in 1983, while Salzberg and Blackmon joined WWOR in 1988 and 1992, respectively. In areas of central New Jersey, where the New York and Philadelphia markets overlap with one another, both WWOR and WNYW shared resources with their Philadelphia sister station WTXF-TV. The stations shared reporters for stories occurring in New Jersey counties served by both markets. The 10 p.m. newscast was canceled following its July 2, 2013, broadcast (ending 42 years of newscast production by channel 9 and 30 years of prime time newscasts); in its place, the station introduced Chasing New Jersey (which was later renamed to Chasing News), a nightly New Jersey-focused news magazine with a "fast-paced" format, on July 8. The program, which was produced by Fairfax Productions (a production company led by the vice president and general manager of Philadelphia sister station WTXF-TV) from a studio in Trenton and hosted by Bill Spadea, was also seen on WTXF as a lead-in to its morning newscast. With the end of WWOR's newscast, Brenda Blackmon was reassigned to produce and host news specials for the station (although she would leave for WPIX in 2016, while other members of the on-air staff were offered new roles (including at WNYW). Despite the closure of WWOR's news department, the station's Secaucus facilities remained operational until 2018, when the repeal of the FCC Main Studio Rule allowed the full consolidation of WWOR's operations with WNYW. Chasing News was canceled in June 2020, leaving WWOR without any news programs. Former personalities Steve Albert Ernie Anastos (now at sister station WNYW) Brenda Blackmon (later with WPIX) Mario Cantone (currently an actor) Pat Collins Judith Crist (deceased) Morton Downey, Jr. (deceased) Tom Dunn (deceased) Carter Evans (now Los Angeles correspondent for CBS News) Joe Franklin (deceased) Barry Gray (deceased) Tony Guida (now with CBS News) Van Hackett (retired) Ray Heatherton (deceased) Larry Kenney (now a voice actor) Sara Lee Kessler (now with NBC News Radio) Walter Kiernan (deceased) Matt Lauer (later at NBC News) Otis Livingston (weekend sports anchor; now at WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV) Mike Lupica (now with the New York Daily News) Malachy McCourt (retired from TV) Mary Helen McPhillips (deceased) Cora-Ann Mihalik (retired) Sean Mooney (now with KVOA in Tucson, Arizona) Audrey Puente (now with WNYW) Bill Ryan (deceased) Rolland Smith (retired) Howard Stern (now with The Howard Stern Show) Phil Tonken (deceased) Jennifer Valoppi Lisa Willis (marketing, retired from TV) Kelly