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[tyrannical bastard 4696]

Emily Leonard, longtime WTVA anchor is leaving to join former co-worker Matt Laubhan's online venture, which is now adding news to their Mississippi Live Weather channel and will be known as Mississippi Live.

Even though Gray now owns WTVA, the damage Allen Media has already done still lingers and this venture can be seen as a way broadcasters will have to compete with the internet when enterprises like these become powerful enough to hire broadcast journalists away from TV stations.

Edited July 1 by tyrannical bastard

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1161]

1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Emily Leonard, longtime WTVA anchor is leaving to join former co-worker Matt Laubhan's online venture, which is now adding news to their Mississippi Live Weather channel and will be known as Mississippi Live.

Even though Gray now owns WTVA, the damage Allen Media has already done still lingers and this venture can be seen as a way broadcasters will have to compete with the internet when enterprises like these become powerful enough to hire broadcast journalists away from TV stations.

I was wondering when she was going to move on over... It's a great move for her

[TheRolyPoly 3566]

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Emily Leonard, longtime WTVA anchor is leaving to join former co-worker Matt Laubhan's online venture, which is now adding news to their Mississippi Live Weather channel and will be known as Mississippi Live.

Even though Gray now owns WTVA, the damage Allen Media has already done still lingers and this venture can be seen as a way broadcasters will have to compete with the internet when enterprises like these become powerful enough to hire broadcast journalists away from TV stations.

 

Not surprising, considering that Emily and Matt are married to each other.

[Dave Lampstein 310]

Two more meteorologists leaving WISN. Just saw Molly Bernard is leaving at the end of July. 
 

Gino Recchia also made a sudden departure on June 28th. 

 

 

 

 

[TheRolyPoly 3566]

After 2.5 years, mainly as WEAU's lead evening anchor, Heidi Paxson will be leaving the station to do mornings at WGHP in the Triad.

 

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1462412039023734&id=100057648567218

[trustno1 8]

On 7/2/2026 at 4:13 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Not surprising, considering that Emily and Matt are married to each other.

I think the clip of Matt proposing to Emily is still around on YouTube somewhere

[TheRolyPoly 3566]

I didn't know about this but since February, Steve Savard has returned to St. Louis television to be a part of the KSDK news team.

 

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/outreach/press-releases/ksdk-5-on-your-side-welcomes-steve-savard-to-highlight-local-veterans/63-8f33f663-2f94-4713-a4a7-30c1b681131c

[ScottSchell 424]

Former KTEN meteorologist Christine Gormley is joining KOKI/KTUL as the evening meteorologist for 8 (Tulsa’s News Pulse) and helping FOX23 during severe weather coverage on both stations as FOX23 has been and will be handling all weather coverage in Green Country for both stations.

Edited Monday at 10:33 AM by ScottSchell

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1161]

Former WRTV met Todd Klaassen has joined BAM Weather - a private weather firm out of Greenwood, Indiana.  Posted on his Facebook page.

[TennTV1983 871]

WSMV announced during its 3:00pm newscast today that Chief Meteorologist Lisa Spencer will be retiring after nearly 3 decades at the station. Her final day in a full-time role is August 7th. She will still be around in a part-time capacity as needed.

 

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/07/06/greatest-blessings-my-life-beloved-wsmv4-chief-meteorologist-makes-major-announcement/

[tyrannical bastard 4696]

Kelly Foster, a longtime anchor and meteorologist at NBC 15 in Mobile who left the station earlier this year, has resurfaced on WALA Fox 10 as a meteorologist working the midday shows.

[TheRolyPoly 3566]

7 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Kelly Foster, a longtime anchor and meteorologist at NBC 15 in Mobile who left the station earlier this year, has resurfaced on WALA Fox 10 as a meteorologist working the midday shows.

 

Whoever's left at "WPMI" can please turn off the lights...

 

Sounds like an eventual drawdown to essentially become a WEAR simulcaster at some point down the line.

[tyrannical bastard 4696]

15 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Whoever's left at "WPMI" can please turn off the lights...

 

Sounds like an eventual drawdown to essentially become a WEAR simulcaster at some point down the line.

It's getting that way. 
Technically, "NBC 15" is now WEAR 3.2, since Sinclair played the shell game last year, moving ROAR to WPMI 15.1.

 

Believe it or not, they've actually hired a replacement anchor for Darwin Singleton, Asha Staples, who was a reporter for WALA several years back.  
And they recently hired a replacement for Kelly Foster as well.

Still, it's very light on Mobile-centric content and is largely padded with stories from WEAR in Pensacola and the usual Sinclair garbage....

The weekends have been done by WEAR since the massive layoffs 3 years ago.  And even if NBC 15 is short-staffed or having technical issues?  WEAR to the rescue!

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:46 AM by tyrannical bastard

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1161]

In the latest round of "Milwaukee Met Roulette", former TMJ met Kristen Kirchhaine is now with WISN

Edited 14 hours ago by MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie
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[TheRolyPoly 3566]

Next new newscast for WUPA... CBS News Atlanta at Noon.

 

The half-hour newscast begins July 13th. T.J. Anthony and Meteorologist Jonathan Myers will helm the new broadcast.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DalgVU7gdaA/?igsh=aXFtMmpnYTNuOXpz

[TheRolyPoly 3566]

Sorry, another post, but happy news...

 

Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is coming back home to WBZ-TV after a nearly three year hiatus.

 

She was away because her son was facing brain cancer, but now that she's back, she'll be back on her weekend routine for WBZ-TV.