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Shelley Walcott, weekend evening anchor and reporter at WTMJ in Milwaukee, announced on Facebook and Twitter that she would be leaving the station at the end of next week to become the new "main anchor" at WMUR in Manchester. She has been with WTMJ since 2005.

 

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/walcott08-d27usmv-182592021.html

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Antonio Mora is out at the Miami's CBS 4 WFOR after his contract was not renewed. According to sfltv.com, the move was no surprise,Tipsters told us he may be on the way out but that his contract was into its third year and past the ’out clause’ period so WFOR had to wait for it to run out, which just happened. Mora joined WFOR from Chicago CBS owned station WBBM in 2008. Before working for WBBM, he was on the news desk for “Good Morning America.” Mora had been the solo anchor for WFOR’s 6 p.m. newscast.

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Omaha NBC station WOWT Channel 6 Chief Meteorologist Jim Flowers will not have his contract renewed when it expires next week. WOWT, announced the move on its facebook page saying:

 

"WOWT has informed Jim Flowers that it does not intend to enter into a new agreement for his services when his current agreement expires on December 31, 2012. WOWT appreciates Jim’s contributions to WOWT and thanks him for his many years of service."

 

 

 

Flowers has been a meteorologist in Omaha for nearly 30 years. He previously worked for Omaha ABC affiliate KETV.

 

 

 

And this is a very difficult out and about to report, if you grew up watching Salt Lake City's KSL 5 over the years, you properly know his name Dick Norse. Norse, who retired as news anchor at KSL-TV in 2007, has recently been diagnosed with throat cancer.

 

“(My family’s) support, including that shown by members of my extended “TV family,” was key to my recovery during my first battles with cancer, and it is a great source of strength for me now,” Nourse said in a statement posted to the station’s website. “My wife, Deb, and I are extremely grateful. We know we’ll get through this.”

 

This is the third battle with cancer for the retired anchor who left the NBC affiliate in 2007. He overcame non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the early 1980s and later survived a bout with prostate cancer.

 

 

 

The station said Nourse will soon begin radiation treatment and chemotherapy. We here at TVNT ask that you keep Dick Norse and his family in your prayers.

 

 

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=23499279

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KFSN 30 becomes the fourth ABC-owned station to produce a newscast for another station in the market. Starting tomorrow, KFSN will produce its ABC 30 Action News every weeknight at 10pm on KAIL My 7. This newscast will compete with KMPH's 10pm Newscast. The 10pm News on KAIL will be a half-hour in length and it won't be any weekend shows on that timeslot.

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Katie Nordeen has been named evening co-anchor at Winston-Salem's FOX 8 WGHP. Nordeen joined the Fox affiliate in 2010 and was promoted to morning anchor in 2011. Her first night on the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts alongside Neill McNeill is Thursday. Before joining WGHP, Nordeen worked at WDIO in Duluth, Minn., as an anchor and reporter. She replaces Julie Luck, who left WGHP in September.

 

 

Sports anchor Matt Barrie is leaving KXAS to join ESPN, according to Dallas media blogger Ed Bark. Barrie joined the NBC-owned station in Dallas in 2008. His final day at KXAS will be March 3. “Matt is a terrific journalist who brought fantastic energy to the NBC5 sports team,” VP of news Susan Tully said. “We’re sorry to see Matt leave, but wish him success in his new network job.”

 

 

Erin Logan has been named weekend evening anchor at Hartford's ABC station WTNH. Logan joined the station in 2011 as a general assignment reporter. “In her time here she has proven to be an aggressive reporter and one our leaders in carrying out the brand on-air,” news director Erik Schrader wrote in a memo to WTNH staffers Tuesday. “Before coming to this station, Erin was a weekday anchor earlier in her career, so the combo position accents many of her strengths.”

 

 

Two departures over at Spokane's ABC 4 KXLY, Mike Gonzalez, co-anchor for KXLY 4 News, is no longer with the station. The station was going with a single anchor for the 5 and 6 p.m. news. Gonzalez, who was also the host of KXLY’s Latin cultural and cooking show, “En La Cocina,” came to the station from Omaha, NE where he was an anchor and reporter. He previously worked at KOLN-KGIN in Lincoln, NE and KOMU in Columbia, MO.

 

 

KXLY has cut a second anchor from its lineup. Sports director Ben Kaplan is the latest to get the ax. “We’re restructuring the sports staff between our TV & radio properties, as we also own the local ESPN radio affiliate,” news director Jerry Post.“Ben has done a tremendous job for us as Sports Director, but this move made the best strategic and financial sense going forward.” The station was looking to Dennis Patchin to lead the sports team for both KXLY and ESPN radio affiliate KXLX. Kaplan joined KXLY from WWSB in Sarasota, FL. He started his career with KFBB in Great Falls, MT.

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Last Friday (January 4th) was Kiersten Mathieu's last day at WPMT Fox 43 after 5 years with the Morning News team. She is leaving the station and the television business to work for Public Relations in Philadelphia.

 

http://fox43.com/2013/01/04/kiersten-mathieu-says-goodbye/

 

All the Best, Kiersten!!!

