Don't Ever Leave a Station During Sweeps
On Friday, FTVLive told you that Meredith owned KTVK/KPHO (Phoenix) is charging staffers $10,000 if they try and leave the station before their contract is up.
We thought that was outrageous, that was until WDJT, Weigel's station in Milwaukee said hold my beer.
Weigel's contract says employees need to pay back the station $10,750 bucks if they leave early. But! So so during a sweeps month and you need to cough up almost $18,000 dollars.
Yeah....because ever TV newsie we know has at least 18 grand in the back.
Here is a look at the Weigel contract, obtained by FTVLive: