BREAKING! Tegna News Boss Headed to LA

This morning, FTVLive FIRST told you that an all-hands-on-deck meeting was called at Nexstar’s KTLA. We guessed that the station would be naming a new News Director and that is what happened.

KTLA General Manager Janene Drafs announced to the staff just minutes ago that KING/KONG (Seattle) News Director Peter Saiers would be the station’s next ND.

Saiers has been at the Seattle station since June of 2019, coming from KPIX in San Francisco. Before San Fran, Saiers worked at KVOR in Sacramento.

He takes over the KTLA newsroom from Jason Ball, who announced he was leaving the station earlier this year.