After about four years, former WTNH news director Kirk Varner is leaving WKRC in Cincinnati where he held the same post.
His reason for leaving is not clear and where he may be going next is also unknown.
A memo Varner wrote to staff seems to indicate WKRC decided to move in a “different direction” or “no longer had a role for Varner’s particular talents.”
From Varner memo:
The headline is that I’m leaving the position of News Director for Local 12 on July 3rd. It will be some 4 and 1⁄2 years to the day since I started working here and to put it as simply as I can, I don’t believe that in my forty years of being a broadcaster, I’ve ever enjoyed a station, a market and a group of colleagues as much.
But in the growth and development of any organization, there are times when it is appropriate to bring in a new coach to help lead the team to the next level. AMer discussing it with Jon Lawhead, we’ve agreed that this is that time for WKRC-TV.
