While working at KGUN -- I watched Matt along with the other mets we were "up-against". He's a great morning personality! ... and hello John! Hope Medford is treating you well.

Why is she leaving?

When will KOIN get rid of Bruce Sussman? He is so bad to watch...it's painful sometimes.

and Christine was fired. All those angry rants about Drew being shoved to weekends were unnecessary. He said he was leaving, so they moved him to weekends until that happens.

And having seen Matt's demo, I think he's a great hire, too. Too bad another person had to go.

Portland is very lucky to be getting Matt. His energy, playfull manner and witty comments will suit him well on the morning show. Tucson is very sad to be loosing Matt Brode...Tucson's loss will be Portland's gain! Best of luck Matt!

She is a great meteorologist and we were all shocked to hear what happened with her. She will do a wonderful job wherever she goes, and KOIN will miss her!

never paid attention to her weather. Just enjoyed watching her.

kinda threw Tucson under the bus with those comments. And, if he thinks he's coming to the wild weather capitol of the USA he's in for a big surprise 9 months out of the year.

Christine was a lovely person and a large part of the reason I watched KOIN 6 in the morning. My family will reconsider that choice after learning she was terminated!

He actually said this?

"They like the personality and they like the meteorology degree," said Brode. "It's a morning news position, and obviously it's a bigger market so they have more dollars to work with up there. I'm 37, going to be 38 soon, so I'm looking out for the bottom line. Got to look to bigger and brighter cities."

I'm getting serious Ron Burgundy vibes here. Can't wait for the show when he tells us that Portland is German for whale's vagina.

except for part about wonderful Carly. nothing against her as a person but she rambles on and on about traffic and would say the name of each highway/freeway multiple time, then some more. i will definitely have to look for a new early show now that the alway smiling and happy weather lady is no longer there to wake me up in the morning

I am sure he will be fine but I miss Christine

We're going to miss Matt when he trades 300 days of "it's sunny" to 300+ days of "It's wet out there." Hope that bump in the bottom line he's leaving for is enough to make up the difference between what it costs to get a home here and what it costs in Portland. I'm envious...he gets to have Voodoo donuts anytime he wants!

Hopefully his replacement will be better than Erin Jordan on KOLD, the CBS affiliate. I switched to the NBC affiliate, KVOA's morning news after enduring her shrill, deer-in-headlights forecasts - I kept hoping she'd get better when she took over for Erin Christianson who bailed from KOLD to become the ABC affiliate KGUN's evening meteorologist, but she never did. Too bad she's not leaving for Portland instead of Matt.

FYI: Brode is pronounced phonetically, with a long o and silent e.

Okay, we couldn't stand it any longer and had to find out what happened to our favorite weather professional - Christine. We shouldn't be surprised by some of the stupid decisions that stations make, but allowing Christine to get away was a bonehead decision. Not only was she very professional but she always dressed extremly nice and had a great voice. Now -- Carly on the other hand would benefit from a voice and clothing coach. We really can't watch her. Maybe it's that position because Michael Convery on Channel 8 is painful to watch and listen to also (get your hands out of your pockets Michael!!!!).

God love Matt for being different! You are doing a great job!!!! We do miss Christine very much too! That's what KOIN needs. People with different personalities that didn't come from a cookie cutter!!! My favorites on that show were Sarah, Lynn and the two Jennys. They were great, soooo comical and sooooo different. But, they weren't dull enough for KOIN. I agree with previous post that it would be nice if they had somebody on that show that was at least over the age of 40. Eric and Kacy are NOT news anchors.