SHAKE-UP AT CHANNEL 4; MARCI MARTINEZ GONE, OTHERS

There's a shake up at KGBT-Channel 4, and one of those faces you won't see will be anchor Marcy Martinez, Freddie Vela, and Eddie Flores.

And another face that will be missing from the KGBT small screen is Clay Williams.

Sources say that is the latest from the original "Gang Of Four" lineup to be forced out from the house that Martha Benavides built. "He declined to sign the paltry and insulting contract the news director tossed on the ground in front of him," said one.

Vela and Martinez apparently caught taking late lunches. She was suspended for a bit, then fired. If they fired Vela for the long lunches, they had to be consistent and fire Marcy too, to not show favoritism.

Sources close to the station say that Martinez had become a prima donna lately, and besides the long lunches, other employees there had found it difficult to endure her overbearing personality.

Other sources say that the station cited a "morals" clause and when they pulled the plug on her employment. They say she had bee warned about her transgressions before and the admonitions went unheeded. When she was fired, they say that she threw a fit and security had to be called to remove her from the premises.

Social media commentators say that this was the second time Marcy has been suspended. About 2007 or so she was suspended for two weeks for coming in late when she was the morning anchor. After her suspension she was demoted to reporter, Laurie Salazar took her place. She eventually worked her way back to anchor, then left the KGBT for a bit for some non-TV job. But the rush of being in the spotlight beckoned her back to KGBT.