Re: Ch. 7 drops lead anchor Kim Carrigan

[Mark Shneyder <bostonradio@yahoo.com>]

Last summer, when Carrigan's agents(Geller Media Management)
began contract extension talks with Sunbeam, I believe it
was Herald's Monica Collins who mentioned in her column that
7 was nickel-and-diming their star female anchor. Carrigan's
salary was estimated to be in low six-figures at the time.
After seven years at 7 and a huge ratings turnaround,despite
being paired up with 3 diffrent co-anchors -- RD, John Marler
and now Rady Price during her tenure, she felt that they had
to write her a much bigger check. Sunbeam is
notorious for de-emphasizing star anchors and personality-driven
newscasts. They don't pay big contracts. Period. So it's really not
a big shock she is not being renewed.(WRKO, WTKK shows today really
overplayed the whole situation. The Herald and the Globe also
blew it out of proportion like no one at 7 saw this coming).

Collins also drew a connection between Carrigan and former CH.7
news boss Joel Cheatwood saying that if things didn't work out
between Carrigan and Sunbeam, she'd end up working at 4 at some
point. Considering that Cheatwood is now a VP of news for
Viacom/CBS o&o's, I'd say it's a good bet. He has already hired
away a number of former Ch.7 producers for other CBS-owned
stations around the country.

If 4 does end up signing Carrigan, it could be a good PR move 
for them and viewer credibility boost for their news organization(so
far I haven't been overly impressed with all the unproven B-talent
they've brought in from smaller markets...)

Thoughts?

-Mark
--- "C. Jenest" <chomerj@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The Globe estimated 300-400K.
> 
> --- Joseph Pappalardo <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Saw this online (much more at Boston.com) this
> > morning...and wondered...Can
> > anyone speculate what Kim Carrigan was making?
> > 
> > I know the days of big anchor salaries are behind (I had
> > heard that Lobel
> > had even taken a cut in recent years and started working
> > some
> > weekends.)....and Channel 7 would probably be the
> > case-in-point of the end
> > of the 'star anchor' era.
> > 
> > Kim was as visible as anyone at 7news....  Has anyone
> > heard what a lead
> > anchor at 7 was pulling down these days?
> > 
> > JP
> > 
> > >>
> > Ch. 7 drops lead anchor Kim Carrigan
> > By Mark Jurkowitz, Globe Staff, 4/24/2001
> > 
> > Amid speculation, recriminations, and allegations of ill
> > will between her
> > agent and the station, WHDH-TV's (Channel 7) lead female
> > anchor, Kim
> > Carrigan, suddenly disappeared from Boston's news
> > landscape yesterday, on
> > the eve of the crucial May sweeps month.
> > <<
> > 
> > 
> > 
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