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Canada THE most recognized, most beloved personality, and one of the biggest legends ever in all of Canada seems to finally hang it up and call it a career after a 40 year run. Marilyn Denis is leaving 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto later this summer. She's done CityLine for Citytv and her own named show on CTV, in addition to her radio work. She began in 1986 at CHUM FM alongside another legend, Roger Ashby who himself retired in 2018 after a nearly 50-year run there. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/radio-star-marilyn-denis-announces-departure-from-chum-fm-after-40-years/article_0a1a76ec-119f-469c-9872-196a59cf8497.html

Today is Melissa Nord's last day at WXIA-TV 11 Alive Atlanta with her last newscast at 4pm after a 5-and-a-half year run. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1321283886476667&id=100057852048500

Oh my. I feel bad if this is how her career ends. Longtime WHO meteorologist Jeriann Ritter has opened up to an interview with longtime sports director Keith Murphy, saying that she possibly has ALS, bulbar ALS in particular, which could force her to end her television career. This is a 25-minute interview at the link, but you can hear her speech slurring, which could be one sign of her diagnosis: https://who13.com/news/if-the-doctors-are-right-im-probably-done-telling-you-about-the-weather-but-i-still-have-a-lot-to-say-who-13s-jeriann-ritter-opens-up-about-her-health-journey/

This is a sad day. Richards is indispensable in Chicago, Julian Crews is another longtime there and so is Judy Wang, and Bronagh was just absolutely amazing and lovely. I have a feeling that Paul's talents will land at WFLD to join Paris Schutz there or at WMAQ to combine his experience and expertise with the insatiable Mary Ann Ahern. Its just a bad and brutal day for my favorite station in Chicago.

Australia He was well known for 15 years as presenter for ABC News Breakfast, but spend the last year or two as 7.30's national affairs reporter, and has spent nearly four decades at ABC. This Friday is Michael Rowland's last day at the Aunty ABC. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/michael-rowland-to-leave-the-abc/106365868

I think there should be an international section of this, and I'm starting it off with HUGE news for our friends north of the border. Canada We have NOAA Weather Radio here in the States, while our friends up north have Weatheradio Canada. As of March 16th, the latter of the two will cease to exist. https://torontosun.com/news/national/environment-canada-ending-weatherradio-forecast-service

Two new newscasts have started on Denver's 9 KUSA. However, they're on KTVD Channel 20 at 12:30 and 5:30 p.m. https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/television/newcast-9news-extensions/73-72b46f12-c6a2-4cbd-a7e8-4206e85f3fa5

Sam Nichols' time at KTAB Abilene is coming to an end as he'll enter retirement. After 21 years there, April 20th will be his last day as their Chief Meteorologist. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1296454272304963&id=100058212063666

WGN is trying out potential new shows for the WGN+ streaming service. The trailer for it is right here:

Not all the way. It does say that she'll remain as a Saturday morning contributor starting in the Fall. Now, unrelated to that... Grace Anello is leaving WAAY 31 at the end of the week and a worthy replacement, Amber Kulick, takes over her spot on mornings. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amber-kulick-15326a166_career-update-gods-plan-not-mine-activity-7430677613255499776-4t9Y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABqGw-0BrOQ_9csrv95OAtvM37gqLkE_dSc

WCSC is launching the Lowcountry's first-ever Spanish-language newscast. Yes, its only on streaming but still... it will launch March 2nd at 10:30am and air weekdays on LIVE 5+. https://www.live5news.com/page/noticias/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQI8zlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7QNg8b7eKbzTyIBimUNPGe7n3v6S_XMXGSKxLGxpFyKzJu6ekUD-yAXE7qrg_aem_y89lH5-xjxSnwH0XbN4o4g

Australia Sky News Australia recently celebrated 30 years on the air. However, that name will no longer exist come later this year as it will finally sever all ties to Sky News UK and become News 24. They first though moved in to new headquarters in Sydney. https://www.advanced-television.com/2026/02/20/sky-news-australia-rebranding-as-news24/

KVIA's Paul Cicala, in his second run at the station, has decided to step back from his anchoring duties and leave the TV industry for the moment. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2026/02/paul-cicala-leaves-abc-7-kvia-el-paso.html

In your region, maybe. But I have a running tally of such a list, and there are still 40 news operations left to convert. The largest yet to switch? Phoenix's KTVK/KPHO/KPHE.

Wow. What great timing for MMM's KXLY as they just launched KXLY+ (their 24/7 streaming news and weather channel) on DT 4.5 to replace Dabl. Not only that, apparently, KXLY has run a weeknight hour-long 10pm newscast on their Me-TV subchannel, and it looks like they'll have that experience with them come March 1st.

