Demoted Anchor Quits in The Natty

Scripps-owned WCPO (Cincy) took longtime Anchor Jullie O'Neil off the morning newscasts and it appears that she quit.

O’Neil, who has been with the station nearly 3 decades chose to leave the station after being told she would no longer co-anchor the weekday morning newscasts.

"Julie O'Neill no longer is a member of our team. We made the decision to take her off the morning show as an anchor and spoke with her about a couple of different options moving forward," news director Barry Fulmer said in a personnel announcement to staffers.

"She decided to go ahead and leave the team," said Fulmer, hired from a Louisville station in January. "I want to thank Julie for her years of services to WCPO and the community and wish her the very best."

WCPO GM Jeff Brogan said the station "just started the recruiting process and we will look at internal and external candidates (for morning co-anchor), like every other position we post." He would not say what options had been discussed with O'Neill. "I can’t talk about specific personnel matters," he said.

O'Neill declined to comment.

H/T WVXU