Charlotte Employees React to Being Sold to Nexstar (Patreon)

Fox has been wanting to get their hands on KCPQ in Seattle for years and yesterday they got their wish. 

Fox announced that they are buying the Seattle station from Nexstar and giving up their Charlotte station, WJZY for the cheap price of just $45 million bucks. 

Staffers at WJZY were shocked to learn the news. 

“I was never told about the sale until I got a text from a friend in Milwaukee 5 minutes before a live hit that his station was bought by FOX and ours was sold,“ said one staffer who added, “A lot of us feel left out to dry considering FOX came in and stole the affiliation from an established station to build us, only to sell us about 6 years later.”

Another staffer says that he is worried about Nexstar coming in. “My contract is up shortly and I’m worried that Nexstar is going to want me to take a pay cut,” the WJZY employee told FTVLive. 

“A lot of uneasy people in the newsroom. A big blow to moral when we were starting to make impact in the ratings,” one said.

As one staffer added, “many are updating their resumes as we speak.”

Stay tuned….