What a wonderful story this is for Elena LaQuatra. She's the current noon anchor at WTAE but is 100% deaf. She needs hearing aids, after suffering from bacterial meningitis as a toddler, and using Cochlear implants, to hear her colleagues in the newsroom, as well as her family and husband. That has never stopped her from really further achieving much higher goals. I mean, she's an anchor af WTAE after all, but now this story will get even better for her. Starting March 2nd, LaQuatra is taking over for legendary anchor Michelle Wright (retiring Feb. 27th) on their morning news alongside another two longtime WTAE veterans Janelle Hall and Meteteorologist Ashley Dougherty. Just because your deaf or autistic (like me) or blind or suffer from any kind of disability, DO NOT let that ever stop you from achieving what you can achieve. Elena LaQuatra's story is point proven, and IMHO, this is truly wonderful. https://www.audacy.com/kdkaradio/news/local/wtae-names-morning-anchor-replacing-retiring-michelle-wright?fbclid=IwY2xjawQDAO5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7mMdA-NtvIi_7ZPlfpuHOSNHhuNwdvtf3-Mwxs2VBcTGubQ0Ss4nnFSjHijg_aem_b2cfdu-D1zchoxx23XX4AA EDIT: Unrelated to that... Kevin Lemanowicz is the ONLY Chief Meteorologist WFXT has ever had in their current news operation (dating back to 1996). For the first time ever, WFXT will be having a NEW Chief as Kevin has decided to leave next week on February 27th. https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/boston-25-news-announces-departure-chief-meteorologist-kevin-lemanowicz/M3OGAIJY5BDJ7DMG35YDKNYKZQ/?fbclid=PAT01DUAQDBdxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAadzxeQ0MTu6Y_s368AfNDh84S4qUW3lvcWziadC7J3tkf7praPNVd84ZNpI0g_aem_c4fjjErtu7PKyZj00dXIWQ

Now we know where Sam Roberts ended up after finishing a decade-long run at WOIO Shaker Heights/Cleveland... ... its WCSC-TV Charleston, so she's staying in the Gray family. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=779326158029141&id=1379249474246185

After an amazing 38 year run at WESH 2 and 45 overall in TV news, the great Michelle Meredith is hanging up her reporting duties for retirement. In a little over a month, she'll enter retirement but not before one more WESH 2 Fat Tuesday party today in honor of Mardi Gras. She's a Louisiana native so this means everything to her to bring a slice of Louisiana pride home to her for one more time. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=26531121886480014&id=100000266890941 https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=749760097928536&id=1439722074197445

Please send your best wishes over to WJXT's Bruce Hamilton. He has announced that he's fighting cancer and will be in and out of the station from time to time. He celebrates 25 years with WJXT this month. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2026/02/17/news4jax-anchor-bruce-hamilton-cancer-diagnosis/88721654007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z111701p001750c001750v111701&gca-ft=46&gca-ds=sophi

After four years at WCTV, most of that time doing mornings on Daybreak and The Good Morning Show, and just days after celebrating a birthday, Madison Glaser is leaving the station at the end of the week on Friday to join sister WWSB Sarasota as the new weeknight anchor at 4:00, 5:00, and 7:00 pm. https://www.facebook.com/MadisonGlaserTV/posts/pfbid0HvCyfUjN7Meo97N8u6rqv6RMEkVe5aYPqqUf3AdtXaNVxhmpVXjKFujSt5ijdfPTl

After 6 yesrs, Greg Rule will be leaving WINK-TV at the end of the coming week. I have a feeling (only speculation at this point) that he will be joining Matt Devitt's new venture, whenever that comes around. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1622378356294409&id=100055667808305

No, the channel is not back, but the brand IS back on YouTube. FOX must've re-acquired the brand as they have the rights to use the name again to launch a new YouTube channel featuring Kevin Harvick and Will Buxton. February 23rd is launch date which is a week from tomorrow. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/speed-show-podcast-kevin-harvick-will-buxton-fox

Well, once the current NBA and NHL seasons go away, so will FDSN. By mid-April 2026, FDSN will cease to exist, and a good chunk of RSNs as a result will be gone. All left are NBC's RSNs and several indies, including MASN and CHSN. https://www.thestreet.com/entertainment/fanduel-sports-network-is-shutting-down-leaving-fans-scrambling

Here is Shern-Min Chow's final goodbye from earlier this week. This is not my video, btw. The TV signal does go in and out at times, especially towards the end where it mattered the most. Regardless, here's another goodbye to a Houston institution.

The longtime owner of 105.3 WYKS (KISS 105.3; Top 40 CHR) and 1390 WAJD/98.9 W255CV (98.9 Jamz; R&B) in Gainesville (my former home market) has died. Douglas J. Gillen was the owner of Gillen Broadcasting Corporation, a small mom and pop company, and ran it for nearly 40 years. What happens to the two stations right now is unclear. But he will be remembered in the community. RIP, Mr. Gillen. https://www.wcjb.com/2026/02/12/long-time-owner-gainesville-radio-station-kiss-1053-989-jamz-dies-pillar-our-local-community/?fbclid=IwY2xjawP7eIBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR4JSJ9V6LkzhV0GAZ-CWlikq4e7HaBgWw2ogurbAXbw5NyBw_t0hblGW0PgUw_aem_LUvNm91QpETM42lHN7YK9Q