, WBBM-TV Channel 2. Its newscasts trail KABC, Spanish-language KMEX-TV Channel 34, KVEA-TV Channel 52 and KNBC-TV Channel 4 in viewers.Īs many as 400 employees at ViacomCBS were affected by the cuts, according to people familiar with the plans who were not authorized to discuss them publicly and requested anonymity. KCBS, in particular, has struggled for years in the ratings and has experienced low morale and management turnover. TV station economics were fragile even before the pandemic. Movie studios, retail chains and car makers and dealerships, which typically are heavy buyers of TV station time, have slashed their ad budgets. Since the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus outbreak, TV stations, newspapers and other local media have been reeling from dramatic cuts in advertising. The station also pared back its investigative unit, although prominent investigative reporter David Goldstein remains with the station. Several producers and camera operators also were cut. “Our thoughts today are with our departing colleagues for their friendship, service and many important contributions to CBS.” “We are restructuring various operations at CBS as part of our ongoing integration with Viacom, and to adapt to changes in our business, including those related to COVID-19,” a CBS spokesman said in a statement. Jennifer Kim, KCBS and KCAL morning traffic reporter, also was let go. She became a primary co-anchor for KCAL’s signature newscasts about a decade ago. Dominic began his career in 2008 at WCTI-TV in New Bern, NC. Tay has been with KCBS and its sister station KCAL-TV Channel 9 for nearly 13 years. Dominic is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) from the American Meteorological Society. On Wednesday, she anchored the station’s midday coverage of NASA’s planned astronaut launch aboard a SpaceX rocket, which was scrubbed because of weather conditions in Florida. Mitchell, also an Emmy Award-winning journalist, had been with sister station KCAL-TV Channel 9 for nearly 20 years.
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