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    Former WFOR CBS 4 anchor Shannon Hori will go by her married name of Cogan when she joins Louisville, KY, NBC affiliate WAVE as the 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. anchor on July 1. This will be a return to Louisville for Hori (Cogan), who worked as a morning anchor for the local CBS affiliate WLKY early in her career.

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    Tulsa's KJRH NBC 2 Chief Meteorologist Dan Threlkeld will be leaving the station when his contract ends. Threlkeld's contract is up on August 30th, but he has no plans to move out of the area. Before coming to KJRH, he worked at KFOR in Oklahoma City for 17 years.

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    Nexstar’s Salt Lake City duopoly, KTVX-KUCW, is getting a new look on Monday. The redesign is timed to coincide with KTVX’s 65th anniversary, the Salt Lake Tribune reports: The news set is getting a huge makeover. Viewers will quickly notice the new color scheme — pale green, purple-gray and orange-red. The set for “Good Things Utah” also is getting a completely new look, as well as a new focus.

     

    “We’re going to embrace our legacy,” said Richard Doutre Jones, vice president and general manager of KTVX and sister station KUCW-Channel 30, in January. “Do you live in Utah? Then we care about you.”

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    SoFlo Anchor is soon going to be looking for a job. Word is that WFOR in Miami is not going to renew the contract of their main Anchor Shannon Hori. Hori anchors the 5, 5:30 and 11PM newscasts at this CBS O&O. Sources tell FTVLive that the station is not renewing her contract.

     

    Hori came to WFOR in June 2007 from KTVT/CBS 11/Dallas where she anchored the morning show. Before KTVT, Hori worked for six years at WESH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, where she anchored the weekday 5:30pm newscast and reported for the 11 pm news.

     

    No word yet on who will replace her.

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    Two big names in Dallas, TX and Cleveland, OH are saying farewell in April and May.

     

    • After 34 years at WFAA Channel 8, Brad Watson has announced his departure from the Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliate. Watson, who is a political reporter and anchor of the weekly “Inside Texas Politics,” announced on Twitter that he has accepted a job as the director of communications for Texas-based Luminant Power.
      “There is no better job in local TV news than being a reporter at WFAA and informing the people of this great state. It has been an honor,” Watson tweeted Monday. In 2011, Watson made national headlines during an interview with President Obama when the President chided the veteran reporter to “let me finish my answers next time we do an interview.” Watson will bid adieu to WFAA in Mid-April.
       

    • WJW FOX 8 anchor Wilma Smith is leaving the Cleveland Fox affiliate, she announced on Monday evening’s newscasts.
      “ I've loved every second I've worked here at Fox 8, and I've been in your homes for more than 20 years now, but I have decided that I want to spend more time with my gift from God, my husband Tom,” Smith said. “So I have decided to retire from the station at the end of May.”
      Smith’s departure will cap off a 35-year career, all of it spent anchoring in Cleveland. She worked at ABC affiliate WEWS for 17 years before joining WJW in 1994. During her years at Channel 5, she was the co-host of "Afternoon Exchange" and "Live On 5." In 1983, she began co-anchoring the 11 p.m. newscast with Ted Henry. For the past eight years, Smith has anchored the 6 p.m. newscast alongside Lou Maglio. The station has not yet decided on a replacement for Smith.
       

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    A lot of coming and goings in their market.

     

    • Earl Arms has joined Milwaukee CBS affiliate WDJT as sports anchor and reporter. Arms comes to WDJT from WEYI in Flint, MI. Before WEYI he worked at WKOW in Madison, WI, and Time Warner Cable Sports 32 in Milwaukee.
    • Kristy Davis is joining WLWT as a weekday morning anchor and reporter. She comes from WBRZ in Baton Rouge, where she has worked since 2007.
    • Pat Walker has joined Little Rock NBC affiliate KARK as weekend meteorologist. Walker previously worked at WCBI in Columbus, MS, KSAN in San Angelo, TX, KSWO in Lawton, TX, KLJB in Davenport, IA, andKPTM in Omaha, NE.
    • Former WFRV Sports Director/Anchor Larry McCarren is joining WGBA, the NBC affiliate in Green Bay, as sports director. McCarren begins at WGBA on April 1.
    • Sheena Parveen has been named the weekday 11pm meteorologist at WCAU in Philadelphia, in addition to her afternoon duties.
    • Deborah Takahara has been named a primary evening anchor at KDVR in Denver, where she has worked since 2006.
    • Britt Moreno joins KCNC in Denver as a weekday morning anchor from weekend morning anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix.
    • Stephanie Watson joins WPEC in West Palm Beach as a Monday through Friday afternoon anchor/reporter. She previously worked at KDKA in Pittsburgh.

