Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Dreary Gloom at KTVU; GM Kelley and HR Boss Nohr Rule by Initimidation and Fear; Privacy Concerns from Staff; 50 Cameras In and Around KTVU Building









AT THE JACK LONDON SQUARE Studios of KTVU, exists a wall between management and labor; not just the "little people" behind the scenes but even "star" on-air talent most of whom dread going to work at arguably the Bay Area's most successful TV News station.

THOSE who run the show at KTVU do so with a staff under siege and paranoia permeating the massive building, studios, and various offices



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Gregg Kelley is GM and is quite the mysterious soul; why? Because Kelley has built up a reservoir of mistrust and fear from the rank and file. He is quite the mysterious boss too because he's notorious about habitually leaving the office everyday at 3 PM. And when Kelley is in the office, the windows are always shut.

Kelley, from my spy at 2, delegates a lot of power to HR boss, Chris Nohr; she's been at KTVU since 1989 and apparently, inflicts fear among staff, whether intentionally or not.

My KTVU Spy:

"She monitors EVERY employee coming and going; reports any issue to Kelley --supposedly, even the most arcane situation...and when she's not doing that, she sits back and looks at the 50 (FIFTY!) security cameras FOX installed when they took over, it's crazy."

I've heard about a few cameras in and around TV and radio stations, quite SOP,  but 50? That's a lot of insecurity.

Speaking of which...not only are the cameras prevalent but possess secret audio devices too. Privacy at KTVU? Uh, maybe in theory but not in practice. In fact, a KTVU staffer was called into the office and reprimanded for some mild insubordination; (supposedly slamming a door innocuously); when that person questioned the act, they were played the audio proof) so, clearly, that paranoia is alive and kicking inside the newsroom.


Kelley and company have also presided over the #1 mystery at KTVU: since their governing, two full floors of sets torn and ripped apart lay vacant. Maybe Fox has something in mind but they've been laying untouched for months now and the boss has done zip, nada.

Moreover, Kelley's ego maintains that he and ONLY he occupy the only name-on-parking-spot outside the offices and that anyone dare using it get quite the punishment. (Maybe have to watch Gasia Mikaelian put her hair spray on every week for a month?)

KTVU remains a very vibrant station with ratings, although in diminished numbers and viewers, #1 and still the king of Bay Area TV News (in most time slots) but there's a reason why many of their anchors and reporters look as if they weren't invited to the party: there's a very big time dread taking place at KTVU and it isn't going away anytime soon.


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10 comments:

  1. If KTVU weren't spying on ordinary citizen's internet activities with RATS, they wouldn't have any reason to be so paranoid and afraid some fruitcake is going to get even with them for it.

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  2. I was wondering why they are still in the newsroom for “The Nine.” I remember an anchor posted back in May they relocated to the newsroom and that they will be getting a new look. Hmm

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  3. Whenever I see you mention KTVU, I always roll my eyes. As a KTVU'r, I get tired of seeing you berate our work, but you nailed this one. If it weren't for the picture of Greg you use every time, I wouldn't know what the guy looked like. He only graced us with his presence once when they first took over like three years ago. I wouldn't know him in a room of five people, and I've been here over ten years! His parking space is empty more than it's full, so it's good for us that it's labelled. Nobody else wants a marked space for that reason!

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  4. As a former KTVU employee, I'm glad to see some of this stuff getting written about. Fox is aware of Gregg Kelley's misconduct yet has done nothing about it. So much turnover... to have a news director and now the marketing director quit the "number one station in town"? Must be a reason...

    Keep on this one, Rich. You're definitely on to something.

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  5. > Gregg Kelley

    His tie is as long as Trump's. Coincidence?

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  6. The SS and Gestapo alive and well at TV 2.

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  7. As SF's experienced with the FOXification of KTVU, it seems that Kelley is a tried and true FOX suit. You've published a lot about him, Rich -- sounds like that news room is torture. Perhaps we shouldn't judge the rank and file so harshly in the future! So many talented (smart?) people out the door since he started... I miss Pritchett and Rasmussen. Ross leaving was a good move, but they really think Gomez exudes confidence and trust?

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    1. Crescent Park FREALS!November 16, 2017 at 1:42 PM

      Wow...someone lifted my handle...irony is I agree with most of it...but I would never use the word "exude" in a sentence...just sayin...

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  8. I miss the Good Old Days of Kevin O'Brien. I wrote KTVU once, about an issue on the News that I didn't like, can't remember what it was, because it was so long ago...And Mr. O'Brien actually wrote me back! Now that's Customer Service, even though I didn't agree with his answer...

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