KCTS Shakeup

Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson Jul 18, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>KCTS announced the resignation of Chief Maurice "Moss" Bresnahan late yesterday afternoon for "personal reasons." Bresnahan, who served in the role for five years, will be replaced on an interim basis by Rob Dunlop, a longtime executive VP at Fisher Communications (former owner of Seattle'</p></h2>
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            <p>KCTS announced the resignation of Chief Maurice "Moss" Bresnahan late yesterday afternoon for "personal reasons." Bresnahan, who served in the role for five years, will be replaced on an interim basis by Rob Dunlop, a longtime executive VP at Fisher Communications (former owner of Seattle's KOMO TV) starting September 3rd.When we called KCTS today to ask them a few questions, we learned that Moss is (already) no longer at the station and Dunlop will be starting next week; a turnover so speedy it smacks of a firing. One likely scenario: Dunlop, who was responsible for expanding Fisher's presence on developing media platforms and taking advantage of TV's analog-to-digital shift, was brought in to modernize the station, leaving Bresnahan high and dry. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in Mr. Roger's neighborhood.</p>
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KCTS announced the resignation of Chief Maurice "Moss" Bresnahan late yesterday afternoon for "personal reasons." Bresnahan, who served in the role for five years, will be replaced on an interim basis by Rob Dunlop, a longtime executive VP at Fisher Communications (former owner of Seattle's KOMO TV) starting September 3rd.When we called KCTS today to ask them a few questions, we learned that Moss is (already) no longer at the station and Dunlop will be starting next week; a turnover so speedy it smacks of a firing. One likely scenario: Dunlop, who was responsible for expanding Fisher's presence on developing media platforms and taking advantage of TV's analog-to-digital shift, was brought in to modernize the station, leaving Bresnahan high and dry. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in Mr. Roger's neighborhood.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’