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Dylan Dreyer announced today is her last day on weekend today. She will continue to host the 3rd hour during the week.

KTVT the CBS O&O in the DFW announced some changes to its anchor lineup. Karen Borta moves from anchoring early mornings to anchoring the 4 pm with Ken Molestina. She will continue to anchor the 11am newscast. Brooke Katz who currently anchors the 4 pm show and sports anchor/Reporter Keith Russell move to the anchor the early morning newscast. changes begin Monday. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/6192318-cbs-11-mornings-says-goodbye-to-karen-borta-but-she-isnt-going-far/

It appears the morning lineup is this: 430-6 Dan solo 6-7 Dan & Reagan 7-10 Bianca & Rosanna Dan is in for Rosanna this morning so is anchoring till 10am

They launched a 6 pm newscast on weekends late last year as well. In addition it appears they removed the 8pm newscast as well as reduced the weekend morning newscasts by 1 hour airing from 8-11am instead of 7-11am

Kendis heads to CBS O&O WFOR in Miami as morning and noon co-anchor : https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/veteran-anchor-kendis-gibson-joins-cbs-miami-station/237986/

Can we seriously stop with the guessing if she’s the permanent traffic anchor. Let’s wait until an official announcement is made before jumping to conclusions. Also for the record they also used the @Traffic4NY handle for Lauren as well.

She’s stepping away from doing morning traffic but will still be a part of the extended NBC New York family and will pop up on TINY from time to time

Couple of updates out of Charlotte and WCNC: Sarah French who has been filling in on the morning newscasts has been officially named co-anchor of the weekday morning and midday newscasts. Carolyn Bruck who had been out on leave the past several months returns to the station today but this time as co-anchor of the 4 pm newscasts. No word on who succedes Sarah as co-anchor of the 5, 6 & 11 pm newscasts.

Longtime WYFF 4 anchor Michael Cogdill announces he will retire in late November: https://www.wyff4.com/article/wyff-news-4-anchor-michael-cogdill-announces-retirement/37951487

Dylan Dryer posted on Facebook this morning that viewers won’t be seeing her for a while. Her water broke Sunday evening 6 weeks early said doctors are doing everything they can to make sure her new baby cooks a little longer but Dylan mentioned she’s doing fine and baby is fine and that possibly a new baby could be born this week.

MJ announced earlier this week she’s retiring her replacement is Brian MacMillan of KPTV (a Seattle area native) Matt Lorch is also departing and leaving the business and working for a non profit organization.

I think you mean Walter. The last time they had a Jim was Jim Castillo and he was on in the early days of Q13 news.

Per Vanessa’s fb page she mentions she’s going to miss her am team. So sounds like she won’t be doing both mornings and afternoons but co-anchoring the 4 and likely reporting for the other evening shows.

WBZ editor Jim Murphy died suddenly last week of a heart attack at 44 https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wbz-editor-dies-of-heart-attack-at-44/233362/

Not only that but she and Anthony swapped times shortly after she arrived. She went from doing 4 & 6 to 5 & 11 (and now 7) and he went from doing the 5 & 11 back to the 4 & 6

Anthony Yáñez is leaving KNBC and LA returning to Houston and rejoining KPRC as weekday morning meteorologist. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2021/07/anthony-yanez-returns-to-kprc-2.html?m=1

FTVLive is reporting that Ashley Ketz is leaving NewsNation and her husband Aaron Nolan is being bumped down to correspondent based out of Arkansas. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/7/19/leaving-news-nation

ABC13 Houston anchor/reporter Steven Romo announced his engagement to FOX 26 and future Fox weather meteorologist Stephen Morgan on his social media pages. In the announcement Romo also said he’s moving to NYC soon and will be leaving ABC13.

Narmeen Choudry has left PIX11. She posted her goodbye on Facebook but didn’t go into detail as to why she left. All she said was she felt she had no other choice but to walk away.

And she’s gone. Bio removed from KRIV’s website plus there is a recording on Facebook of her on the phone with the HR director asking when she can come get her equipment (badge, company owned equipment etc)

According to other media outlets it sadly appears Christopher Sign took is own life

Doesn’t surprise me. She’s been pulling double duty since Ernie Anastos left. Also I can see Lori & Steve anchoring all 3 evening shows.

2 more Houston area talent are leaving: Britta Merwin of KPRC leaving to move back east to be closer to family (has job lined up but has not yet announced where) https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2021/05/britta-merwin-to-leave-kprc-2.html?m=1 Britta’s last day is June 4th. Blake Matthews of KHOU is leaving and moving to Florida in the near term however no job lined up (as of yet) https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2021/05/blake-mathews-leaving-khou-11.html?m=1 Blake’s last day at KHOU will be June 30th.

Stephen Hauck is also gone from the station.

She’ll likely take the typical 12 week maternity leave when baby girl is born so expect her to be out all summer.