Amra 193 Posted February 20 Posted February 20 On 2/5/2026 at 12:20 PM, TheRolyPoly said: Here's something new, interesting, and unique. Entravision has partnered with Hemisphere Media Group to launch... WAPA Orlando. Yes, the same brand that gives you WAPA-TV and Puerto Rican flair to bring its news and programming to a growing Puerto Rican population in Central Florida, launched yesterday on WOTF Channel 26 (replacing Grit), which will be complete with locally-targeted newscasts (NotiCentro Orlando at morning and midday at launch, with evening and late night newscasts to come over time; produced in San Juan), and focused on Orlando's Puerto Rican population. This is a huge deal, especially for me, since I'm half Puerto Rican. This also gives another option for Orlando since WTMO carries several segments during their newscasts focused on the latest news from Puerto Rico as well, and frequently feature reports from sister station WKAQ-TV at times. Puerto Rico is becoming more represented in the Orlando TV market, and I'm quite happy about this. https://www.tvtechnology.com/platform/broadcast/hemisphere-media-group-entravision-launch-wapa-orlando More clown shows from Channel 4. Why god. 1
MediaZone4K 2661 Posted February 20 Posted February 20 On 2/17/2026 at 7:01 PM, TheRolyPoly said: 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 I like her quirky on their personality and reporting style. She and Gail Pascal Brown are really good.
panewswatcher69 29 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 From the Pittsburgh Trib-Live December 11th, 2025 on Pittsburgh's WTAE Michelle Wright retirement: https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-michelle-wright-to-retire-from-wtae/ With long-time WTAE anchor Michelle Wrights' retirement next week, an update from Hearst's WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4: https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-wtae-promotes-from-within-names-laquatra-morning-co-anchor/
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 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
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 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
GodfreyGR 812 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 This is a big one for Minnesota... Belinda Jensen is calling it a career at KARE after 30 years. https://www.kare11.com/article/about-us/kare-11s-belinda-jensen-announces-retirement/89-a713db6e-2943-447a-8735-a57f9d21eac0 Wondering if the Nexstar/Tegna merger has anything to do with the timing? With all the big names bowing out at KARE in recent years, Bel's retirement is another blow to the lineup. 1
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, GodfreyGR said: This is a big one for Minnesota... Belinda Jensen is calling it a career at KARE after 30 years. https://www.kare11.com/article/about-us/kare-11s-belinda-jensen-announces-retirement/89-a713db6e-2943-447a-8735-a57f9d21eac0 Wondering if the Nexstar/Tegna merger has anything to do with the timing? With all the big names bowing out at KARE in recent years, Bel's retirement is another blow to the lineup. 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
GodfreyGR 812 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 minute ago, TheRolyPoly said: Not all the way. It does say that she'll remain as a Saturday morning contributor starting in the Fall. Yes, that is stated in the article.
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1158 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 WOOD-TV's Susan Shaw is retiring after nearly 4 decades in the business... 31 of those years in Grand Rapids... Her final day is March 27, 2
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 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
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 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
NYTV 138 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) WGN Chicago has laid off 8 on-air staff, such as Sean Lewis, Sean Richards, Mike Jansen(paywall) https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/wgn-tv-layoffs-reporters-anchors/ The full list, as seen in the station thread: Ray Cortopassi, lead anchor Paul Lisnek, political analyst Chris Boden, sports anchor Julian Crews, reporter Judy Wang, reporter Bronagh Tumulty, reporter https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2026/2/24/nexstar-swings-the-blade-in-chi-town Edited February 24 by NYTV
NowBergen 924 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 17 minutes ago, NYTV said: WGN Chicago has laid off 8 on-air staff https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/wgn-tv-layoffs-reporters-anchors/ So much for Nexstar's claim that they invest in journalism. Yet over and over they reduce staff, close newsrooms, etc. 2
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 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/
norcalTVfan 58 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 22 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: 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 TEGNA sister KREM in Spokane does the same with its 12:30 and 5:30 newscasts — streaming and on KSKN 22
nathannah 2792 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Kendall Keys at WISN is becoming the station's official weekend evening anchor.
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 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
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 On 2/15/2026 at 10:28 PM, TheRolyPoly said: 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 Turns out, I was wrong. Instead, Greg is the new Chief at WPEC WPB. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1633995565132688&id=100055667808305
Dave Lampstein 287 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Speaking of meteorologists… the revolving door keeps spinning at WISN in Milwaukee. Lindsey Slater is gone. Milwaukee Business Journal link 2
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 9 hours ago, Dave Lampstein said: Speaking of meteorologists… the revolving door keeps spinning at WISN in Milwaukee. Lindsey Slater is gone. Milwaukee Business Journal link This one doesn't make any sense to me.
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Taylor Sarallo, formerly of WBMA with James Spann, and recently at WVTM, has left the station after less than two years. She's transitioning to being a full-time mom while also temporarily leaving TV news, it sounds like. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1287540369863151&id=100058215993113
Dave Lampstein 287 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 6 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said: This one doesn't make any sense to me. Agreed. She seemed like the obvious successor to Mark Baden as chief should he ever retire (except he gets younger every year somehow). She started in July 2019, so if it was a lowball contract thing… the timing doesn’t quite line up, it seems early to have even gotten an offer from management. That said, from what I know, despite their ratings/performance, the newsroom leadership is not what it used to be. Hard to imagine she would just walk away though without saying goodbye. And really struggling to think this was a cost-cutting layoff move. Definitely a weird one! 1
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Now that Kevin Lemanowicz has departed, WFXT has announced their first-ever NEW Chief Meteorologist. And, just like WCVB's Chief Cindy Fitzgibbon, she will stay in the morning as well. https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3OU05r3%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNDA5OTYyNjIzMDg1NjA5AAEeFHBuKeL4zgukO_tukAWeZdHOGiirW_cgh4RF-abCbJHQnfLPC3pTJqLUJ9E_aem_NKqip1Rzursp5uDhgzKbvA&h=AT7B5GtDT1KDBN1Cwf2sFEglwIFna9IFiHeL1ReFQSXsxGqWl7e_FCfWzgFi6w-O5fb8JSJcSWOR_ypLrrXmB0tPzUJvz8qQd654o_5Ll4MxMoQxU14t81B_LPe6ajEgrxw&s=1
mre29 1967 Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Here's a better version of that link that bypasses both Facebook and bit.ly: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/boston-25-news-announces-promotion-shiri-spear-chief-meteorologist/FZCU42VDWRHLJOWMDV6PCUCIDM/
TheRolyPoly 3510 Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Mary Nam was really one of the last of the old KOMO guard left alongside Molly Shen, IMHO. However, after 23 years, having first joined in 2003, Mary has decided to leave KOMO News on March 31st. It'll be a sad day by then. https://komonews.com/news/local/komo-tv-anchor-mary-nam-to-leave-station-at-end-of-month-after-23-years-news-last-day-march-31-hard-turn-podcast-host-journalism 1 1
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