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      Al Terzi has been named the weekday 5:00 p.m. anchor for WTIC in Connecticut. Al joined the station last year from WFSB.
       
       

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    It is my duty to break sad news to news viewers to Tuscon, AZ and Sherman-Denison, TX. Randy Garsee, former anchor at KOLD News 13 (CBS) and KTEN News 10 (NBC) died. His family says he died peacefully in his home in Alexandria, Virginia.

     

    Randy, along with co-anchor Kris Pickel, anchored our evening news here at KOLD News 13 for nearly ten years, from 1997 to 2006, and then moved to Ada, Oklahoma to be anchor and managing editor at KTEN from 2006 to 2008.

     

    After he left KTEN Garsee did some reporting for the military in the middle east, wrote a couple of books, and worked as a communications and public affairs advisor.

     

    Randy Garsee was 50.

     

    We at TVNT offer our prayers and condolences to the Garsee family in this very difficult time.

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    Happy news to report, WESH 2 anchor Martha Sugalski made a big announcement Monday: Sugalski and her husband, Rob Reich, are expecting triplets! “I’m going to be leaving you guys this summer for a little bit,” she said on-air. She then placed three small pairs of shoes on the anchor desk for two boys and one girl. She made the announcement on WESH 2 News at 5 p.m., which she anchors alongside Jim Payne. Sugalski has three children from her previous marriage -- two sons and a daughter. She joined WESH 2 News in 2006.

     

    http://www.wesh.com/tv/about/WESH-2-s-Martha-Sugalski-pregnant-with-triplets/-/11789786/18308580/-/awnwj7z/-/index.html

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    • Chris Stanford joins KMOV in St. Louis as weekend anchor. He comes from WCCO in Minneapolis.
    • Debroah Linz moves to WKEF in Dayton, OH, as co-anchor. She comes from WCHS in Charleston, WV.

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    Sad news to report from Phoenix. Bill Close, a longtime anchor at KSAZ (then KOOL & KTSP) in Phoenix, died Sunday at 91. Close, who KSAZ calls “the Walter Cronkite of Phoenix,” was best known for an on-air incident in 1982 when a gunman entered the KOOL studios and held Close and his camera man, Louie Villa, hostage for five hours. Close negotiated with the gunman and read a “rambling” statement from him. The gunman eventually surrendered.

     

    We here at TVNT offer our prayers and condolences to Bill's family, and Bill's colleagues at FOX 10. And as Bill always say when closing the evening newscast, "And brings us right up to date on the news, so for the KOOL (TV10) news team, Good Night."

     

    http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20740763/2013/01/28/remembering-bill-close

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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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    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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    It's a very sad, yet difficult day for many in the Houston area, and for the people at ABC 13 Eyewitness News.

     

    In sad KTRK 13 related news, the day sportscaster Bob Allen is to sign off the station for good, we learn that former morning weatherman, Doug Brown, died last night according to an Ed Brandon Facebook post. He was 79 the station reported. Brown worked in the broadcasting business for 50 years. Stops included KWTX Waco, KRGV Weslaco, KHOU 11 and then of course a long career at KTRK.

     

    He was a heck of a nice guy. What you saw on TV is was what you got in real life. He had a very calming presence. When I worked with him at KTRK, we would talk about Baylor University football.

     

    Brown retired from channel 13 in February 2008. Casey Curry replaced Brown at the station.

     

    We at TVNewsTalk offer our prayers and condolences to Doug Brown's family and the staff of KTRK ABC 13.

     

    RIP Doug and Godspeed.

     

    http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8957655

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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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    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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