Getting Out of the Business
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You can stick a fork in this Wichita Anchor.....she's done.
KWCH morning Anchor Jenn Bates told viewers on Friday that she is leaving the station and TV news altogether.
In a Facebook post, Bates said she’s “on to a new adventure outside of TV,” after working for KWCH for 9 years.
"I need everyone to know that this was entirely MY choice," Bates wrote. For some reason, TV Anchors feel that if they leave a station and it's not their choice, they are a lesser human being.
Bates said she plans on moving to Kansas City to pursue a new project with her brother. While she said details are not entirely clear yet, “it’ll still be in the public eye, but not in television.”
“The timing just felt right for me and for what I wanted to do,” she said Friday. “It’s terrifying going on to a new adventure. All I’ve ever done is television – I was doing it in middle school.”
Her last newscast was Friday at noon. KWCH reporter Rachel Skytta will temporarily join the morning news desk as the station looks to find a new morning anchor.
H/T Kansas.com
