Layoffs Hit Shreveport

This from a tipster: KSLA-TV, the local CBS affiliate, has laid off four full-time and two part-time employees, including three news personalities. Weekend sports anchor Bob Griffin, meteorologist Ed Duranczyk and reporter Katrina Webber are no longer with the station. KSLA General Manager James Smith said the layoffs were part of a companywide initiative. KSLA is owned by Raycom Media. "We still have over 90 people working here," Smith said. "Our whole goal here is to preserve jobs. The good thing about KSLA is that we are No. 1 in the market. Being No. 1 means that we can weather the storm best."