UPDATE: Lynette Romero Leaves KTLA/Los Angeles For KNBC; Then All Hell Breaks Loose


9/24/22–Filling in for Mark Mester on KTLA weekend Morning news is Pedro Rivera, formerly with KTXL Sacramento.

Update: Mark Mester has been fired from KTLA…

As of 9/22/22 his bio has been removed from the KTLA website…
September 19, 2022 8:40 pm
DEADLINE reported:
The tumult continued today at L.A.’s Nexstar-owned KTLA-TV as the outlet’s Weekend Morning News anchor Mark Mester was suspended, Deadline has confirmed.

Mester’s suspension comes less than a week after it was abruptly announced that his co-anchor, Lynette Romero, was leaving the station.

FTVLIVE reports– FTVLive spoke with a person that recently left KTLA and they said that News Director Pete Saiers was the main reason why. The former staffer said that Saiers and General Manager Janene Drafs continue to compare LA to Seattle. Both Saiers and Drafs came from the Seattle market. “We are not Seattle,” the former staffer said. (9/22/22)

This is from March 2021, when Saiers left KING for KTLA. These corporate quotes can make you throw up a little in your mouth..
Saiers, most recently news director at KING-TV, in Seattle, succeeds Jason Ball, who held the post for 12½ years and announced plans to leave in February.

“Peter is a content guy, a visionary and a collaborative leader,” said KTLA VP and GM Janene Drafs. “He knows how to connect with audiences and meet them where they are going, in addition to understanding where they’ve been. Best of all, he’s a longtime viewer and fan of KTLA, someone who understands our brand and promises to bring energy and passion as he joins our amazing team. He’s a native Californian with family in the Los Angeles area, and we look forward to him joining the team at KTLA.”

(Scott Jones-FTVLIVE 9/21/22) (KTLA anchor) Mark Mester has gone above the union and has hired a lawyer that sources say was meeting with KTLA management Wednesday. Although the station has made no official announcement, KTLA insiders say that Mester was suspended from the station after he called out station managers on the air and apologized on behalf of the station for how they handled the exit of Anchor Lynette Romero.

** Lynette Romero moves to KNBC (Weekday) Morning News **….SEPTEMBER 16, 2022–

Lynette Romero-KTLA Weekend Morning News Anchor

After 24 years, and without an on-air farewell. Sam Rubin reads company memo that Lynette has decided to explore a new opportunity.


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  1. ktla blew it, will be boycotting. can’t wait to see both Lynette on knbc and wherever mark winds up – they’ll be lucky to have him.

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