Re: ABC 7 fires weekend anchor Kevin Roy

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: TMI! TMI! : : Since this guy wears his Gay Pride on his sleeve, I don't wanna hear about his "physical exhaustion" after his big party nights - WTF is that?! : : : Wondering what happened to Kevin Roy? Courtesy of Robert Feder at Vocalo: : : : : : : " : : : ABC 7 fires AWOL weekend anchor Kevin Roy : : : Kevin Roy, who�s been a weekend morning news anchor and an award-winning reporter for ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, was fired Monday after failing to show up for Sunday morning�s newscasts. He cited �physical exhaustion� as the reason. : : : It was the third time in recent months that Roy was a no-show at work. Once he missed a dayside reporting shift on a Wednesday. And last weekend was the second time he�d missed the two Sunday morning news blocks (from 6 to 7 a.m. and from 8 to 9:30 a.m.) he anchored with Stacey Baca, sources said. Since Baca had the day off, Roy was to have anchored last Sunday�s newscasts solo. When he didn�t appear, free-lance reporter Michelle Gallardo jumped into the anchor chair for the first half-hour, followed by reporter Ben Bradley, who hustled in from home and anchored the rest of the show. : : : Station officials confirmed that Roy was no longer employed, but declined to comment on the circumstances. �We elected not to renew his contract,� said Emily Barr, president and general manager of Channel 7. �We wish him well.� : : : On Tuesday afternoon, Roy released the following statement: : : : �I�m profoundly sorry that WLS has decided not to renew my contract when it expires, though I understand the reason. By failing to show up at my appointed time, I abused the station�s reliance on me. To those who might speculate on the reason, be assured that my problem is one of physical exhaustion only; I only wish I had taken the opportunity to take some time off, rather than try to muscle through. Chicago is my home, and WLS has been my refuge for 12 years. I�ll deeply miss my association with the station and my colleagues, but I�m committed to remaining here. Like Chicago itself, I need to have Big Shoulders. I hope to come through this having learned a valuable lesson in maturity.� : : : Roy, a Chicago area native who graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School and the University of Missouri at Columbia, joined Channel 7 as a reporter in 1998 from KGW-TV in Portland, Ore. He was promoted to weekend news anchor in 2002. : : : Admired by his colleagues as a versatile and talented reporter, Roy had a particular knack for telling difficult stories with sensitivity. He won numerous awards for his reports about suicide, including �A Son of Suicide,� a series about his mother, Diane Marcus Roy, who took her life at age 51 in 1995. He also has covered movie critic Roger Ebert�s battles with cancer and related health issues with grace and delicacy. : : : Roy also wrote �The ABCs of Architecture,� a blog on architecture for the station�s website. It�s no longer accessible online. : : : "

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