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Something must be wrong with the statiom manager because the good anchors never stay too long. Frank Fraboni was excellent and Kent Bates did a fantastic job. I wouldn't want to work for this company because apparently they believe in the chopping block.

WOW!!!! This is a shock but then again it isn't. I don't understand what is going on at WFMY. You don't renew contracts but you spend tons of money on upgrading your studios and for what???? I don't understand this move but I am sure they have a wonderful explanation. I will be turning my attention 100% to WGHP. How about rearranging that Good Morning Show one thing I dislike is waking up to hearing Tanya Rivera laughing at everything...GEEZ!!! Get it together WFMY!!!!

WFMY just sucks. They used to be so much better in the 90s.. what kind of a station loses Oprah, Dr. Phil, Live Doppler Radar, A News Helicopter and Top Talent, the level that they've sank to today is so unthinkable. They've become such a cheap station I can't blame Kent Bates for leaving WFMY-TV.

I have watched WFMY since I was a kid, and I've seen so much talent down the drain by the management. Bates leaving is the pits. The shake-up should be Tanya and some of the other weenies. The only thing left are the weather folks and Rosemary. The newscast has gotten too chatty anyway. Shame on the management. Maybe it's time for a sharp change in management.

The only logical choice for his replacement in the triad is Dave Goren. If WFMY wants to get improved ratings, give DG a job.

No one should be amazed by this. Sandra Hughes has probably had Kent booted off before he can build up tenure or a following. She likes to keep her status as lead anchor. I've never understood why WFMY keeps her.

Glad to see some new management. I'm a legacy CBS viewer meaning that the brand is so strong in my generation that I'll go to CBS & affiliates first.

However I am constantly disappointed by WFMY news. Seems likes its all done on the cheap, and it shows. That young weather girl they had a year or so ago - she was a disaster. Leigh Brock - she is good. The lead offs are terrible too. Fox 8 and WXII broadcast from the trenches every night. No national news or feeds. Essentially they do not have a newscast.

I quickly turn to Fox 8 or WXII. They are about excellence every day.

When we lived here back in the 70's and 80's we always watched Channel 2 because they were the best. When we returned to Greensboro in January, after living elsewhere for 19 years, we tried all 3 local channels and found Channel 8 to be far superior to channel 2 or channel 12.

I have watched news 2 all my life. What in the world has happened to it? Every time a good anchor comes along that I really like they boot them out the door. I am very unhappy with the news that we are loosing Kent and Greg. Who's next, Eric. If that happens I will never watch news 2 again. I probably want watch it now except for the weather. And by the way, what has happened to Sandra's hair. Now that's an anchor we could loose and not miss.

Why does the headline say they are "to leave station" when they were clearly fired or "let go" if you want to be nice about it. A lot of people are saying how good for Kent and that they are happy for him. I bet he isn't real happy about it. Clearly he is not "moving on" under his own terms.

Use to know a person that knew a certain weather person there and I've heard that "Queen" Sandra can be a little difficult to work with. Pretty much always wants and gets everything her way. Just hearsay, but based on the source and the large number of departures since Lee Kinard retired, who knows, could be something to it. It is interesting that they continue to keep Sandra and let everyone else go. It just might be that the right combination of people that will get them back on top of the ratings doesn't include her, but WFMY doesn't seem to be interested in testing that theory out.

Funny how this news is never available on digtriad.com - only in the W-S paper first, followed by the News-Record. Maybe the management of WFMY needs a shakedown, because they're letting go of two of the finest folks to grace the Greensboro airwaves. What's the matter Sandra, don't like them because they're actually BETTER than you? Sheesh. Who's next, Chilton? Plybon? Maybe someone at the station can make us viewers aware of why this is happening. Or better yet, don't bother. Maybe a boycott of the station is in order. Idiots.

The general manager came from the accounting department. Everything there is run by the balance sheet. They have always been quick to replace people with machines.

That place has been on the slide since they forced Lee Kinard to retire, let Brad Jones and Cindy Farmer jump to FOX8, and made the mistake of letting Randy Jackson go. WFMY had a long history of quality journalists and reporters with integrity. 2 Wants 2 Know used to actually investigate things.

It's sad that a station with the history and accomplishments they have, has sank.

Channel 2 has been going right down the drain ever since Kinard left. Then Jackson, Fraboni...there aren't any reporters there anymore, only "photojournalists" which is a fancy name for a guy with a camera...nobody that really ferrets out a story anymore. And their parent company,Gannett, is going to the dogs as well. I wish Lee, Randy, and Frank would buy this place and clean it up! Make it the kind of great news station it once was! I don't think it's so much Sandra Hughes as the crazy woman who's running the place...put a beancounter in charge and you get beans.

Well okay for those of you who think WFMY has fallen of the charts! I would still watch News 2 over the over hyped dramatic TV up here in MI where I get to see Jeff Varner smooze the drama in MI with his southern accent. WFMY is 60 and surely Greensboro don't throw away another Greensboro staple Nobody beats WXII with Local High School Sports and WFMY should take a play out of their 21th century style. Lanney Pope means business about the radar! :)

I'VE JUST ABOUT STOPPED LOOKING AT WFMY NEWS. THAT PLACE MUST BE A REAL CESSPOOL TO WORK IN. THEY CAN'T KEEP GOOD ANCHOR PERSONNEL. SOMEONE OVER MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THE WAY THESE EMPLOYEES ARE BEING TREATED.

Kent will be missed. It is sad that Channel 2 is, like the News and Record, going to operate with near-free robots! The quality of the remaining "reporters" is questionable. I only hope WXII and WGHP don't go this same route!

WFMY news is the most laughable of all the Triad stations. Kent Bates' voice is so monotone that it would put an insomniac to sleep. Tanya Rivera delivers the news like she is a teenager telling her best friend some juicy rumors over her cell phone. Hopefully Kerr will go back to Dallas and Texas will seceed thus ending our chances of ever seeing his pompous face again. Rosemary misspeaks every other word, but she is given a pass because she is cute. Sandra Hughes is ok, but it's weird seeing someone older than my grandmother delivering news. The digtriad website is a joke so unfunny that everyone forgot to laugh (and browse to as apparent by the lack of activity on their forums). If Eric Chilton is the next to go and it replaced by a chimpanzee (his intellectual superior), then I might actually start to watch WFMY again.

See http://triadmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/05/kerr-is-out-at-cbs-2.html