A longtime staple on WBZ-TV has been proven the door.
Political analyst Jon Keller was let go from the Boston TV station this week, the Herald has realized, as Paramount slashes hundreds of jobs.
5 workers had been reduce at WBZ on this spherical of layoffs.
Keller was thought-about “freelance on-air talent” on the station. He joined WBZ-TV in 2005, and his “Keller @ Large” experiences had been repeatedly featured throughout WBZ Information at 5 and 6 p.m.
Based on Keller’s bio web page on the WBZ web site, he’s “widely regarded as the top political analyst in New England.”
“He is a favorite of the region’s viewers because he is smart, witty and local, and asks the tough questions everyone wants to have asked,” his bio reads. “The politicians respect him too because he has a reputation for being non-partisan, accurate, and dedicated to serving viewers. Although ‘Keller @ Large’ primarily tackles politics, Jon also offers social and cultural commentary on news of the day and pop culture.”
He has been honored with 11 New England Emmy Awards for commentary and reporting, and he was named “Best TV Political Analyst” twice in Boston Journal’s annual “Best of Boston” subject.
Again in 2020, WBZ Newsradio 1030 reduce ties with Keller amid an onslaught of iHeartMedia layoffs throughout the nation.
In long-awaited cuts simply months after finishing its $8 billion merger with Skydance, Paramount has begun layoffs that had been set to affect about 2,000 workers.
Paramount launched roughly 1,000 of these layoffs on Wednesday, in line with an AP supply. The remainder of the cuts might be made at a later date, they stated.
In all, 2,000 job reductions quantity to about 10% of the Paramount’s complete workforce.
Herald wire companies had been used on this report.