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TVNewsCheck stating that little Michigan station, WBKB 11 in Alpena has agreed to affiliate with the ABC Network of digital subchannel 11.3. WBKB is primarily a CBS affiliate (on its main channel) and Fox/MyNetworkTV on its second stream. WBKB plans to add newscasts to the ABC stream including adding a morning news program.

 

The affiliation is effective immediately.

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Some familiar faces are on the move.

  • Wendy Corona moves from Dallas to Atlanta as she becomes WSB’s weekend evening anchor. In Dallas, Corona was a freelance reporter at WFAA.
  • George Smith joins WOIO in Cleveland from ESPN. Smith will anchor WOIO’s weeknight newscasts.
  • David Solano joins WXYZ in Detroit as weekend sports anchor. He was previously a news and sports reporter and anchor at KRIV in Houston.
  • Chris Miller joins KUTV in Salt Lake City as an anchor and reporter. He comes from Seattle, where he was the weekend sports anchor at KOMO.

  • Meteorologist Mark Monstrola joins KXAN in Austin from WFMJ in Youngstown, Ohio.
     

  • Vanessa Bezic is the new morning and midday meteorologist at KFMB in San Diego. She was previously a meteorologist at AccuWeather.
     

  • Iris Perez joins KMSP in Minneapolis from WJBK in Detroit, where she was a producer and reporter.
     

  • WTVQ Chief Meteorologist Jennifer Schack is joining Cincinnati's NBC 5 WLWT, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
     

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Peter Albrecht has been re-hired by WKRG after an almost 6 year absence from the airwaves.

 

He worked for WKRG until 2000 and then was hired at WPMI later that year.

 

Peter anchored the primary newscasts until 2007, when he was one of the three anchors fired by management in an effort to bring up ratings.

 

According to a newly created Facebook friend page (WKRG Peter Albrecht), he will be the 5pm anchor and do investigative reporting. Since he is technically replacing Jessica Taloney, who left last year, I wonder if Mel Showers will only anchor the 6 & 10 now?

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An anchor shakeup is happening in Hawaii.

 

The Star-Advertiser states that Hawaii News Now anchor Teri Okita, the 6 & 6:30 pm anchor, will be leaving at the end of the February books period. She will be enroute to London. A former anchor at Hawaii News Now, Grace Lee, who left for KPIX 5 in the Bay, will return to the news organization. Sunrise anchor Tannya Joaquin will move from the mornings to Teri's newscast timeslots.

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Hartford's WTIC FOX 61 (FOX-CT), will debut a one hour 5:00 p.m. news starting next Monday, January 28. Currently WTIC’s weekday evening news lineup includes a 4:00, 10:00, and an 11:00 p.m. show. The new 5:00 p.m. show will be anchored by Alison Morris, Al Terzi, Rich Coppola and Rachel Frank. The station has a snazzy promo for the added newscast you can watch after the jump.

 

 

Click here to view the promo for the show.

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Besides Rochester's WHAM ABC 13 being operated by Sinclair Broadcasting, long time 13 WHAM News anchor Don Alhart has signed a multi-year contract. Alhart anchors the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts and serves at the station’s associate news director. He has worked at WHAM for almost 50 years.

 

“When you think of news in Rochester, you think of Don Alhart,” WHAM general manager Chuck Samuells said in a statement. “The passion he has for his job and this community is evident every day. We are thrilled to let the viewers know that he will be behind the anchor desk for many years to come.”

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WGNO morning anchor Jocelyn Lockwood is leaving the New Orleans ABC station after a couple of years to travel the world with her husband. Replacing her on "Good Morning New Orleans" and the 11 am show is reporter Anne Cutler.

 

The changes take effect February 1.

 

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wgno-names-anne-cutler-morning-co-anchor_b77801

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Nearly 30 people who work on- and off-air have been laid off as a result of the KARK/KLRT merger, according to KHTV and arkansasbusiness.com. Twenty are from KLRT and nearly 8 are from KARK. Those laid off include KARK anchors Wendy Suares, Adam Rodriguez and Jonathan Athens and KLRT sports anchor David Raath and news director Ed Trauschke.

 

The article also said KLRT was cancelling its 5pm and 10 pm newscasts in favor of a 5:30 pm and one-hour 9 pm newscasts. In addition, Fox 16 will air a new morning show starting Monday anchored by KARK's Deedra Wilson and Gregg Dee. The show will air from 7-9 am.

 

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/90480/at-least-25-lose-jobs-at-kark-klrt-as-tv-owners-consolidate

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Tulsa TV Stations is reporting that KOKI's Chera Kimiko has left the FOX affiliate to join CBS affiliate KOTV. Kimiko was anchor at channel 23 since the station launched it's news department in 2002. She will co-anchor KOTV's 9pm newscast on sister station KQCW with Jennifer Loren on April 15.
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Another Milwaukee sports anchor is on their way out. This time it's WISN's Dario Melendez, who is heading to ESPN.

 

http://www.onmilwaukee.com/movies/articles/MelendezESPN.html

Wow. Very surprising. Personally, I think he still comes across as very green on-air. That said, kudos to him for getting a big opportunity.
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