TCPalm has a story on now former WPTV anchor Jamie Holmes and why he left the station so abruptly.
Holmes says he started planning his departure “…six or seven months ago” and that there was no ill will between him and WPTV.
“I realized it was time to get out of the business,” said Holmes, 34. “I felt like all of my opportunities in television had been exhausted and I was looking for other companies that offered me more opportunities.”
According to TCPalm Jamie Holmes joined Venue Marketing Group, a product marketing and image management company in Riviera Beach.
Jamie Holmes quit WPTV two weeks ago, around the same time Jay Cashmere was named the new anchor for the 5:30pm newscast replacing WPTV anchor Chandra Bill who announced she plans to leave the station by May 2010.
Holmes’ departure generated some chatter because he was considered the top choice to take over for long-time WPTV anchor Jim Sackett when he retires.
Don’t believe it. Sour grapes cos of that Cashmere dude.
And to be clear, neither Cashmere nor Jamie were ever, ever going to be the heir to Sackett.
It’s SCripps calming the water…god forbid anything bad happen at that station, they are perfect! But for disclosure, TCPalm is Treasure Coast Palm Beach, the website owned by Scipps Company that owns WPTV, so naturally they wont say anything bad.
I remember one time reading in the palm beach post that Miranda Khan was once considered to be a future main anchor at wptv. haha as if she ever was. You read some ridiculous nonsense sometimes.
Also being an anchor at 5:30 doesn’t mean you’d be the natural successor to the main anchor. Yeah a convenient fill-in but not a permanent solution. For example, I can’t ever imagine Shannon Cake being a main anchor at wptv
Where is Jim Sackett anyways? He has not been on in like 2 weeks+.
heard his daughter got married maybe that’s why?
2 weeks?? Is he on the honeymoon with her? I am surprised he is still doing this after all this time. Aside from John Matthews and bob Mayer, other anchors of his era have all retired.
Oh and they keep using Jay Cashmere, cant stand it! Too bad too cause I like Kelly Dunn, she was nice to me when I saw her in a Publix in 1990 while shopping.
Kelley is a great, great person. Who else would they use as a fill-in other than Jay? Malloy…? He’s a fine journalist but bad anchor
ERic Glasser…he isnt the best, but ANYONE is better than Jay, I hate hate hate hate him!!!
It doesent matter since i watch CBS 12 pretty much all the time anyways, rarely 5.
why the Jay hate?
I get my news online. I’ll tune in at 11 if there’s a story I want to catch on either channel (such as the lopicola thing). wpbf is irrelevant
I cannot stomach all of the lifestyle stories stations air these days. 5 is very guilty of this, especially after Oprah. want to lose weight? DO NOT BE GREEDY. Don’t need a rehashed story on it every week
What about Tim Malloy? You would guess decades of news experience earns you an anchor posistion.
He was the 5:30 anchor with Shannon for about a year but then it changed to Chandra and Shannon between 5 and 6. He is a fine, fine journalist but I don’t like him as an anchor.
Tim looks like he lives under a bridge. In fact, he looked like that when he was back in NYC years ago.
Jay is a great anchor, and more importantly, a great guy. If you hate someone that much, maybe you should seek counseling. Have a great day.