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WHSV (Harrisonburg) meteorologist Frances Peyton is heading to WTVR here in Richmond.

They DID give them a fresh new look almost three years ago and boy, do they need it (I live in the Richmond area, BTW). WRIC's current set - that was built by FX Design Group - has been around since 2016, debuted a new logo, dropped 615 Music's "Battery V.4" (aka "Always Worth Your Time") for Stephen Arnold's "Guardian" package and replaced the old Young graphics with the KOIN6 graphics. WRIC's set took top honors in NewscastStudio.com's 2016 Set of the Year - Fan Vote, and it was head-to-head against the set of - wait for it - VH1's "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party". Not kidding. Fast forward to late last year (Nexstar era), WRIC has a new branding - "ABC 8", dropping the longtime brand of "TV-8" - and just a few months ago, WRIC has a new voiceover: Paul Turner.

WHAT?! Dang, I'm shocked! In the near future, we'll be seeing WVIR instead of WCAV on the SBTV app. Wow.

WVEC's Arrianee LeBeau is heading to KTVK/KPHO in Phoenix.

Reporter Laura Geller (formerly of Richmond's WWBT and soon Hampton Roads' WVEC) is joining WUSA 9 in D.C.

Changes at Raycom's...I mean, Gray's WWBT here in Richmond. Just learned that the station's First at Four was expanded to an hour today meaning sister station WUPV's 4:30pm newscast - which moved from 6:30pm since September 2017 - is no more. The new second half-hour replaced Inside Edition. IE continues to air at 7:30pm after ET while WUPV airs a second airing of Hot Bench in the 4:30pm slot. Me Time with Frangela - which airs at 2pm - has been replaced with Right This Minute.

You mean Ryan. And also, cut down on the boldface, dude.

Wow, WWL. They should've premiered the show in the fall of 2019 or back in September of last year, but this Monday?! First, they moved the 7-9am block of Eyewitness Morning News in 2016, and now they're moving "Live!" - a popular daytime show that's been airing on the station for 30 years (since the show was syndicated) after the news - to a little-watched MyTV affiliate. Bad move.

Vinnie Politan - formerly of HLN - is leaving Atlanta's WXIA after four years. His last day at 11Alive is tomorrow (Thursday). https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/exclusive-vinnie-politan-leaving-11alive-after-four-plus-years/RhVaTFUsZx35TOcV0rUCjN/

Some news in Richmond and Hampton Roads... WWBT has a new meteorologist: Nick Russo. He comes from WEYI NBC 25 in Mid-Michigan... [MEDIA=twitter]1054365213632409601[/MEDIA] ...while a few miles down the road, Constance Jones - formerly of WPLG and WAGA - is now WRIC's new evening anchor. [MEDIA=twitter]1054510634191241216[/MEDIA] Meanwhile down I-64 East, Meteorologist Casey Lehecka is joining WAVY from WJAC 6 News in Johnstown, PA. [MEDIA=twitter]1054105101760106497[/MEDIA]

WFTS has updated their open. It now includes the slogan "Tampa Bay's Streaming News Leader". Don't worry, they're still using "Taking Action For You".

WVEC anchor Regina Mobley is leaving the station after 26 years. https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/anchor-regina-mobley-leaving-13news-now-after-26-years/291-602138147

Constance Jones - formerly of WAGA in Atlanta and before that WPLG in Miami - is heading to WRIC in Richmond. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/9/27/here-comes-constance Meanwhile down I-64 East in Norfolk, meteorologist Rachael Peart is joining WVEC from Eastern Iowa's KWWL. [MEDIA=twitter]1045424292861816832[/MEDIA] ...while across the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth, reporter Geena Arevalo joins WAVY from sister station KHON2 in Honolulu. [MEDIA=twitter]1047994229501427713[/MEDIA]

