Dallas’ NBC 5/KXAS reported to have laid off nine people

by Teresa Gubbins

Just got a note with the following bad news about layoffs occurring today at NBC 5/KXAS:

NEW ROUND OF LAYOFFS AT CHANNEL 5 = 9 PEOPLE

5 photographers, 2 desk people, 2 reporters.

A spokeswoman for the station said she couldn't comment on who was laid off and referred questions to general manager Tom Ehlmann, who said he'd have someone call.

The last notorious layoff was in March 2008 when meteorologist Rebecca Miller was fired.

In January, the station was cited as one of many local television stations cutting its helicopter budget.

Mike Orren contributed to this story.

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Mike Orren, says:

Uncle Barky has more detail, including news that Mike Snyder may be pushed out of the anchor chair, unless he can stomach a huge pay cut:

http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/d27f5...

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Chris Kidd, says:

Not Ron Burgandy!! I cant believe it, we wont hear about his many leather bound books and how much better he is than us....

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alexander troup, says:

Even in radio the plug is being pulled......A/T...WHAT IS A HUMAN GOING TO DO...

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Not all radio is pulling the plug. Some are growing and adding people. The ones pulling the plug are those who are doing things the way they did them 10 years ago. The less local radio is, the less the need for it. The more local, the more valuable. Stop the presses, newspaper is going away while the progressive media people such as PN are re-tooling and adapting. I could right a friggin book.

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Don_Wishon, says:

Make sure you have an editor...

"...right a friggin book."

Just kidding with you...

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Chris Kidd, says:

Brad, when it comes to terrestrial, or as I call it, testicular radio, its been dying a slow corporate cancer-filled death since the mid 70's. I agree local radio is def. needed for news, weather and talk. But, the programming choices that are available now (Sat. radio, internet, ect.) plus the technology of things such as iPods has diminished corporate radios grasp on their local market share. If they want to reinvigerate their base market, they need to come up with better ideas and concepts than "HD Radio" and 15 ads per broadcast hour.

With traditional newspapers, its a tougher road, as the written word and journalists are a different breed. The DMN, for example, has become a example of the old media style of thinking unwilling to budge to new business ideas and concepts. They've lost money due to not only fudging them numbers when it came to readership to advertisers, but their consistant editorial grandstanding for their right-tilting ideology. Like Bob Dylan once said "The Times Are A-Changin", but it appears the old guard in both of the businesses fail to realize that, hence their accumulated losses.