Television Media Shake-Ups

WATE weekend anchor Whitney Holmes who joined WATE in September 2007 is gone after today. WBIR Weekend Anchor and Reporter Yvette Martinez, a Knoxville/Karns resident since 2000 is rumored to be leaving soon. Also, word is that WVLT’s Director of Weather Operations Jim Freeman will be gone in 30-45 days.

WVLT Job Postings here. In the News department, Meteorologist, Multiplatform Producer, Multimedia Video Journalist, Multimedia Producer.

WBIR Job Posting here. Position is Multimedia Journalist.

No job posting for WATE have been discovered at this time.

Additional sources indicate that Holmes is headed to UT and that Martinez in going to TDOT to replace Travis Brickey. No word on where Brickey is headed.


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