Maybe I’m old school, but I believe that when it comes to a TV station, news and sales should work separately. Can you imagine what a newscast would look like if the stories covered we pitched by the sales department?

But sadly, these days it appears that stations want the news department and sales in bed together.

Down at The Firm’s KRIV in Houston, General Manager D'Artagnan Bebel sent out a memo for a Zoom call that is a must attend meeting.

Bebel closes out the email that it is important for line Producers to be on that call.

I’m sure many of the Producers don’t feel that way.