L.A. News Anchor Mark Mester Fired After Calling Out KTLA Over Lynette Romero’s Departure

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Michaela Zee editor Longtime KTLA News anchor Lynette Romero will join NBC4’s “Today in LA” as an anchor and reporter, KNBC announced Tuesday, with her first day on-air scheduled for Oct. 10. Prior to NBC4, Romero worked as an anchor at KTLA Los Angeles for 24 years, with her most recent position being a weekend anchor for its morning newscast. KTLA announced her sudden exit on Sept. 14 without a goodbye message from Romero, which sparked controversy on social media. KTLA news director Pete Saiers said in a statement to Variety: “After 24 years, Lynette Romero has decided to move on from anchoring our weekend morning news. We really wanted her to stay and KTLA Management worked hard to make that happen. Lynette decided to leave for another opportunity. We had hoped she would record a farewell message to viewers but she declined. Lynette has been a wonderful member of the KTLA family and wish her and her family the best.”

fan-driven boycotts of KTLA, confirmed on Tuesday that she has been hired at Los Angeles rival KNBC, as TheWrap previously reported Monday. “Breaking Good News. I’m joining the legendary ⁦@NBCLA⁩ family as anchor for Today in LA.

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Romero had left after 24 years with the station to “pursue another opportunity.” Mester later paid tribute to his co-anchor on-air, while simultaneously protesting the move and apologizing to Romero for the way the general manager, Janene Drafs treated her. He was subsequently suspended and then fired. Viewers were not pleased about losing tow of their favorite local newscasters and took to social media with profanity-laced rants against the station.

A Los Angeles news anchor was canned after going off-script on-air and criticizing management for how they dealt with his former colleague’s departure – and viewers are not too happy about it!

Ellise Shafer Anchor Mark Mester is no longer employed by KTLA, Variety has confirmed. Mester was fired on Thursday following a suspension after he criticized on-air how the station went about his co-anchor Lynette Romero’s sudden departure. KTLA announced Romero’s exit last week without a goodbye message to viewers, which drew criticism on social media. According to the Los Angeles Times, KTLA general manager Janene Drafs announced Mester’s firing during a meeting in the newsroom. Mester is also no longer listed as an anchor on KTLA’s website. KTLA news director Pete Saiers said in a statement to Variety: “After 24 years, Lynette Romero has decided to move on from anchoring our weekend morning news. We really wanted her to stay and KTLA Management worked hard to make that happen. Lynette decided to leave for another opportunity. We had hoped she would record a farewell message to viewers but she declined. Lynette has been a wonderful member of the KTLA family and wish her and her family the best.”

first reported the firing.Mester was suspended earlier this week after his on-air tribute to Romero in which he apologized on behalf of KTLA, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Mester’s bio has been scrubbed from the KTLA website – much like Moreno’s was the week before immediately after her abrupt departure.Romero, reportedly beloved by her colleagues in the KTLA newsroom, wasn’t permitted to clean out her own belongings or say goodbye to longtime viewers of the newscast.