Clips of KATC in 1997 (news opens at 0:53, 2:57 and 6:37; using a slower-tempo version of Michael Doucet's [beauSoleil] "Newz Reel")... ...and 1998 (news open at 0:21 and a "Good Morning Acadiana" open on 1:31 with Dave Grusin's "Early AM Attitude") KATC Good Morning Acadiana open 2002 KATC Acadiana's NewsChannel at 10 open 1997

Evan Watson - formerly of Macon's WGXA - joins Hampton Roads' WVEC. [MEDIA=twitter]1026965086496276480[/MEDIA]

Meteorologist Deitra Tate is leaving WAVY. She's heading to Louisville. [MEDIA=twitter]1023902825556914183[/MEDIA]

History will be made in Buffalo next month on WGRZ: TWO women will split the duties on the weekday evening newscasts! Maria Genero will do early evenings (5 to 6:30pm) while Heather Waldman will do the 10pm (on WUTV) and 11pm newscasts. They'll replace Kevin O'Connell who left the station earlier this month. Good for them! http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/7/26/its-ladies-night https://buffalonews.com/2018/07/25/wgrzs-genero-waldman-to-make-local-tv-history-after-oconnells-departure/

WWBT meteorologist Ros Runner announced he's exiting the station in September after 8 1/2 years. Before WWBT, he was on WTVR and WSLS. [MEDIA=twitter]1019558437519282177[/MEDIA] (BTW, Richard Bland College is near my hometown of Petersburg) Meanwhile, down I-64 East in Hampton Roads, WVEC meteorologist Iisha Scott announced she'll be exiting the station to join sister station WCNC in Charlotte. [MEDIA=twitter]1019532605451132928[/MEDIA]

So did WWBT. Plus, I just learned a part of Central and Southside Virginia has Spectrum (for example: Sussex, Isle of Wight and Southampton counties) [MEDIA=twitter]1019317852938096643[/MEDIA]

WGRZ's Kevin O'Connell is departing the station after 25 years. https://buffalonews.com/2018/07/13/kevin-oconnell-is-departing-channel-2-after-25-years/ (disable AdBlock)

Lorenzo Hall (formerly of WTVR and soon WTIC) is heading to WUSA 9... [MEDIA=twitter]1012004701829849088[/MEDIA] ...and also, I missed this news: there's another departure at WRIC. Anchor/reporter Amy Lacey left the station last week after 14 years. [MEDIA=twitter]1011217037509701636[/MEDIA]

WFXR (Roanoke) sports anchor Jermaine Ferrell is leaving the station. He will be joining WRIC here in Richmond as weekend sports anchor. https://www.virginiafirst.com/sports/local-sports/jermaine-ferrell-says-goodbye-to-wfxr-news/1245756434 Speaking of WRIC, evening anchor Christina Feerick will be leaving the station - and Richmond television - at the end of August. Before WRIC, she was on rival WWBT. http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/6/21/out-the-door-in-richmond WTVF's (Nashville) Dan Kennedy is joining Hampton Roads' WVEC in July. He'll be the anchor for the station's 13News Now Daybreak. [MEDIA=twitter]1009378265277124608[/MEDIA] WWBT's Drew Wilder is heading to DC. [MEDIA=twitter]1009165161301708802[/MEDIA] Oh, and speaking of WWBT: I forgot to mention that Anthony Antoine has joined the station recently as anchor/reporter. He comes from WCIA in Central Illinois (Champaign/Urbana/Springfield). He left WCIA last month.

KWQC anchor Gary Metivier is leaving the station. He made the announcement Tuesday. https://qconline.com/news/local/kwqc-news-anchor-to-leave-station/article_287d3d98-c67e-5b99-a0f4-52e83deaacbb.html

WHSV's (Harrisonburg, VA) Victoria Wood heads down I-81 to join Roanoke's WDBJ. She's the new weekend sports anchor and weekday sports reporter. She made her debut last week. http://www.roanoke.com/sports/colleges/tv-radio-notes-wdbj-adds-martinsville-native-victoria-wood/article_2e7d6ba2-4e69-5f5d-b77f-8a1ae6336fac.html

The NMSA uploaded a montage of C Clarity on its website.