LAYOFFS HIT VICTORIA TV SCENE
Nov 12, 2008
LOCAL TELEVISION IS TAKING A HIT TODAY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 18 LAYOFFS AT CHEK-TV.
AMONG THOSE LOSING THEIR JOBS IS GENERAL MANAGER RON EBERLE.
ALSO LAID OFF ARE SOME ON AIR-PERSONNEL AND THE STATION’S COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT IS BEING SHUT DOWN PERMANENTLY.
IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING, A SOURCE TELLS CFAX NEWS THAT SOME OF THE STATION’S FLAGSHIP 5 O’CLOCK NEWSCAST WILL ALSO BE PRE-RECORDED.
CHEK WILL ALSO TAKE OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR AIRING NEWSCASTS FOR ITS SISTER STATION IN KELOWNA, CHBC.
OWNED BY WINNIPEG-BASED CANWEST GLOBAL, THESE CUTS IN VICTORIA COME AS PART OF A REDUCTION OF MORE THAN 200 STAFF NATIONWIDE.
ALONG WITH ITS TELEVISION NETWORK THE CHAIN ALSO OWNS DOZENS OF NEWSPAPERS ACROSS CANADA, INCLUDING THE VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST.
- MURRAY LANGDON
