NBC-17's Gaines signs off
Published: Sat, Aug. 26, 2006 12:00AM
Modified Sat, Aug. 26, 2006 03:13AM
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closeBill Gaines will no longer co-anchor the 6, 7 and 11 p.m. newscasts on Raleigh TV station NBC-17.
The management at WNCN NBC-17 made the announcement Friday morning. Gaines made his final appearance as co-anchor on Friday's 11 p.m. newscast.
Gaines, 50, said his contract was to be up in October, and that NBC-17 officials decided he should leave now. He was with the station for almost seven years.
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"They said they didn't want me to feel as though I was solely responsible for the low ratings, but they said they wanted to go in a different direction," Gaines said.
NBC-17's newscasts rank No. 3 in the Raleigh-Durham market, behind WRAL and WTVD.
Gaines said that NBC-17 may have contributed to its own ratings woes by shifting afternoon programming and on-air news talent.
NBC-17 representative Maryann Balbo said the station does not comment on personnel matters.
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