Bruce Asbury contacted me this morning to correct one of his statements from our conversation of yesterday. “I made a slight error in the severance,” Asbury told me today. The 26-week severance payout mentioned in yesterday’s post was only for employees who’d been with SNN 6 for more than 13 years, Asbury said today, — not five years as he’d stated when I interviewed him yesterday. Asbury added that he believes that, “Under that rule, nobody at SNN is getting 26 weeks.”
The station was founded in July, 1995, I believe — so not quite 14 years ago. If anyone has any news to share on this story, feel free to post a comment or contact me directly at mcrealityonline@yahoo.com.
Since posting yesterday’s post, I’ve heard from a gazillion (okay a dozen!) folks in the community who have talked about how much they loved Bruce Asbury’s reporting, and how refreshing they found his personality in this town that can sometimes be a bit, shall we say, um, stodgy? In fact, most folks had high praise overall for SNN 6 and regret its disappearance.
My Suncoast News — Channel 7 — are you listening?! 🙂