Holy Shit! Tegna to Ditch the Comic on DC's Morning Newscast

FTVLive has been preaching for years about how Tegna has slapped journalism in the face when they started having comics deliver the news, instead of real Journalists.

Tegna’s WUSA in DC and WKYC in Cleveland both have felt that bringing in a comedian to deliver the news was a good idea.

Well, although they will never admit it, Tegna is finally listening to what FTVLive has been saying.

A number of insiders at WUSA tell FTVLive that Comic Reese Waters is working his last week on their morning show “Get Up DC!” News

Waters worked just an hour a day, was given unprecedented time off, and was coddled by station management at every turn is not being sacked through.

Staffers were told that Waters will be doing a new “innovative show” for the station’s nightside because of his “success” on the morning show.

Success?

WUSA’s morning show has improved in the ratings, but most of that improvement has come from 4:30 AM to 6 AM when Watters is not on the broadcast.

The station has often come in second (behind WRC) in the ratings in that time slot. When Waters has joined the show at 6 AM, the station has fallen off in the ratings and most often is back in third place.

station sources say that starting January 18th, Tony Perkins will be taking over Waters's old shift at 6 AM. Perkins has been doing the earlier shift along with making appearances at 6 AM. On Monday, he becomes the new Reese Waters at 6.

No word if Perkins will be informing viewers of overnight fires and murders while wearing a Donkey Kong or Kool-Aide T-shirt as Watters did?

also, no word in management will treat Perkins the same as they did their pet comic? If they do, Tony Perkins can expect, to work very little, get a lot of time off, and have different rules than anyone else at the station.

As the Waters’s new “innovative show” on the Tegna station.

We can’t wait to see what that is?

Maybe a 60 Minutes type broadcast with a comedian playing the role of Journalist.

Stay tuned…..