tyrannical bastard 4701 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 (edited) 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 4
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1162 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 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 3567 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 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. 1
Dave Lampstein 310 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 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 3567 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 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 Posted July 3 Posted July 3 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 3567 Posted July 3 Posted July 3 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 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) 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 July 6 by ScottSchell
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1162 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Former WRTV met Todd Klaassen has joined BAM Weather - a private weather firm out of Greenwood, Indiana. Posted on his Facebook page.
TennTV1983 871 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 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 4701 Posted July 7 Posted July 7 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 3567 Posted July 7 Posted July 7 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 4701 Posted Tuesday at 10:51 PM Posted Tuesday at 10:51 PM (edited) 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 Wednesday at 08:46 AM by tyrannical bastard
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1162 Posted Thursday at 03:29 AM Posted Thursday at 03:29 AM (edited) In the latest round of "Milwaukee Met Roulette", former TMJ met Kristen Kirchhaine is now with WISN Edited Thursday at 03:33 AM by MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie spelling
TheRolyPoly 3567 Posted Thursday at 05:13 PM Posted Thursday at 05:13 PM 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 3567 Posted Thursday at 05:40 PM Posted Thursday at 05:40 PM 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. 1
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1162 Posted Friday at 02:58 AM Posted Friday at 02:58 AM The Chief Met revolving door is in full swing again at Tegna's WATN. Chief Met Trevor Birchett is headed to sister station KHOU. He was chief barely a year. Danielle Moss barely lasted a year before him as well...
TheRolyPoly 3567 Posted Friday at 10:35 AM Posted Friday at 10:35 AM After a 16-year run and becoming one of the most recognizable faces of WAFB, Elizabeth Vowell will be leaving the station next month to join LSU full-time as their director of student media. She already works there part-time as one of their adjuct professors at their Manship School of Journalism. My speculative guess is that Tisha Powell will take the main gig. https://www.wafb.com/2026/07/10/elizabeth-vowell-leave-wafb-join-lsu-full-time/?https://www.wafb.com/&fbclid=PAT01DUAS973pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAaduMnOdtnAhq22fbMBGEBN-nirjWpU9WuPZ5dc0pXRLwk0wTOy1OaUwFaqPhg_aem_9PjyF-fmJDJrvxW9zf7L2A
GodfreyGR 817 Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Amy Hockert is leaving KMSP after 11 years at the station. In the last shuffle, she went to doing the podcast-style "FOX9 All Day" for a couple hours while the 5:00 show was her only traditional newscast. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BJryYYQ4r/
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