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Local News Anchor Salaries…
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:37 pm
Outside top 25 markets avg. $65k a year. That surprised me and seems to be a miserable career.
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Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:39 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:39 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Narcissist, they like seeing themselves on camera.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:40 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Free clothes but do they take them home? Do desk anchors get pants?
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:40 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I imagine the bigger the metro, the bigger the salary. Overall, they make most of their money on external advertising. Most do really well plus the fringe benefits of being invited to every major event.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:44 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Their salaries have plummeted over the past couple of decades.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:45 pm to CincinnatiTiger
quote:
That surprised me and seems to be a miserable career.
That's a decent but not great salary in most of the markets, but really, what do they do? I'm sure it has its stressors but overall it seems like a fairly cushy gig, outside of being recognized in town.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:46 pm to CincinnatiTiger
huh, always thought it was way more than that.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:47 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Houston GOAT. I’ll pay her bills.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:49 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I don’t ever watch the news, I couldn’t tell you anyone in my local market. Not even a weather guy.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:50 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Same in radio, only worse.
Well, a lot worse.
Well, a lot worse.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 2:51 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Outside Top 25 markets? So that would mean any real market they make a shitload more.
But Augusta GA or Little Rock AR they are making $65k.
But Augusta GA or Little Rock AR they are making $65k.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 3:02 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I predict that AI will eventually replace news anchors, meteorologists, and other in-studio talent. The only humans left will be reporters in the field which likely could be replaced with drones. Local TV news will go the way of the newspaper.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 3:05 pm to CincinnatiTiger
65K for reading a teleprompter, not bad.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 3:11 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Back in the day, local news anchors were like celebrities in their towns. They probably still didn’t make very much but they got tons of perks and free shite around town. Nowadays no one cares about local news, so not only is their pay going down but their perks are gone too. I agree it must suck and I don’t know why anyone would want to do it. Most of the older people still in it are smartly parlaying their local relevancy into cushy, more stable “communications director” positions for local companies. They’re being replaced by kids right out of college who haven’t figured out what a dead end it is yet.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 3:23 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I had an evening anchor for the 2nd or 3rd most popular local news station sitting behind me at a coffee shop the other day. All the old ladies kept walking up to him and seemed a little star struck. Dude was polite and would ask each one their name.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 3:56 pm to CincinnatiTiger
The white female Shreveport anchors and some reporters seem to get into state govt positions of some sort when they want to earn retirement. A whole slew of them are in the school systems now in desk jobs and one from the 70's or 80's used to be a PD spokesperson for a decade or so. So what I'm saying is they use their contacts built on their TV career to get a cushy tax payer retirement.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 4:42 pm to CincinnatiTiger
i'd be curious to see sheba turk's new orleans salary vs her new los angeles salary
Posted on 2/2/23 at 4:44 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Imagine watching these anchors on TV
Posted on 2/2/23 at 4:45 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I know a former morning anchor in Jxn, MS. She was paid a pittance. Had to get up at something like 0300, which meant going to bed when the sun was still out. As her kids got a little older, said said F' that and joined the ranks of the stay-at-home Junior Leaguers.
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